Past News
Announcing the 2026 Student Prize Competition
Deadline to submit: April 20, 2026 by 5:00 pm
Announcing the Jurors & Keynote Speakers for the 2026 Student Prize Competition
Hear about MMI from CLASS Dean O'Connor, Valenti Director Vardeman, and others, in our new video!
2025 Student Prize Competition Winners
UH Scholar Publishes First Biography of Disney Legend Tyrus Wong
Film scholar, English department faculty, and MMI Chair Karen Fang was recently featured in and for her new book, (Rutgers University Press 2025). The book, the first and only full-length biography of the Chinese immigrant artist, centenarian, and Disney Legend who helped make Bambi, was also named Honorable Mention in the .
Third-Annual Showcase Highlights Importance of Houston Film Industry and the Talent on UH鈥檚 CampusCongratulations to the 2022 MMI award winners!
The Media and the Moving Image initiative hosted its third-annual showcase this semester, spotlighting nearly 30 student projects and awarding five 91视频 faculty members.
Congratulations to the 2022 MMI award winners!
Congratulations to the 2021 MMI award winners!
2021 MMI Teaching Award winner Chris Clarke is covered on .
Announcing the 2021-2022 Student Prize Competition
2021-2022 Student Prize Competition Deadline to submit: Friday, April 15, 2022 5:00 p.m.
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Submissions are now closed.
Announcing the 2020-2021 Programming Funds and Student Prize Competition
2020-2021 Student Prize Competition Deadline to submit: Friday, April 16, 5:00 p.m.
Due to the current national need to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year鈥檚 MMI Student Prize Competition is canceled.
Anything completed in AY2019-2020 will be eligible for next year's (AY 2020-2021) competition.
Please check again in Fall 2020 for further news about the coming year鈥檚 competition.
While we shelter at home, here are MMI Chair Karen Fang's Top 4 Streaming Hong Kong Cinema Picks
Congratulations to the winners of our inaugural Student Prize Competition!
Critical Studies ........... Shannon Duncan,
Creative Work ............ Taylor Andreozzi,
Applied Technology ..... Walter Barta,
Thank you to our jury and keynote speaker!
Keynote Speaker:
Jury:
- Kristian Salinas ..........
- Tracy Stephenson ......
- , Rice University
- , iRazoo
To view the complete award ceremony, click .
Here is a of some of the student entries.