iVIE Awards & Student Film Festival 2025
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 educational tool. iVIE receives 500 submissions annually, which are judged by media arts professionals and curated by Media Arts Center San Diego (San Diego Latino Film Festival, Digital Gym Cinema & 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/
Festival page: https://filmfreeway.com/iVIEAwards
2025 NOMINEES! Click here
Winners from each category will be recognized at our Awards Ceremony!
AWARDS CEREMONY AND SCREENINGS
Date: June 8, 2025
Location: The Forum and Digital Gym Cinema at UCSD @ Park & Market, 1100 Market St, San Diego, CA 92101
Schedule and Tickets HERE!
Questions? Email: ivie@mediaartscenter.org
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