DePaul's Premiere Film Showcase

 

Premiere is the annual student film showcase hosted by DePaul University’s School of Cinematic Arts. Now in its 20th year, the screening celebrates the best films made by DePaul's students in fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, and music video. At the awards show after the screening, the programmers hand out over 20 awards covering all facets of filmmaking from screenwriting to post-production (all DePaul-made films submitted are eligible for the awards). A jury comprised of industry insiders, festival programmers, and filmmakers from around the country is also present for the screening and selects the very special Jury Award by the end of the night. Held in the historic Music Box Theatre, the festival provides an opportunity for student work to be showcased in one of the oldest, most celebrated theaters in the nation.

This year’s Premiere Film Showcase will be held on June 6th, 2025 at the Music Box Theatre. Learn more and see last year's program."


2024 Winners

Premiere 2024 Award Winners

 

Provenance

Best Directing by an Undergraduate Student: C.M. Celis; Evan Sellas, C.M. Celis, Spencer Milligan; Best Producing: Louis Paul Alcade, Best Cinematography: Enzo Goodrich, Best Production Design: Hannah Darlene, Arryana Walls

 

Lost Boys Pizza

Best Directing by a Graduate Student: Cassie Llanas

 

Blue Spring

Best Animated Film: Carlos Roqués

 

Perfect Casting

Best Animated Film: Autumn English

 

Chronicle of a Summer Day

Best Documentary, Audience Choice Award, Best Editing: Kira Helm

 

Day With a Dick

Achievement in Short Film Writing, Jury Choice Award: Kimberly Spohn

 

Romeo & Juliet

Undergraduate Faculty Judges' Award: Jackson Coates

 

Right Body

Undergraduate Faculty Judges' Award: Emma Cherradi

Additional Awards

Amanda M. Thames Memorial Scholarship

Kaitlyn Holmes

Best Ensemble Cast

Melrose

Best Experimental Film

Qun Chi - WHAT DO YOU SEE

Best Music Video

Evan Carter - Witchcraft

Best Original Score

Ian Gram - Pastel

Best Sound Design

Hannah Vrbancic - Pastel

MFA Thesis Feature Film Script (Comedy)

Anna Kotecki - Slay

Graduate Faculty Judges Award

Qun Chi - WHAT DO YOU SEE

Media for Social Change

Torin Jade Ives - Call Them Athletes

Voice and Vision Award - Undergrad

Jackson Coates

MFA Thesis One-Hour Pilot Script

Parker Stocksdale - Mechanisms

MFA Thesis Feature Film Script (Drama)

Daniel Friedland - Chasing Sunlight

Storyboarding Award

Virginia Bruck - Scary Night

Voice and Vision Award - Grad

Jewells Santos

MFA Thesis Half-Hour Pilot Script

James Figueroa - NANCYBOYS

Nathan Dills - The Postal Service

Best VFX

Louis Buonaiuto and Ian Odermatt - Another Chance

 

2023 Winners

2022 Winners

2021 Winners

2019 Winners