Two Cinema students win international awards

Posted Tue, 08/25/2009 - 9:45am by Matt Itelson

Two Cinema students are among the 2009 Princess Grace Award winners, each receiving a coveted international prize to help fund their film projects. M.F.A. candidate Terrie Samundra and undergraduate Charlie Corriea will travel to New York for the Oct. 21 awards gala, a black-tie event attended by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Fifteen SF State students have won Princess Grace Awards since 1989. The 22 winners this year exemplify both classical and alternative artistic disciplines and, while still considered emerging talent, already show exceptional promise.

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA is a nonprofit, publicly supported foundation, based in New York City and founded more than 25 years ago by Prince Rainier III of Monaco in honor of his wife, Princess Grace Kelly. The Foundation's mission, mirrors that of Princess Grace, supporting emerging artists in theatre, dance and film through the awarding of scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships. In total, the foundation has given more than 650 awards totaling more than $7 million.