@arwarw - Just saw these posts from the last few months. You mention the Ivy Film Festival. I’m wearing an IFF T-shirt right now!! I consider it the most prestigious of student festivals because of the Hollywood involvement. The year my son’s crew entered a film (2009), there were over 300 films submitted from 120 schools around the globe. They only accepted thirty films for showing. My son’s group won Best Drama Award and the overall Grand Jury Prize for their film “The Dying Western” (edited-down version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bzhWopboTQ). They were actually invited by IFF to submit a film in 2010 which won the Best Comedy Award. But their day was made when Roger Ebert tweeted about their film, calling it “Altmanesque.” Film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x9DIE3expo
@YoHoYoHo - Yes, I wrote that with maddenmd. It’s out of print now, but still available as an ebook on amazon. It might be a little out of date (listing of schools), but still should have lots of good info.