National Student Film Institute

The National Student Film Institute (NSFI), formerly the Los Angeles Student Film Institute (LASFI), was founded in 1978 by Brenda Norman, Dave Master, Jutti Marsh and Ralph Rogers as a festival for films made by children from kindergarten through ninth grade. Two years later it was expanded to include the work of all high school students. The first of what became an annual festival included approximately 350 students who entered 125 films. By 1993, the Student Film Festival involved over two thousand students throughout the Los Angeles area, who together entered over 300 films. The film festival was held each year at the Directors Guild Theater in Hollywood.[1][2]

As demand for workshops, advice and support for teachers grew, NSFI/L.A's Board of Directors expanded the activities of the organization to include workshops for teachers, equipment loans, and support for filmmaking programs in schools.[3]

  1. ^ Champlin, Charles (May 20, 1986). "Critic At Large: Student Film Makers Stalk The Pro Circuit" Los Angeles Times Pg. 163.
  2. ^ National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival. The Directors Guild Theatre. June 10, 1994. p. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Editor (March 4, 1984). "Student Films Critiqued" Los Angeles Times Part VI, p.5.