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2025 Film & Video

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Crystal Kayiza was raised in Oklahoma and is now a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” she is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Film Independent Amplifier Fellowship, Sundance Ignite Fellowship and is a member of the New Negress Film Society. Her most recent film, Rest Stop, was awarded the Jury Prize for Best US Short Film at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Crystal Kayiza

2025 FILM & VIDEO INSTRUCTOR

Film & video students shoot and edit short films. Film assignments may include documentary, narrative, or both. Students work in groups and can expect to learn about the various roles on a film set (director, editor, grip, props, etc.) The student films are screened in a public exhibition. Class discussions and film screenings may contain mature subject matter. Up to 20 students are accepted.

Requirements for Applicants

To apply to the film program, applicants must submit one short film, no longer than 5 minutes. Evaluators will be looking for applicants who are good storytellers; applicants with strong narrative skills should not be discouraged from applying due to unfamiliarity with the technical aspects of filmmaking. Video submissions may be any narrative format using any technique (e.g., video, animation, stop-motion, multimedia).

Videos created with smart phones and tablets are acceptable.

Application Deadline: Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE FILM & VIDEO APPLICANT GUIDE

Funding for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute film and video program is generously provided, in part, by the Jeanne Hoffman Smith Film Institute Endowment Fund.

OAI Quartz Preview Days

Interested in auditioning for the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute but don’t know where to start? Each fall, OAI is offers free workshops as part of the OAI Quartz Preview Days! 

Fall 2025 Preview Days will be announced later this year.

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