DGA Selects Winners for 21st Annual Student Film Awards
Ruben Guevara
The DGA’s 21st annual Student Film Awards has selected 16 winners from its diverse pool of talented filmmakers — with eastern and western region finalists representing Columbia, NYU, UCLA, USC, Chapman and Florida State University.
The 2015 winners, selected by blue ribbon DGA member panels, are:
BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT FILMMAKERS:
West Region
Award Winner: Meja Shoba of UCLA for “Dear Pearl”
Jury Award: Dehanza Rogers of UCLA for “The Youth”
East Region
Award Winner: Kiel Adrian Scott of NYU for “Samaria”
Jury Award: Alcee H. Walker of School of Visual Arts for “Inferno”
BEST ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT FILMMAKERS:
West Region
Award Winner: Xi Guan of USC for “Mandala”
Jury Award: Thy Riedel of Chapman University for “Long Lost”
East Region
Award Winner: Saad Nawab of Florida State University for “Frankenstein’s Light”
Jury Award: Yingxiang Huang of Florida State University for “Isa and the Frog Prince”
BEST LATINO STUDENT FILMMAKERS:
West Region
Award Winner: Keegan Mullin of Chapman University for “The Last Words”
Jury Award: Jazmin Diaz of University of Texas at Austin for “Carne Seca”
East Region
Award Winner: Michael Molina Minard of Columbia University for “Standing8”
Jury Award: Clara Roquet of Columbia University for “El Adios”
BEST WOMEN STUDENT FILMMAKERS:
West Region
Award Winner: Margaret Anderson of Chapman University for “Casey and the Death Pool”
Jury Award: Westin Ray of Chapman University for “The Listening Box”
East Region
Award Winner: Federica Gianni of Columbia University for “The Friend From Tel Aviv”
Jury Award: Clara Maria Diez of Florida State University for “A Skeleton Named Oliver”
The award-winning films will be screened and the awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles on November 12, 2015 and at the Directors Guild of America Theater in New York on December 10, 2015.
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