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Media Arts Festival

CSU Summer Arts established the Media Arts Festival in 1991 to give talented students studying film, broadcasting, video, screenwriting, and new media within the 23-campus California State University system an opportunity to present their work for critical review. 

A panel of distinguished faculty and industry leaders selects each year’s finalists and winners, and all finalist selections are screened at the festival. Cash prizes and the CSU Media Arts Festival Award are bestowed on award-winning works.


In 2022, the CSU Media Arts Festival had a wonderful opportunity to host an interview with recent Academy Award-winning documentarian Ben Proudfoot, director of The Queen of Basketball. View the interview on our YouTube channel: BEN PROUDFOOT INTERVIEW

Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the 34th Annual CSU Media Arts Festival!

CSU Media Arts Festival Awards were announced on Wednesday, October 23, 2024.

ANIMATION: And The Dragons DancedMia Cesario, Lea Hahn, Aki Lin, Sammy Song, Greyson A. Rout-Vazquez, Sugi Sugihara, Bethany Larson, Nicholas Doucet, Kevin Asis, Janet Valenzuela, Howard Hardaway, Nicholas Kendig * Cal State Long Beach

DOCUMENTARY/ CREATIVE NON-FICTION & TELEVISION NEWS: The Pier Poet, Sarah Atallah, Germán Skinder, Lesly Mendez Moraga, Jason Nghi Truong * Cal State Long Beach

NARRATIVE: Levadura, Bianca Zamora, Irwin Ochoa, Melanie Campbell, Stefanie Pacheco, Hannah Grani, Calvin Cossio, Avery King, Nicholas Garcia, Jamie Fetters, Maria Martinez, Jakob Cohen * CSUN

SHORT SCREENPLAY: Naya and the Legend of the Stone Woman, Jan-David Soutar * CSUN

Each winning project will receive a certificate and a trophy, as well as a $500 prize. Finalists receive a certificate, as well. The winning projects will soon be available for viewing on this page. Enjoy viewing the 2024 winning projects featured below:


2024 FESTIVAL Winners



And The Dragons Danced

Category: Animation
Running Time: 4:00
Cal State Long Beach


The Pier Poet

Category: Documentary/ Creative Non-Fiction
Running Time: 5:24
Cal State Long Beach


Levadura

Category: Narrative
Running Time: 16:43
CSUN


Naya and the Legend of the Stone Woman

Category: Short Screenplay
Running Time: 1:26
CSUN


View Previous Winners