SVA Film & Media Festival Awards

Jean Rouch Award / Recognizes films that make exemplary use of ethnofiction techniques or that are produced in a collaborative manner embodying the spirit of Rouch's "anthropologie partagée" (shared anthropology).

Best Feature Film / Recognizes the film longer than forty-five minutes that best embodies the ethnographic inquiry and cinematic craft celebrated through the festival.

Best Short Film / Recognizes the film shorter than forty-five minutes that best embodies the ethnographic inquiry and cinematic craft celebrated through the festival.

Best Student Film / Recognizes the most outstanding film made by a student enrolled in an accredited educational institution.

Best Interactive Media / Recognizes media work—including VR installations, iDocs, websites, games, podcasts—that best embodies the creative and collaborative spirit of multimodal anthropologies.