Directors Guild of America
Best Asian American Student Filmmakers: Jury Award: Justin Li of Ithaca College – Moments Fleeting
The DGA Student Film Awards have highlighted dozens of African American, Asian American, Latino and Women filmmakers over the years. A number of past winners have gone on to enjoy successful directing careers, including:
Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II; Grown-ish; Rapture; The Land)
Jon M. Chu (In the Heights; Home Before Dark; Crazy Rich Asians; Now You See Me 2)
Ryan Coogler (Black Panther; Creed; Fruitvale Station)
Nicole Kassell (Watchmen; Castlerock; Westworld; The Americans)
Patricia Riggen (Dopesick; Surveillance; Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan; Miracles From Heaven)
Sylvain White (The Rookie; Fargo; The Umbrella Academy; Amazing Stories)
Ithaca College Park School
CONGRATULATIONS! Justin Li, Cinema Photography '21 will be honored tonight at the 27th Annual Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards for receiving the Jury Award for Best Asian American Student Filmmaker for his film "Moments Fleeting"
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Best Asian American Student Filmmakers: Jury Award: Justin Li of Ithaca College – Moments Fleeting
“We are so honored to spotlight the next generation of directors as we celebrate the 27th annual DGA Student Film Awards,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “Recognizing emerging talent through these Awards is one part of our ongoing efforts to encourage inclusion in the industry, and we’re proud that a number of our past recipients have found success in film and television. We congratulate these extraordinary student filmmakers and look forward to seeing their future creations.”
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Best Asian American Student Filmmakers: Jury Award: Justin Li of Ithaca College – Moments Fleeting
The awards highlight diverse student filmmakers from film schools and universities across the country, splitting each of the four categories into east and west regions. Winners in each category will receive a $2,500 prize from the DGA
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Best Asian American Student Filmmakers: Jury Award: Justin Li of Ithaca College – Moments Fleeting
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Best Asian American Student Filmmakers: Jury Award: Justin Li of Ithaca College – Moments Fleeting
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Senior Justin Li said he is currently editing his thesis film he shot last semester in Hong Kong during his gap semester. Li said the film is inspired by the idea of strangers who see one another every day but do not know each other as people.
“I just got the idea, what if [two strangers] smoke in the same alleyway, but as one leaves, one gets in, so they keep missing each other, and they also see each other on the train a lot,” Li said. “So the first 10 minutes is their routine. It goes through when they’re commuting or taking a smoke break. They walk past each other, and then when they both happen to be in an alley at the same time and they forget lighters and that sparks the encounter.”