2015 Student Film Award Winners

African American
West Region Winner
Meja Shoba of UCLA for Dear Pearl
West Region Jury Award
Dehanza Rogers of UCLA for The Youth
East Region Winner
Kiel Adrian Scott of NYU for Samaria
East Region Jury Award
Alcee H. Walker of The School of Visual Arts for Inferno
Asian American
West Region Winner
Xi Guan of USC for Mandala
West Region Jury Award
Thy Riedel of Chapman University for Long Lost
East Region Winner
Saad Nawab of Florida State University for Frankenstein’s Light
East Region Jury Award
Yingxiang Huang of Florida State University for Isa and the Frog Prince
Latino
West Region Winner
Keegan Mullin of Chapman University for The Last Words
West Region Jury Award
Jazmin Diaz of University of Texas at Austin for Carne Seca
East Region Winner
Michael Molina Minard of Columbia University for Standing8
East Region Jury Award
Clara Roquet of Columbia University for El Adios
Woman
West Region Winner
Margaret Anderson of Chapman University for Casey and the Death Pool
West Region Jury Award
Westin Ray of Chapman University for The Listening Box
East Region Winner
Federica Gianni of Columbia University for The Friend from Tel Aviv
East Region Jury Award
Clara Maria Diez of Florida State University for A Skeleton Named Oliver
photos by Byron Gamarro (Los Angeles) and Marcie Revens (New York)
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