We rolled out the red carpet for our special 10th Annual Study Abroad Film Festival at VenueSIX10 in downtown Chicago on Thursday, October 17th—all in benefit of IES Abroad scholarships.
Connor Sorg (University of Wisconsin-Madison | IES Abroad Milan, Spring 2024) took home the Grand Prize for his film "The Journey is the Dream."
The award was presented by the Film Festival's three-time host, Patrick Jager, an IES Abroad Vienna alum, Study Abroad Film Festival Juror, and an award-winning media executive who led the development and production team behind such hits as A&E “Biography”, VH1 “Behind the Music,” and the creator of HGTVs mega hit “Fixer Upper.”
He received the $1,500 Grand Prize, an all-expenses-paid trip to Vienna for next year's Film Festival, and secured the $5,000 IES Abroad Barbara Bobrich Annual scholarship for a future University of Wisconsin- Madison study abroad student in financial need, made possible by a $600,000 donation by the late Barbara Bobrich.
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