First Run Film Festival | Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

A Marine's Guide to Fishing by Nicholas Brennan

• Carl Lerner Award for a Film with Social Significance to Nicholas Brennan
• Original Score Award
• Acting Award to Matthew Pennington
• Faculty Commendation for Production Design to Charlotte Royer

Abe Aldron: A Lab Drone by Evan Geary

• Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Virginia Mohler

Baby Ruth by Jeremy Reitz

• Acting Award to Brianne Howey
• Faculty Commendation for Innovation in Editing to Jeremy Reitz
• Faculty Commendation for Sound Design to Jaclyn Gramigna
• Faculty Commendation for Directing to Jeremy Reitz

Borderland by Alexander Smolowe

• Screenwriting Award to Alexander Smolowe
• Faculty Commendation for Directing to Alexander Smolowe

Bowling Balls by John Langan

• Screenwriting Award for John Langan

Close. by Tahir Jetter

• Screenwriting Award to Tahir Jetter
• Acting Award for Ensemble to Carlton Byrd, Jade Jackson
• Faculty Commendation for Production Design to Charlotte Royer
• Faculty Commendation in Directing to Tahir Jetter

Curiouser by Brittany Shaw

• Acting Award to Natalie Dix
• Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Virginia Mohler

Exclusive by Elan Golod

• Faculty Commendation for Editing to Matthew Kazman
• Acting Award to Elon Rutberg

Figs by Anu Valia

• Screenwriting Award to Anu Valia
• Cinematography Award to Ivaylo Getov
• Acting Award to Katie McCafferty
• Faculty Commendation for Production Design to Charlotte Royer
• Faculty Commendation for Directing to Anu Valia

For the Record by Sarah Rudoy

• Acting Award to Mary Leggio
• Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Virginia Mohler
• Faculty Commendation for Sound Design to Jaclyn Gramigna

Frequent Flyers by Matthew Troy

• Producing Award to Matthew Troy, Caitlyn Coady, and Chris Casey
• Editing Award to Erica Tachoir
• Sound Design Award to Matthew Troy
• Faculty Commendation for Production Design to Charlotte Royer

Infallible by Jaclyn Gramigna

• Faculty Commendation for Sound Design to Jaclyn Gramigna
• Faculty Commendation for Editing to Matthew Kazman

LET THERE BE SOL by Daniel Pfeffer

• Acting Award for Ensemble to Frances Fabian‚ Rob Castillo‚ Zander Eckhouse‚ Cynthia Marie Flores‚ Hayden Frank‚ Tom McMahon‚Dennis Barbosa‚ Pedro Rosado, Ellen McCollister‚ Raquel Algarin, Kyana Lora
• Faculty Commendation for Directing to Daniel Pfeffer

Merhaba by Lauren Brady

• Producing Award to Mandy Menaker, Lauren Brady
• Acting Award to Fadik Sevin Atasoy
• Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Mingjue Hu
• Faculty Commendation for Producing to Mandy Menaker
• Faculty Commendation in Directing to Lauren Brady

Passed Down by Zachary Goldberg

• Faculty Commendation for Editing to Matthew Kazman

Picture Perfect by Benjamin Halstead

• Original Score Award
• Production Design Award to Steph Ching, Logan Lamson
• Faculty Commendation for Directing to Benjamin Halstead

Real Talk by Patrick Ng

• Editing Award to Patrick Ng
• Cinematography Award to Mingjue Hu
• Sound Design Award to Anthony Jones
• Acting Award to Sui Keung Wong
• Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Mingjue Hu
• Faculty Commendation for Producing to Mandy Menaker
• Faculty Commendation for Directing to Patrick Ng

Running Water by Alfredo Alcantara

• Producing Award to Joey Dello Russo
• Original Score Award
• Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Mingjue Hu

Rustic Dunes by Tiffany Chung

• Nestor Almendros Award to Fletcher Wolfe

Space-Age Rumrunners of the Roaring '20s by Elliott DiGuiseppi

• Production Design Award to Jacqueline Castel, Benji Cox, Tony Borden

Speech Act by Emmeline Wilks-Dupoise

• Faculty Commendation for Producing to Mandy Menaker

The Birds Upstairs by Christopher Jarvis

• Achievement in Animation Award to Christopher Jarvis
• Screenwriting Award to Christopher Jarvis
• Sound Design Award to Christopher Jarvis

The Sheol Express by Ryan Patch and Michael Koehler See Above

• Producing Award to Ryan Patch, Adam Raichilson
• Cinematography Award to Andrew Michael Ellis
• Original Score Award
• Production Design Award to Carmen Cardenas, Gian Marco Loforte

The Sierra Project by Gabriel de Urioste

• Production Design Award to Raquel Cedar, Mandy Mandelstein

The Sunset by Misha Sundukovskiy

• Faculty Commendation in Cinematography to Mingjue Hu

USLUCKYOUNGUNS by Peter Spark

• Achievement in Experimental to Peter Spark
• Cinematography Award to Brittany Shaw
• Original Score Award
• Faculty Commendation for Directing to Peter Spark

1st Prize King Award in the Graduate Department  $10,000

• Zelmira Gainza, THE POOL

2nd Prize King Award in the Graduate Department  $7,000

• Pamela Romanowsky, GRAVITY

3rd Prize King Award in the Graduate Department  $5,000

• Levi Abrino, LITTLE HORSES

1st Prize King Award in the Undergraduate Department  $10,000

• Alexander Smolowe, BORDERLAND

2nd Prize King Award in the Undergraduate Department  $7,000

• Patrick Ng, REAL TALK

3rd Prize King Award in the Undergraduate Department  $5,000

• Jeremy Reitz, BABY RUTH

Wasserman Award for Directing, Undergraduate  $2,000

• Alexander Smolowe, BORDERLAND

King Award for Screenwriting, Undergraduate  $3,000

• Alexander Smolowe, BORDERLAND

Wasserman Award for Directing, Graduate  $2,000

• Zelmira Gainza, THE POOL

King Award for Screenwriting, Graduate  $3,000

• Zelmira Gainza, THE POOL

FIRST PRIZE Tisch Asia Graduate Winner  $7,000

• Jordan Schiele, TEN YEARS FROM NOW