iVIE Awards & Student Film Festival 2025
Since 2001, iVIE has grown into a major San Diego County-wide student video competition. On average, there are annually 500+ video submissions from 120 teachers, 73 Schools, 23 Districts and a handful of private schools, involving approximately 3,500 students. Submitted videos are judged by media professionals and educators curated by Media Arts Center San Diego (organizer of the annual San Diego Latino Film Festival & more).
iVIE is a K-12 student video competition and festival conceived to encourage and reward teachers and students who recognize the power of video as a creative and educational tool. See a recap of last year’s Awards Ceremony:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7txmsTzlMy0
Photos of previous iVIE Awards Ceremony & Film Festival: https://www.flickr.com/photos/macsd/albums/72177720317577158/
Winners from each category will be recognized at our Awards Ceremony!
Rules & Terms:
CALL FOR ENTRIES DEADLINE: April 14, 2025; $1 Entry Fee per film.
Date: June 7th, 2025
Location: TBA
Submit your film here: https://filmfreeway.com/iVIEAwards
If assistance with the call to entry fee is needed, please email ivie@mediaartscenter.org for a waiver code.
Each entry must be sponsored by an adult (teacher, parent, guardian, extra-curricular adviser, etc.). Projects can be submitted on behalf of a classroom, class project, or individual student. All communication will be sent to the sponsoring adult responsible for the entry.
For each entry you will need to state the instructional objectives and/or standards addressed by the project.
For every classroom project, please submit only the “best” one to iVIE for consideration. In other words, if your students are creating similar projects on photosynthesis, please submit only one project to iVIE 2025.
Enter a project only once. Submissions may not have been entered previously to the iVIE Festival. The iVIE Awards are limited to amateur video endeavors of students and teachers. Videos commissioned for profit may not be entered.
This is a student film competition. It is accepted that primary grade teachers will be very involved in video production and editing, however it is expected that students participate in all parts of the process. At the intermediate and secondary levels, it is expected that students create the video with teacher guidance and approval only. Save a complete, high-resolution copy of your project, as this is required for all nominated projects.
Entries must represent work that was completed after April 2024 of the previous year and up until upcoming April 2025 deadline. See time limits per entry category below.
Please be sure you have permission on file for all of the students featured in your project. It will be your responsibility to upload forms releasing student likeness with submission.
Click here to access Waiver Forms:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IcIsWJvlcQXA6kj9y09GSlfYAjIIoj4S?usp=share_link
Forms can be emailed to ivie@mediaartscenter.org
Entries will be judged with respect to their specific grade level. The grade level groupings include:
Grades K-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12. There will be one winning entry per age group per category. Once again iVIE encourages students to explore different genres and themes via the many award categories.
Please be sure you have permission on file for all of the students featured in your project. It will be your responsibility to upload forms releasing student likeness with submission. Click here to access the forms:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IcIsWJvlcQXA6kj9y09GSlfYAjIIoj4S?usp=share_link
RUBRIC:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_LnyXvGYXn_y1vvgnDWW99IniLySG-MeEyV3eskWTf0/edit?usp=sharing
For more more information, please contact: ivie@mediaartscenter.org / 619-230-1938 x 101 / www.ivieawards.org