What is a student film?

A student film is typically a short, low-budget, and amateur production created by someone enrolled in a film or media studies curriculum at an educational institution. Meanwhile, feature films featuring student themes or titles, such as Student of the Year, are commercial releases produced by professional studios. These commercial works can range from romantic comedies to adaptations of classic literature.

What we know

• A student film is created by a student enrolled in an educational institution, usually as part of a film or media curriculum. [3]
• Student films are commonly short, low-budget, and amateur. [3]
• Student of the Year is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language commercial romantic comedy-drama film directed by Karan Johar. [2]

Where to go next

• whoWho directed Student of the Year?
• a case in pointWhat is the 2012 film Student about?
• what caused itHow did Student No: 1 influence later Bollywood titles?
• the bigger pictureWhat is a film studies curriculum?
• whenWhen was the sequel Student of the Year 2 released?
• an unexpected connectionHow does a Dostoyevsky novel connect to a film named Student?The 2012 Kazakhstani film Student is directly adapted from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment.

Sources

• [1]Student of the Year (Wikidata Q3500913) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Student of the Year · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Student film · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Student (film) · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Student No: 1 · CC BY-SA 4.0