DePaul University Premiere

Premiere is the annual student film festival hosted by DePaul University’s School of Cinematic Arts. Now in its 16th year, the festival showcases the best of DePaul University student work in cinema and animation with awards presented in over 20 categories covering all facets of filmmaking from screenwriting to post-production. Jury members include industry insiders, festival programmers, and filmmakers from around the country. Normally held in the historic Music Box Theatre for the last eight years, the festival provides an opportunity for student work to be showcased in one of the oldest theaters in the nation. This year due to the Covid Pandemic we will be hosting Premiere Film Festival as a live virtual event that combines the best DePaul University student work from 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. While we won’t be gathering at the Music Box this year, we will have an equally amazing event online with the best Jury assembled to showcase and celebrate your work. Premiere is only open to all CURRENT DEPAUL STUDENTS and ALUMNI who graduated in 2019, 2020 and 2021.