About the Program

The San Diego’s Intl Film Festival’s FOCUS on Impact Education Program provides a forum for high school and college students to explore a variety of complex social issues with screenings of short films, curated curriculum and interviews with filmmakers.

We are excited to announce our new FOCUS on Impact Student Art Competition & Exhibit that will challenge students to create artwork designed to raise awareness of social issues such as inclusion, equality, cultural identity, climate change, pollution (ocean, land, thermal, plastic, soil), homelessness, PTSD (military veterans), human trafficking and LGBTQAI+.

We carefully selected 10 middle and high schools in San Diegocounty to take part in our program with our aim to gradually increase the scope of this initiative. The program showcases the innovative and analytical abilities of students who have pursued visual arts education.