Backlight Student Film Festival Celebrates Five Years of Showcasing Student Work

Back in 2021, Julia Turner was a junior in the entertainment and media studies program at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication (the major for all things film industry and production). "A lot of my friends and I started to realize that there was a need for, not only a way to highlight student films at UGA, but also to create a sense of community in the Grady School of Journalism," Turner said. "So that was where the idea for Backlight came from." The event began as a film festival for UGA students. Following the founding team's graduation, they formed a nonprofit and opened submissions to all Georgia colleges and universities. "We've definitely grown in the number of [...] Source: https://flagpole.com/arts-culture/arts-culture-features/2026/03/18/backlight-student-film-festival-celebrates-five-years-of-showcasing-student-work/