Created in 2010, Rough Cut takes place each year and welcomes the participation of schools throughout New York City and beyond.
Congratulations to the 2020 winners!
Camden U
Carpe Diem
En Route
Students are free to create films on any school appropriate subject; the only requirement is that the films are less than ten minutes long.
A jury of faculty, students and film professionals give out four awards: Best Animated Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Narrative Short, and Best Experimental Short. The audience also votes for its favorite movie!
The deadline to submit a movie is Monday, April 19, 2021.
Best Narrative Film: "Camden U" by Will Ruggai, Xavier HS (warning: mature content)
Best Documentary Film: "En Route" by Ahjani Jackson, LREI
Best Experimental Film: "Carpe Diem" by Zoe Silverman, Lycée
Jury Prize: Julien Zeitoun, Lycée ("Kettle" "Tissues" "Basketball Cornucopia" "An Afternoon in My Ears"
2019 Winners
Best Narrative Film and the Audience Award: "Soaring" by Pier Paolo Piccoli (Lycée Français)
Best Experimental Film: "Song of a Lonely Bird" by Jiaqi Liu (Staten Island Academy)
Best Documentary Film and the Jury Prize: "The Revolution is at Hunter College" by Mathilde Malpartida Durroux, Gabriel Husain and Jaques Chrysostomou (Lycée Français)
Winners of the previous editions
2017: Evariste Gindrey, Lycée Français de New York, "Loop" 2016: Milo Sobral, FASNY, for “Sleepless” 2015: Sarah Maouchi, Zoé Lacau & Noémie Wendelbo 2014: Theo Le Sourd & Pierre Hirschler for “Apartment 42H” 2013: Theo Le Sourd & Pierre Hirschler for “Food Doodle” 2012: Xavier Ferland-Brissette 2011: Terry Noiran