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DGA Announces Winners of 19th Annual Student Film Awards – East Region

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The Directors Guild of America announced the winners of the 2013 DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and Women directors in the East Region. The awards are designed to honor, encourage and bring attention to exceptional minority and women directors in film schools and select universities across the country.

“We congratulate all the winners of this year’s DGA Student Film Awards,” said DGA president Paris Barclay. “The intent of our DGA Student Film Awards is to shine a spotlight on promising new talent while continuing to encourage diversity in the entertainment industry. We’re honored to call attention to these exciting new voices and we congratulate them on a job well done.”

The 2013 winners, selected by blue ribbon DGA member panels, are:

Best African American Student Filmmaker:

Award Winner: Curtis Adair of Florida State University for Little Africa

Jury Award: Jeremiah Cullen of University of North Carolina for Baldwin

Best Asian American Student Filmmaker:

Award Winner: Joo Hyun Lee of Columbia University for Sweet Corn

Jury Award: Sana Attiq Haq of Wake Forest University for The Other Army

Best Latino Student Filmmaker:

Award Winner: David Figueroa Garcia of Columbia University for Gloom (Perfidia)

Jury Award: Andreas Guzman of University of North Carolina for Remy

Best Woman Student Filmmaker:

Award Winner: Miriam Ditchfield of New York University for Black Horn Night Heron

Jury Award: Julie Zografos Koegl of University of North Carolina for What Remains

The award-winning films will be screened and the awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Directors Guild of America Theater in New York on Dec. 4. The winners for the West Region were announced on Nov. 1, with the winning films screened and the awards presented in a ceremony at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 7.

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