The 28th Annual Student Film Awards  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
 
Student Films Awards
 
 

For more than two decades, the Student Film Awards have spotlighted dozens of African American, Asian American, Latino and Women filmmakers. Winners of the DGA Student Film Awards in each category will receive a $2,500 prize from the DGA.

A number of previous winners have gone on to enjoy successful directing careers, including:

  • Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II; Grown-ish; Rapture; The Land)
  • Jon M. Chu (In the Heights; Home Before Dark; Crazy Rich Asians; Now You See Me 2)
  • Ryan Coogler (Black Panther; Creed; Fruitvale Station)
  • Nicole Kassell (The Baby; Watchmen; Castle Rock; Westworld)
  • Patricia Riggen (Dopesick; Surveillance; Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan; Miracles From Heaven)
  • Sylvain White (Billions; The Rookie; Fargo; The Umbrella Academy)
This year’s application period runs until October 10, 2022, and the winners in each category will be announced in December 2022.
Students can access the application and submit electronically on the DGA website at www.dga.org
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Eligible films must be made in the 2021/2022 school year (September 2021 through August 2022), and must be produced as a student project under the supervision of a faculty member. Animated films, experimental films, commercials, music videos and webisodes are not eligible. Applicants must be enrolled in, or be a recent (one-year) graduate from an accredited post-secondary institution located in the United States and selected by the DGA. Eligible films are those in which a student holds every major crew position

For additional information, e-mail studentfilmawards@dga.org.

 
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