The SCAD Savannah Film Festival 25th-Anniversary Guests and Award Winners

The SCAD Savannah Film Festival 25th-Anniversary was in full swing with days 3 and 4 with even more exciting programming and screenings. Sandy Powell was honored with the inaugural Variety Creative Impact in Costume Design Award, Miles Teller was an honored guest after the screening of Top Gun: Maverick, Mia Goth accepted the Lumière Award following the screening of Pearl, Henry Selick accepted the Outstanding Achievement in Animation Award following the screening of Wendell & Wild, and Janelle Monáe accepted the Spotlight Award (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery). Additional guests in attendance were actor Micheal Ward (Empire of Light) writer Domee Shi (Turning Red), director and producer Sara Dosa (Fire Of Love), producer Shane Boris (Fire Of Love), director, writer and producer Apo W. Bazidi (The Ruth Brinker Story), director and producer Lindsay Keys (The Quiet Epidemic), director, writer and producer Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), director Joel Crawford (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), director and producer Brydie O’Connor (Love, Barbara), producer Jason Reid (Sam Now), director Masaaki Yuasa (Inu-Oh), director and producer Shaunak Sen (All That Breathes), director and writer Leah Bleich (The Moon & Back), director Kyle Balda (Minions: The Rise of Gru), director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge), director Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging), director Mia Schrader (She Said), director Daniel Roher (Navalny), directors and producers Cynthia Wade and Sharon Liese (The Flagmakers), producer Nicôle Lecky (Mood), producer Alison Owen (Elizabeth), producer and actor Jurnee Smollett (Lou, Lovecraft County), producer Christine Vachon (Far From Heaven), director and producer Matthew Heineman (Retrograde).

Miles Teller walks the red carpet for Day 4 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. 

Janelle Monáe receives the Spotlight Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. 

Mia Goth receives the Lumière Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. 

Sandy Powell receives the Variety Creative Impact in Costume Design Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.

Micheal Ward walks the red carpet for Day 3 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.

Henry Selick receives the Outstanding Achievement in Animation Award at the 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.  

Photos by Getty Images for SCAD Savannah Film Festival