A panel on the ecosystem for documentary shorts, alongside Katy Chevigny, Ora DeKornfeld, Alexandra Garcia (EP, NYT Op-Docs), and Arielle Knight
Le Cinema Club
A rising documentarian observes the social media rituals preteens practice with the help of their parents.
Short of the Week — "Christmas, Every Day"
Feature on the 14-minute documentary following two preteen sisters from rural Alabama building social media followings around fashion and beauty content.
Filmmaker Magazine — "25 New Faces of Independent Film 2023: Faye Tsakas"
Named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film for 2023, with a profile on Faye’s path from self-taught filmmaker to Stanford MFA and her work on Alpha Kings and Christmas, Every Day.
Directors Notes — "The Best Short Films at SXSW 2024" (Mar 8, 2024).
Cornell University (College of Architecture, Art & Planning) — "Cornell Alum Faye Tsakas '13 Short Film Premieres in NYT Op-Docs Series" (Dec 19, 2024)
News item marking the premiere of Christmas, Every Day in the New York Times' Op-Docs series.
American Film Institute — "AFI Selects Participants for This Year's Cinematography Intensive for Women
Announcement naming Faye to AFI's 2024 Cinematography Intensive for Women, presented by Panavision.
MovieMaker Magazine — "Alpha-Male Hyperbole, Gender Fluidity, and the Story of a Blind Undocumented Immigrant Highlight NFMLA's DocuSlate Program" (Feb 26, 2024)
NewFilmmakers LA's DocuSlate program with a dedicated section on Faye as co-director of Alpha Kings, plus an embedded filmmaker interview.
The New Yorker (Documentary) — "Alpha Kings" (Oct 2023)
Alpha Kings, co-directed with Enrique Pedráza-Botero, streamed as a New Yorker Documentary; announced on The New Yorker's X/Twitter.
Stanford MFA in Documentary Film — "Two Stanford Alumnae Named in Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film" (Sept 2023)
Program news celebrating the Filmmaker Magazine honor. (Also republished by Stanford's Department of Art & Art History.)
Stanford Department of Art & Art History — "Alpha Kings to Premiere at IFF Rotterdam"
Nowness — "A Private View: Chase Hall"
Episodic documentary on artist Chase Hall's practice, presented in Nowness's "Private View" series.
Friends Seminary — "From Friends to Film: An Interview with Faye Tsakas '09"
Alumni-newsletter interview on her path from Friends Seminary through Cornell and Stanford to documentary filmmaking, including reflections on Alpha Kings and Christmas, Every Day's MoMA screening.
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) — "Stage 5 Filmmaker Interview: Faye Tsakas"
Video interview with Faye as part of NFMLA's Stage 5 filmmaker series.
Deadline — "FilmRise Exec Faye Tsakas Moves To VP Role At Passage Pictures"