The SCAD Savannah Film Festival Began Celebrating its 25th-Anniversary With Exciting Programming & Screenings

The SCAD Savannah Film Festival began celebrating its 25th-Anniversary with exciting programming and screenings. Kerry Condon accepted the Distinguished Performance Award following the screening of The Banshees of Inisherin, Ron Howard accepted the Lifetime Achievement in Directing Award following the screening of Thirteen Lives, Eddie Redmayne accepted the Virtuoso Award following the screening of The Good Nurse, Jenna Ortega accepted the Breakthrough Award following the screening of X, and Jeremy Pope accepted the Distinguished Performance Award following the screening of The Inspection. Additional guests in attendance were actor Kayli Carter (SCAD Alumni, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), director Eric Appel (WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story), director and film critic Elvis Mitchell (Is That Black Enough for You?!?), director and writer P.J. Palmer (North Star), director and writer Brett Wagner (The Big Bend), actor David Sullivan (The Big Bend), cinematographer Paul Atkins (The Big Bend), director, writer and producer Ahsen Nadeem (Crows Are White), cinematographer Gabriella Garcia-Pardo (SCAD Alumni, The Bardia), director, writer and producer Tom Huang (Dealing With Dad), director and producer Kayla Johnson (Fenom), producer Ariel Hairston (Fenom), and film subjects Kia Brooks and Ameen Brooks (Fenom). Additionally, the film subject of The Good Nurse, Amy Loughren, was in attendance alongside Eddie Redmayne.  

Eddie Redmayne receives Virtuoso Award at SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Jenna Ortega walks the red carpet for Day 2 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Ron Howard receives the Lifetime Achievement in Directing Award 

Kerry Condon walks the red carpet for Day 1 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Jeremy Pope receives the Distinguished Performance Award at SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Celebrating its 25th year, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival and competitions provide SCAD students with opportunities as unique as the selected films. This year, the festival received more than 1,500 submissions for the competition series. During the festival, students from every academic discipline connect with leaders from the entertainment industry through master classes, coffee talks, lectures, workshops, and panel discussions. Savannah, a premier film hub in the Southeast, promotes quality movies produced by independent and studio filmmakers.  

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