ANNE V. COATES STUDENT EDITING COMPETITION AWARD

THE STUDENT EDITING COMPETITION is named in honor of the late Anne V. Coates, ACE. She earned an Academy Award for David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia and received an Honorary Award at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2016 Governors Awards. She earned four additional Oscar nominations for Becket, The Elephant Man, In the Line of Fire and Out of Sight.

Please Note:

The dailies supplied are for this student competition only and are NOT to be duplicated or copied or used for classroom study, projects or any other outside use. Any infringement upon this use may result in litigation. ACE does not pay transportation or hotel expenses for out-of-town students.

Competition Process

Open November 15, 2023 to January 9, 2024
Students of film or editing may enter the ACE Student Editing Competition once a year.

The application entry fee is $125.

  • Applicants must provide the name of the school or university where they are studying and the name of a professor or instructor on the ACE application. 
  • After payment you are redirected to a web page to download Video Dailies and Script Notes with instructions.
  • The top three finalists are contacted by phone and email, and invited to attend the ACE Eddie Awards.
  • The winner receives the Student Award and publicity in the Hollywood trade papers.
  • All three finalists receive a plaque and are featured in CinemaEditor Magazine.
  • No other entrants are contacted and no critiques or rankings are available for anyone.

Submissions are now closed