Film Festivals
The Department of Film and Media Arts offers a major annual film festival highlighting the best work by Temple students.
Diamond Screen Film and Media Arts Festival
The Diamond Screen Film Festival has gained recognition for showcasing the best work by up-and-coming filmmakers and media artists in Temple’s program. The annual event highlights the most creative and outstanding student films in the documentary, narrative and experimental categories, as well as showcasing the newest works from students in the media arts program. The festival invokes Temple University founder Russell Conwell’s “acres of diamonds” speech, finding the next generation of filmmakers creating inventive, compelling work in Temple’s own backyard. Winners are selected from more than 150 entries by a panel of judges made up of Temple alumni and noted names in the industry.
The Temple FMA Department grants several awards to entrants, including the Benjamin Lazaroff Memorial Scholarship Fund (awarded to undergraduate or graduate FMA students who show excellence in screenwriting) and the Beatrice Deglin Leder Graduate Student Film and Video Production Award Fund (awarded to an outstanding FMA graduate student).
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Other Film Festivals include:
The BIPOC Film Festival - our Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) film festival feature amazing work that tells the stories of and supports the voices of our Black and Brown filmmakers and artists. In cooperation with our Film in Color student organization, a panel will curate the festival which will include screenings and discussions with filmmakers.
The Women’s Fest - collectively organized by Diamond Screen and the Mise en Femme student group, this film festival features a juried selection of a few of the many fantastic films created by women writers, directors and cinematography students in the Film and Media Arts department. In previous years, Women’s Fest winners have gone on to be featured in elite festivals around the country.
DiamondQ (LGTBQ+) Film Festival - features a juried selection of films created by and/or highlighting topics that surround LGBTQ+ artists. In cooperation with the Queer Film Collective, a panel will curate the festival evening which will feature discussions with directors after the screening.
Diamond Docs Film Festival - Temple’s rich history in groundbreaking documentary film lives on through the socially engaged and innovative documentary films produced by our students each year. Capturing stories from Vietnam to rural Pennsylvania our filmmakers have been featured in festivals around the world. Prepare to be inspired to action by films that capture the world from a new and intriguing perspective.