IVIE Awards and Student Film Festival

09/26/2025

Teachers & Families! Sign up your teen to our Fall Teen Producers Project. Every Sat, 10am-12pm. Sept 27-Dec 20. Emerging filmmakers (aged 13-18) learn pre production, production and post production. Intro & Adv levels avail. Final student films are presented to community and families on the BIG screen in our Digital Gym Cinema. Scholarships avail. Sign your student up here - https://mediaartscenter.org/tpp/

08/22/2025

Extended for one more week. Now playing at our Digital Gym Cinema. Showtimes and info - https://digitalgym.org/movies/boys-go-to-jupiter/

08/16/2025

07/03/2025

Parents, FREE Student Filmmaking Camps! Looking for fun Summer activities for your kids to do for the next few weeks? If they attend the San Diego Unified School District, you are in luck! New slots have opened up for the next few weeks of our acclaimed youth filmmaking camps.

FREE filmmaking camps for San Diego Unified students in grades K-6 at two offsite locations the weeks of July 7-11 and July 14-18 between 8am-5pm.

Grades TK-3 at Urban Discovery Academy, 840 14th St in downtown SD. Grades 4-6 at City Heights IDEA Lab (behind City Heights Library).

To register your student, email: [email protected] the following information:
Student's First and Last Name
SD Unified Student ID #
Current school of attendance
Grade level exited

FREE snacks and lunches also included 🙂. Funded by San Diego Unified School District, San Diego Foundation and Level Up SD program.

06/19/2025

Friends! A special screening & showcase THIS Sat! Please join us June 21 at 10am at our Digital Gym Cinema. We'll be premiering the latest videos from our Emerging Makers initiative, in conjunction w/ LISC San Diego & Second Chance. FREE screening. Only $5 to park in our same bldg at UC San Diego Park & Market. Come out & support these exceptional student filmmakers! RSVP here - https://digitalgym.org/movies/spring-2025-emerging-makers-showcase/

06/10/2025

Media Arts Center San Diego is proud to congratulate the elementary, middle and high school students & teachers who were recognized at our 24th Annual IVIE Awards and Student Film Festival this past weekend. It was so exciting to have students and their teachers and parents participate in the ceremony at our Digital Gym Cinema in UC San Diego Park & Market. Congrats to all involved! Thank you student filmmakers/teachers from San Diego County Office of Education San Diego Unified School District SDUSD VAPA Paola Hernandez (KPBS) & throughout the County of San Diego for your support of the iVIEs each year. Check out all the amazing photos here - https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjChtyY

06/07/2025

Congrats student filmmakers. Can’t wait to see you all at IVIE Awards and Student Film Festival!

Budding filmmakers from the Encinitas Union School District took center stage and walked the red carpet at the ninth annual Film Guild Awards.

06/06/2025

Thank you KPBS Beth Accomando for spreading the word & your support of IVIE Awards and Student Film Festival, Media Arts Center San Diego & Digital Gym Cinema!

'Mosquito' buzzes into the micro cinema for a Bonkers Half-Assed Midnight on Saturday and iVIE Awards highlight student work on Sunday.

06/01/2025

It's that time of year again. Let's celebrate all the student (K-12) filmmakers from across San Diego County. Media Arts Center San Diego is proud to present the 24th iVIE AWARDS AND STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL this upcoming Sunday, June 8th. 10-11am: Awards Ceremony. 12pm-4pm: Screenings of nominated films! at Digital Gym Cinema / UC San Diego Park & Market. Support student filmmakers & spread the word - https://mediaartscenter.org/ivies/

04/22/2025

Your opinion matters to us! Each person who completes the survey will receive TWO FREE MOVIE TICKETS to be used at our one-of-a-kind movie theater, Digital Gym Cinema. As we look towards the future and seek to strengthen our non-profit, our colleagues at LEAD San Diego are assisting Media Arts Center San Diego by gathering data on how we can better serve all of you and/or reach new audiences. Please fill out this survey by Mon, April 28th. Fill out here - http://tinyurl.com/MACsurvey2025