Purpose: To encourage creative filmmaking in the experimental and documentary areas.

Fotokem Labs is offering an award for graduate students, given each semester, which will be juried through the SF State Cinema Department. The recipient of this award will have all of his or her lab costs covered by Fotokem.

Purpose: In memory of Robin Eickman, director of the San Francisco Film and Video Commission (1989-1998), SF State alumna and friend of the Cinema Department. The award is intended to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers as professional filmmakers and to provide support to individuals who may be underrepresented in the film industry. Each year, it is presented to a cinema grad student or senior undergrad student whose creative work shows great potential in one of the following categories: Cinematography/lighting, sound recording/mixing, special visual effects, art direction/set design, other (to be designated by applicant).