iVIE Awards & Student Film Festival

Overview

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. Photos of last year's iVIE Awards Ceremony & Film Festival: https://www.flickr.com/photos/macsd/albums/72177720326758596/

Last updated Sep 17, 2026

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• Filmmaker

  Such a great festival and an awesome opportunity for young and aspiring filmmakers

• Filmmaker

  Great opportunity for the students of San Diego. Highly recommend!

• Filmmaker

  I LOVED this film festival, it was a great opportunity to get some titles under my belt (as well as some for my school). It was incredible, they were very kind and hospitable all of the way through. Not great for networking, I do wish that they gave us some more time to network before and after the awards though, I did not really get a chance to interact with the other student filmmakers. I also wish that there was more press coverage, this is a very odd request but as it is hosted by the San Diego Union-Tribune I find it odd that they don't have more media outlets at the event covering it, granted the iVIES are a student film festival however I feel like the UT could in many ways do a better job perhaps putting this in the Arts and Culture section? (a small collum, nothing major) However, this is a more minor thing. Overall though I loved the film festival, everyone was so warm and kind and there were so many other incredible student films, thank you so much IVIE awards!

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  Cesaire Carroll-Dominguez

• Filmmaker

  An incredible experience for young filmmakers... from the red carpet photos, to seeing their film on a full-size movie screen. Thank you to all who make this event possible for our children.

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