DGA Student Film Awards

 


For more than two decades, the DGA 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.


CURRENT & PREVIOUS YEARS WINNERS

2011 Student Film Award Winners

 Student Film Awards Ceremony 2011


African American

East Region Winner

Faren Humes of FSU for "Our Rhineland"

East Region Jury Award 

Taofik Kolade of NYU for "The Binding of Ishmael"

West Region Winner

Gerard McMurray of USC for "Battle Buddy "

West Region Jury Award

Channing Godfrey Peoples of USC for "Red"

 


Asian American

East Region Winner

Chun-Yi Hsieh of NYU for "Bian Zi "(Braid)

East Region Jury Award

Johnny Ma of Columbia Univ. for "Play"

West Region Winner

Soham Mehta of Univ. of Texas at Austin for "Fatakra"

West Region Jury Award

Roshan Murthy of Univ. of Texas at Austin for "Double Rainbow"

 


Latino

East Region Winner

David Liz of FSU for "Luz"

East Region Jury Award

Julio Vargas of Hampshire College for "The Wall That Binds Us"

West Region Winner

Richard Parkin of UCLA for "Contra El Mar" (Against the Sea)

West Region Jury Award

Carlos Marques-Marcet of UCLA for "The Yellow Ribbon"

 


Woman

East Region Winner

Bora Kim of Columbia Univ. for "The Recorder Exam "

East Region Jury Award

Annalisa Vozza of CCNY for "Alex"

West Region Winner

Mitsuyo Miyazaki of USC for "Tsuyako"

West Region Jury Award

Ali Scher of USC for "The Maiden and the Princess"