2019 Student Film Award Winners

Best African American Student Filmmakers:

West Region

• Award Winner: Darius D. Dawson of AFI – A Rodeo Film
• Jury Award: Khaled Ridgeway of USC – Night Diner

East Region

• Award Winner: Adewale Olukayode of Columbia University – Home
• Jury Award: Justin Fairweather of Towson University – Dog Person

Best Asian American Student Filmmakers:

West Region

• Award Winner: Jing Ai Ng of AFI – Fleck
• Jury Award: Yubo Song of California College of the Arts, San Francisco – A Winter Without Snow

East Region

• Award Winner: Yuan Yuan Zhang of New York University – Heading South
• Jury Award: Kevin Wang of New York University – Secret Lives of Asians at Night

Best Latino Student Filmmakers

West Region

• Award Winner: João Felipe Dall'Stella of AFI – Día De Las Carpas
• Jury Award: Samir Oliveros of AFI – Cactus Blossom

East Region

• Award Winner: Gustavo Milan of New York University – Under the Heavens
• Jury Award: Natalia Luque of Columbia University – Soy Sola

Best Women Student Filmmakers:

West Region

• Award Winner: Sabina Vajrača of USC – Variables
• Jury Award: Caroline Friend of USC – Under Darkness

East Region

• Award Winner: Kyra Gardner of Florida State University – Phoebe
• Jury Award: Addison Dlott of Ithaca College – Queen of the Dinosaurs: A Wrestler's Story

photo by Shane Karns

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