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DGA Announces 28th Annual DGA Student Film Awards

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced that the application period for the 28th Annual DGA Student Film Awards is now open. The awards are designed to honor, encourage and bring attention to exceptional direction by diverse student filmmakers in film schools and select universities across the country. This year, the DGA is introducing a brand new Documentary Award!

Over the years, the DGA Student Film Awards have highlighted 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 and have their films screened at the DGA Theater on future dates to be determined.

A number of past winners have gone on to enjoy successful directing careers, including:

–Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II; Grown-ish; Rapture; The Land)
–Jon M. Chu (In the Heights; Home Before Dark; Crazy Rich Asians; Now You See Me 2)
–Ryan Coogler (Black Panther; Creed; Fruitvale Station)
–Nicole Kassell (The Baby; Watchmen; Castle Rock; Westworld)
–Patricia Riggen (Dopesick; Surveillance; Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan; Miracles From Heaven)
–Sylvain White (Billions; The Rookie; Fargo; The Umbrella Academy)

This year’s application period runs through October 10, 2022.