October 8, 1997
The Directors Guild of America has extended its deadline for submissions for its Student Film Awards for African-American, Asian/Pacific, Latino and women filmmakers to Wednesday, October 15, at 6:00 PM. The awards, which bring prizes of $2500 and a product grant of 2000 feet of 16mm film provided by Kodak's Worldwide Student Film Program to the winner in each group, are designed to honor, encourage and bring attention to outstanding minority and women film students in California film schools.
The awards rules and procedures mandate that competing films must have been made in the 1996/97 school year (September 1996 - August 1997), and must have been produced for course credit or under the supervision of a faculty member. Dramas, documentaries and experimental films are all eligible: animated films are not. Applicants must be enrolled in or be a recent (one year) graduate from an accredited post-secondary four-year institution in California which offers a degree in film or television. Eligible films are those in which every major crew position was held by a student. Productions in which a non-student, professional or a faculty member served as cinematographer, camera operator, sound recordist, editor, lighting director or screenwriter are not eligible.
Entries must be submitted to DGA Headquarters at 7920 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046, and each applicant's entry form must be endorsed by a supervising faculty member. Panels consisting of Director members of the DGA from the respective groups (African-American, Asian/Pacific, Latino and women) will review the entries and the Guild will announce the winners at an awards ceremony on Wednesday, November 12. The winner in each group will receive a $2500 prize, along with a product grant of 2000 feet of 16mm film provided by Kodak's Worldwide Student Film Program.
For an official entry form, please contact Special Projects at 310-289-2034.