DGA members and their guests attended ceremonies for the 19th Annual DGA Student Film Awards at the DGA Theater in New York on December 4. The Awards are designed to honor, encourage and bring attention to outstanding African American, Asian American, Latino and Women Filmmakers in film schools and select universities across the country.
Following screenings of the winning short films, the awards ceremony began with a welcome message from Director Marilyn Agrelo. Agrelo also presented the certificates of achievement to African American Category Jury Award recipient Jeremiah Cullen of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for Baldwin, Asian American Category Jury Award recipient Sana Attiq Haq of Wake Forest University for The Other Army, Latino Category Jury Award recipient Andreas Guzman of University of North Carolina School of the Arts for Remy, and Women’s Category Jury Award recipient Julie Zografos Koegl of University of North Carolina School of the Arts for What Remains.
DGA Fourth Vice-President Jace Alexander presented the awards to Latino Student Filmmaker Winner David Figueroa Garcia of Columbia University for Gloom (Perfidia), and Asian American Student Filmmaker Winner Joo Hyun Lee of Columbia University for Sweet Corn. Director Rose Troche presented the awards to African American Student Filmmaker Winner Curtis Adair of Florida State University for Little Africa, and Women Student Filmmaker Winner Miriam Ditchfield of New York University for Black Horn Night Heron.
The winners of each category received a prize of $2,500 from the DGA and the Jury Award recipients received $1,000. All winners and recipients were selected by blue ribbon panels comprised of DGA members.