The Media Arts Festival is now accepting entries for 2008. See the attached PDF for entry categories and for the entry form. If you have produced a piece of media for BECA, there's a good chance that piece will fit into one of the entry categories. The deadline is October 6th. See
http://mediaartsfestival.org/ for more.
Good luck!
About the Media Arts Festival
CSU Summer Arts established the Media Arts Festival in 1991 to give talented students studying film, video, and interactive media within the 23-campus California State University system an opportunity to present their work for critical review. In 2000, the Media Arts Festival expanded its mission to include helping students of the CSU bridge the gap between student and working professional.
In an effort to realize its expanded mission, the Festival now includes three days of seminars and events geared to helping students of the CSU become better prepared to work in the entertainment and media industries.
Distinguished CSU professors and industry leaders choose the student finalists and winners in the film, video, and interactive media competition, and all finalist works are screened during the Festival. Cash prizes and the prestigious Rosebud Award are awarded to the winning student entries.
The Media Arts Festival has presented distinguished achievement Rosebud Awards to industry leaders who express commitment to education. Previous awardees include Gene Reynolds, Delbert Mann, Annette Bening, William Friedkin, Whoopi Goldberg, Sherry Lansing, Frank Oz, Herbert Ross, Mark Rydell, Robert Wise, John Frankenheimer, Martha Coolidge, John Badham, and Edward James Olmos.
Also in 2000, the Festival began recognizing the outstanding faculty of the CSU with a Rosebud Award for service to the students of the CSU and noteworthy professional accomplishment. Prior honorees include Jack Ofield from San Diego State University (2000), Alan Bloom from CSU Los Angeles (2001), José Sánchez-H, from CSU Long Beach (2002), Ivan Cury from CSU Los Angeles (2003), Sharyn Blumenthal from CSU Long Beach (2004), Don Priest from CSU Fresno (2005). The 2006 honoree was professor Lynne Gross from CSU Fullerton.
CSU Summer Arts plays a major role in expanding the opportunities for talented film, video, and interactive media students. By offering two- and four-week masterclasses for college credit during the Summer Arts Festival in July, and by offering the Media Arts Festival in November, we help give a voice to the talented CSU students who study at the world's largest university, the California State University.