Student World Awards

In partnership with the City of Santa Fe - Southside Library, our next Event will take place on June 7 at the Santa Fe Public Library, 6599 Jaguar Dr, from 1:00pm to 5:30pm.

Last Event:
January 4, 2025, 5pm. No Name Cinema, 2013 Pinon St, Santa Fe.
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Santa Fe Reporter:
calendar.sfreporter.com/calendars/all-events/4047555
Santa Fe New Mexican:
www.santafenewmexican.com/calendar/#/details/student-world-awards-screening-in-santa-fe-/14836837/2025-01-04T17

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"Great event and they showed some amazing films" Johnny Gonzales, student.

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"Thank you for the screening and the talk" Maria Bonn, student.

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Dear participating students from all over the world,
We know that times are difficult for the whole movie industry, and especially for emerging student filmmakers.
For 2025, we are currently working hard to build new partnerships, and find venues including public places and student involved structures, with the objective in mind to present your films to a renewed audience.
We still count on your presence, and we wish our efforts will help facilitate your attendance.

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The Student World Awards has one objective : seek and spot the best student movie talents from everywhere, then screen their films and show how much raw talent today gets to compete with professional industry levels.

Judges over the years :
Jonathan Lago Lago, Director, BELGIUM
Nicolas Wendl, Director, USA
Romy Trajman, Director, FRANCE
Jesse Angelo, Director, USA
Ninaad Kulkarni, Animator and Director, INDIA
Christian Janner, Actor and Editor, DENMARK
Jared Isham, Director of Photography, USA
Jaymie Dornan, Actor, CANADA

OUR DIFFERENCE
Most of the festivals have a student category to submit, lots of them have student special fees and waivers. But we think this is not enough.

This is why we created a festival dedicated to the student artists. Because it's a special time in your lives that you need to build on.

The film schools, the education the youngsters have, the society of images we live in today pushed a whole new generation to another level of creativity.

Young directors and student crews today are using different technologies than Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg when they were kids, and maybe they are making different movies. But what students shoot today, most of the time is pretty astonishing. They break the ceiling of what the « student » expectations are.

To get that, you just need to attend some screenings, and to pay attention to certain festivals that screen a selection of student films or films made by students.

But the Student World Awards is 100% dedicated to students. Clear and simple.

The films presented in our programs are selected based of their essential filmmaking qualities.