This weeklong celebration introduces the works of emerging filmmakers and animators from the School of Visual Arts.

Held each spring since 1990, the Dusty Film and Animation Festival culminates in a gala awards ceremony with celebrity presenters and industry professionals. This year, the Film, Video and Animation Department proudly presented the 21st Annual Dusty Film and Animation Festival in the College’s state-of-the-art SVA Theatre, located in the heart of New York’s legendary Chelsea neighborhood.

Presenters have included such luminaries as Danny Aiello, Karen Allen, Patricia Clarkson, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Wes Craven, John Dilworth, Phil Donahue, Robert Elswit, Randall Emmett, James Gandolfini, James Ivory, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Kline, David Koepp, Viveca Lindfors, Matthew Modine, Mira Nair, Arthur Penn, Richard Price, Bill Plympton, John Patrick Shanley, Tom Sito, Bryan Singer and Todd Solondz.

Film and animation students at SVA have received accolades and honors from renowned institutions and organizations such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Sundance Film Festival; International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France; American Film Institute; Women in Film; National Board of Review and many others.

The School of Visual Arts is widely recognized as one of the finest art schools in the United States for its innovative curriculum, unparalleled faculty of more than 1000 creative professionals and its participation in the larger arts community of New York City.

Alumni include:
John Dilworth, creator, Chicken from Outer Space, Courage the Cowardly Dog; Randall Emmett, producer, Righteous Kill, The Wicker Man; Yvette Kaplan, story editor, Beavis and Butt-Head, Ice Age, King of the Hill; Dan Minahan, director, I Shot Andy Warhol, Six Feet Under, Grey’s Anatomy; James Muro, director of photography, Crash, The Last Mimzy, Open Range; Bill Plympton, creator, Your Face, Guard Dog; Harris Savides, director of photography, American Gangster, Zodiac, Milk; Bryan Singer, director, X-Men, The Usual Suspects, executive producer, House M.D.; Tom Sito, animator, Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Osmosis Jones; Mark Ulano, production sound mixer, Iron Man, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Titanic.

Photography throughout the website by James T. Josephs