3rd Prize, Undergraduate Film & TV: $5,000
CAUGHT by Bruce Li

3rd Prize, Graduate Film: $5,000
PLAN B by Sarah-Rose Meredith

2nd Prize, Undergraduate Film & TV: $7,000
BASED ON A TRUE STORY by Jacob Kafka

2nd Prize, Graduate Film: $7,000
ANNA AND JEROME by Melanie Delloye

1st Prize, Undergraduate Film & TV: $10,000
BOMBSHELL by Erin Sanger

1st Prize, Graduate Film: $10,000
MOBILE HOMES by Vladimir De Fontenay

Additional Prizes

King Screenwriting Award, Graduate Film: $3,000
MOBILE HOMES by Vladimir De Fontenay

King Screenwriting Award, Undergraduate Film & TV: $3,000
BOMBSHELL by Erin Sanger

Wasserman Directing Award, Graduate Film: $2,000
PLAN B by Sarah-Rose Meredith

Wasserman Directing Award, Undergraduate Film & TV: $2,000
BOMBSHELL by Erin Sanger

Acting

Kat Alamina for the film SEXY
directed by Brooke Goldfinch

Elodie Bouchez for the film ANNA AND JEROME
directed by Melanie Delloye

Melissa Brown for the film DEADBEAT
directed by Danielle Morgan

Laurence Cantor for the film HENRY
directed by Stephen Bono

Ann Carr for the film ADR SOS
directed by Jeffrey Anderson Bliss

Reg E. Cathey for the film SAMPLING
directed by Zacharay Schamberg

Julian Cihi for the film SHADOW PUPPETS
directed by Fiona Murguia

Lynn Cohen for the film 37
directed by Puk Grasten

Brendan Coors for the film ONE TRICK DIETER
directed by Zachary Kershberg

Angela Dee for the film CHIN UP
directed by Michelle Walson

Chen Feng for the film DISTANCE
directed by Yanxing Cao

Alison Folland for the film MOBILE HOMES
directed by Vladimir De Fontenay

Anthony Govine for the film LAST BLUE
directed by Marco Coppola

Amanda Hillsberg for the film BETWEEN JOSIE & MARIA
directed by Kristen Swanbeck

Matt Jessup for the film DREAMLAND
directed by Julian Harker

Mike Lubik for the film GLORY DAYS
directed by Ben Rutkowski

Michael Mastro for the film BUM FUTURE
directed by Laura Terruso

Clara Morel for the film YOLANDA
directed by Cristian Carretero

Holden Osborne for the film 143 MAPLE DRIVE
directed by Yael Mayorek

Jennifer Tchiapke for the film AISSA’S STORY
directed by Iquo Essien

Quvenzhané Wallis for the film BONESHAKER
directed by Frances Bodomo

Ensemble Acting

Maria Alm Norell, Joel Millberg, Paula Brandt for the film SALT WATER FRUIT
directed by Eirik Forus

Caitlin McHugh, Jack Mulcahy, Amanda Bjerre-Pedersen, Katina Corrao for the film ALLEGED
directed by Heather Fink

Diane Ciesla, Jake Miller, Danny Burstein, Susan Jeffries, Michael Schantz, Kathleen Wise, Gayle Samuels, Katina Corrao for the film AUTUMN WHISPERS
directed by Charles Rogers

Khalil Long, Luis Scott, Ismael Kiss, Victor Landol for the film A FRIENDS PLACE
directed by Michael Larnell

Maria Stoian, Doru Paul, Sosa Marina, Ana-Maria Paul for the film LITTLE REVOLUTIONS
directed by Marie Constantinesco

Cinematography

Federico Cesca for the film YOLANDA
directed by Cristian Carretero

Leonardo D’Antoni for the film SALT WATER FRUIT
directed by Eirik Forus

Michael Rossetti for the film PLAN B
directed by Sarah-Rose Meridith

Chin Tangsakulsathaporn for the film GRASSHOPPER
directed by Ashleigh Mayfair

Danny Vecchione for the film DREAMLAND
directed by Julian Harker

Editing

Yanxing Cao for the film DISTANCE

Pau Dalmases Paredes for the film HOT DOG VOODOO

Vladimir De Fontenay for the film MOBILE HOMES

Benjamin Rutkowski for the film GLORY DAYS

Kristen Swanbeck for the film BETWEEN JOSIE & MARIA

Brooke Swaney for the film BEDS MADE AND SWEATERS ON
directed by Lee Manansala

Producing

Samini Akbari for the film OUTPOST
directed by Shiva Bajpai

Sarah-Rose Meredith, Ketki Pandit, Sam Hicks for the film PLAN B

Ryan Johnson and Christina Pierre for the film ONE TRICK DIETER
directed by Zachary Kershberg

Erik Aschehoug, Emily Reese for the film SALT WATER FRUIT
directed by Eirik Forus

Jess Fuerst, Pau Suris for the film HOT DOG VOODOO
directed by Pau Dalmases Paredes

Lorraine Jones, Colin Whitlow for the film YOLANDA
directed by Cristian Carretero

Forest Conner, David Woolner for the film KATYA AND THE SCARLET SAILS
directed by Vika Evdokimenko

Production Design

James Bolenbaugh for the film BREEEZ ACROSS THE GREEN
directed by Brantley Jones

Anne Goelz for the film BLACK OUT BINGO
directed by Charlotte Rabate

Tara Pavoni for the film CHIN UP
directed by Michelle Walson

Robert Eggers, Alexandr Solodukho for the film KATYA AND THE SCARLET SAILS
directed by Vika Evdokimenko

Maki Takenouchi for the film OUT THERE
directed by Jennifer Suhr

Katrina Whalen for the film PASSING
directed by Laura Moss

Screenwriting

Yanxing Cao for the film DISTANCE

Zachary Kershberg for the film ONE TRICK DIETER

Lee Manansala for the film BEDS MADE AND SWEATERS ON

Yael Mayorek for the film 143 MAPLE DRIVE

Sarah-Rose Meridith for the film PLAN B

Kristen Swanbeck for the film BETWEEN JOSIE & MARIA

Sound Design

Lindsay Bane for the film THE RED SHOES

Jeffrey Anderson Bliss for the film ADR SOS

David Kestin for the film OPEN HOUSE

Laura Moss for the film PASSING

Umar Riaz for the film BLACK OUT BINGO
directed by Charlotte Rabate

Original Score

Marsha Bowe for the film KYAK LA NA
directed by Adriana Cepeda Espinosa

Victoria de la Vega for the film MOBILE HOMES
directed by Vladimir De Fontenay

Asher Goldschmidt for the film 143 MAPLE DRIVE
directed by Yael Mayorek

Angelica Negron for the film YOLANDA
directed by Cristian Carretero

Damian Quinones for the film FLOOD
directed by Katy Scoggin

Gabe Schamberg for the film SAMPLING
directed by Zacharay Schamberg

Faculty Commendation for Excellence in Comedy

Heather Fink for the film ALLEGED

Charles Rogers for the film AUTUMN WHISPERS

Michelle Walson for the film CHIN UP

Faculty Commendation for Excellence in Directing

Stephen Bono for the film HENRY

Julian Harker for the film DREAMLAND

Thomas Kim for the film FOOTSTEPS

Chin Tangsakulsathaporn for the film THE SWEATSHOP

Faculty Commendation for Greatest Use of Animation

Lindsay Bane for the film THE RED SHOES

Faculty Commendation in Cinematography

Federico Cesca for the films YOLANDA, HOT DOG VOODOO
directed by Cristian Carretero, Pau Dalmases Paredes

Leonardo D’Antoni for the films ANNA AND JEROME, SALT WATER FRUIT
directed by Melanie Delloye, Eirik Forus

Brian Lannin for the films ANGELS, AUTUMN WHISPERS, LISPENARD, THE SWEATSHOP
directed by Zachary Kershberg, Charles Rogers, Anna Stypko, Chin Tangsakulsathaporn

Michael Rossetti for the films BEDS MADE AND SWEATERS ON, FLOOD, PLAN B, THE RED SHOES AND AISSA’S STORY
directed by Lee Manansala, Katy Scoggin, Sarah-Rose Meridith, Lindsay Bane, and Iquo Essie

Faculty Commendation in Producing

Tati Barrantes for the films MOBILE HOMES, ANNA AND JEROME
directed by Vladimir De Fontenay, Melanie Delloye

Jess Fuerst for the films HENRY, HOT DOG VOODOO
directed by Stephen Bono, Pau Dalmases Paredes

Colin Whitlow for the films SEXY, WHISKEY ‘N’ DITCH, OUT THERE, MOBILE HOMES
directed by Brooke Goldfinch, Kathryn Whalen, Jennifer Suhr, Vladimir De Fontenay

Isabella Wing-Davey for the films BEDS MADE AND SWEATERS ON, FLOOD, 37, AUTUMN WHISPERS
directed by Lee Manansala, Katy Scoggin, Puk Grasten, Charles Rogers

Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance

Cristian Carretero for the film YOLANDA

Nestor Almendros Award for Outstanding Cinematography by a woman

Chananun Chotrungroj for the film BLACK OUT BINGO
directed by Charlotte Rabate

Wasserman Finalists in recognition of outstanding filmmaking

Shiva Bajpai for the film OUTPOST

Frances Bodomo for the film BONESHAKER

Yanxing Cao for the film DISTANCE

Vladimir De Fontenay for the film MOBILE HOMES

Melanie Delloye for the film ANNA AND JEROME

Yael Mayorek for the film 143 MAPLE DRIVE

Sarah-Rose Meridith for the film PLAN B

Acting

Sofie Choinski for the film BOMBSHELL
directed by Erin Sanger

John Fennessy for the film OLD MONSTER
directed by Kevin Clark-Ryan

Doug Jones for the film I, HELIOS
directed by James Berry

Sylvia Miles for the film OLD MONSTER
directed by Kevin Clark-Ryan

Ensemble Acting

Ines Milans, Paula Roman, Teodorina Bello, Bill Santiago, Jaquen Castellanos, Dulce Jimenez, Wasly Castillo, Jesus Cabreja, Susan Gross for the film LAS MANANITAS
directed by Gabriella Moses

Alex Parrish, Douglas Widick, Parker Shapiro, Caroline Lagerfelt, Jack Hayflick for the film TO AN EXTENT
directed by Daniel Jaffe

Ollie Smith, Jamie Effros, Leah Wagner, Siraj Huda for the film CORNDOG
directed by Blake Varga

Directing

Bruce Li for the film CAUGHT

Addison Mehr for the film FORT APACHE

Cinematography

Marc Katz for the film FORT APACHE
directed by Addison Mehr

Igor Kropotov for the film THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT
directed by Jacob Sillman

Editing

Bruce Li for the film CAUGHT

Jacob Sillman for the film THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT

Producing

Jacob Sillman for the film THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT

Addison Mehr, Sara Eklund, Nathan Waters for the film FORT APACHE

Production Design

Heather Yancey for the film LAS MANANITAS
directed by Gabriella Moses

Auriel Rudnick for the film FORT APACHE
directed by Addison Mehr

Screenwriting

Christopher Marks for the film BEING RICHARD KENSINGTON

William Thompson for the film PAULINE IN A BEAUTIFUL WORLD

Sound Design

Joao Jabace for the film THE WHITE SEAGULL
directed by Max Strebel

Original Score

Jeffrey Brice for the film BASED ON A TRUE STORY
directed by Jacob Kafka

Alejandro Zuleta for the film LAS MANANITAS
directed by Gabriella Moses

Achievement in Animation

Jacob Kafka for the film BASED ON A TRUE STORY

Achievement in Documentary

Alexandra Stergiou for the film CITIZEN ZERO

Achievement in Experimental

James Berry for the film I, HELIOS

Carl Lerner Award

Jacob Sillman for the film THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT

Nestor Almendros Award

Katrina Sorrentino for the film WHAT TO EXPECT
directed by Andrew Mallonee

Faculty Commendation in Animation

Max Strebel for the film THE WHITE SEAGULL

Faculty Commendation in Cinematography

Seth Hagenstein for the film FITTED, GATOR FARM
directed by Auriel Rudnick, Zoe Robyn Turner

Faculty Commendation in Editing

Joanna Naugle for the films FITTED, FORT APACHE, GATOR FARM, LAS MANANITAS
directed by Auriel Rudnick, Addison Mehr, Zoe Robyn Turner, Gabriella Moses

Faculty Commendation in Screenwriting

Zoe Robyn Turner for the film GATOR FARM

Courtney Taniguchi for the film THE PYROTECHNICIAN’S DAUGHTER

Eamon Downey, Seth Blogier, Raag Harshavat, Parrish Tigh for the film SPIN

Faculty Commendation in Sound Design & Original Score

Jeff Brice for the films APIARY, WATERCOLORS, BASED ON A TRUE STORY
directed by Greg Gano, Robert Kornstein, Jacob Kafka

Wasserman Finalists

James Berry for the film I, HELIOS

Jacob Kafka for the film BASED ON A TRUE STORY

Bruce Li for the film CAUGHT

Erin Sanger for the film BOMBSHELL

Jacob Sillman for the film THE PALE OF SETTLEMENT

Alexandra Stergiou for the film CITIZEN ZERO

NESTOR ALMENDROS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Zelmira Gainza for BURN TO SEND and OK BREATHE AURALEE

CARL LERNER AWARD FOR A FILM WITH SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
Lamia Alami for SALAM GHOURBA

FACULTY COMMENDATIONS FOR PRODUCING
Mollye Asher for BOTTLED, AND WINTER SLOW, LITTLE ONES and HER SEAT IS VACANT

Heather Jack for COCONUT GROVE and TWO LADIES AND A GENTLEMAN

Spencer Kiernan and Caroline Oliveira for THE CHAIR

Ryan Silber for DOUBLES WITH SLIGHT PEPPER and PIEL

FACULTY COMMENDATIONS FOR SCREENWRITING
Sarah Violet Bliss for PRICELESS THINGS

Emily Carmichael for THE HUNTER AND THE SWAN DISCUSS THEIR MEETING

Clarissa de los Reyes for JOHNNY LOVES DOLORES

Grainger David for THE CHAIR

Lakshmi IndraSimhan for COCONUT GROVE

Brian Lannin for AND WINTER SLOW

FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR EDITING
Alexis Gambis for DÉJÀ VU
Jarrah Gurrie for THE CHAIR, BURN TO SEND
Shripriya Mahesh for OK BREATHE AURALEE
Sara Shaw for PIEL, ELEANOR, FUTURE DAYS

FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY
Pepe Avila del Pino for REPRISE and AGUAVIVA
Leonardo D’Antoni for BELLA FLEACE GAVE A PARTY and PIEL
Pedro Gomez Millan for LAST REMARKS and DEJA VU
Jimmy Lee Phelan for QUINHA and THE CHAIR
Michael Rossetti for CANDLESTICKS, OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER, HER SEAT IS VACANT and JOHNNY LOVES DOLORES

FACULTY LOCATION FOR SOUND LOCATION RECORDING
Umar Riaz for ZOO ZOOS & WHAM WHAMS, ELEANOR and BLEACHED

FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR ORIGINAL SCORE
Asen Doyken for IF I LEAP
Simon Taufique for LUNA
Laura Ortman for OK BREATHE AURALEE

FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sia Balabanova for COCONUT GROVE
Lauren Baron for JOHNNY LOVES DOLORES
Tania Bijlani for SO OVER YOU
Puk Grasten for OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER
Aaron Hoskins for LITTLE ONES
Nell Tivnan for AGUAVIVA
Christina Winkelmann for BLEACHED

FACULY COMMENDATION FOR ACTING
Oum El Ghait Benessahraoui for SALAM GHOURBA
Amanda Fulks for AND WINTER SLOW
Sian Phillips for BELLA FLEACE GAVE A PARTY
Caitlin Kinnunen and Danny Flaherty for FUTURE DAYS
Ankur Batia for COCONUT GROVE
Adepero Oduye for IF I LEAP
Ensemble Cast for Halyna Gebura, Andriy Milavsky, and Olga Shuha for HER SEAT IS VACANT
Ji Young Kim for TEAMWORK
Meryl Hathaway for PRICELESS THINGS
Gabino Rodriguez for PIEL
Nguyen Cong Nuong for BURN TO SEND
Elvis Nolasco for WHITE
Raul Arellano for JOHNNY LOVES DOLORES
Kelsey Siepser for HIDING PLACES
Errol Sitahal for DOUBLES WITH SLIGHT PEPPER
Hermila Guedes for QUINHA
Ana Georgina Castro for NASCEU MARIA

FACULY COMMENDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING (THESIS FILMS)
A. Sayeeda Clarke for WHITE
Clarissa de los Reyes for JOHNNY LOVES DOLORES
Elena Greenlee for NASCEU MARIA
SeoYun Hong for TEAMWORK
Doug Lenox for LOCAL TOURISTS
Caroline Oliveira for QUINHA
Elizabeth Orne for CRAZY GLUE
Marc Parees for LITTLE ONES
Jackie Stone for IF I LEAP
Brooke Swaney for OK BREATHE AURALEE

FACULTY COMMENDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING
(2ND YEAR FILMS)
T.J. Parsell for ZOO ZOOS & WHAM WHAMS
Lamia Alami for SALAM GHOURBA
Pedro Gomez Millan for PIEL
Sarah-Violet Bliss for PRICELESS THINGS
Umar Riaz for LAST REMARKS
Sara Shaw for FUTURE DAYS

WASSERMAN FINALISTS
Emily Carmichael for
THE HUNTER AND THE SWAN DISCUSS THEIR MEETING
Alexis Gambis for DÉJÀ VU
Grainger David for THE CHAIR
Andinh Ha for BURN TO SEND
Ian Harnarine for DOUBLES WITH SLIGHT PEPPER
Brian Lannin for AND WINTER SLOW
Bohdana Smyrnova for HER SEAT IS VACANT
Virginia Urreiztieta for AGUAVIVA

Achievement in Animation
For the film COWBOY, CLONE, DUST: Matthew Christensen

Achievement in Documentary
For the film ABLE: Patricia Gillespie

Carl Lerner Award for a Film with Social Significance
For the film SEA OF GLASS: Charlotte Royer

Faculty Commendation in Screenwriting
For the film THE GROWN-UPS: Kaliya Warren

Best Cinematography
For the film GABI by Zoe Salicrup Junco: Adam Newport Berra

Faculty Commendation in Cinematography
For the film MAYBE SHE DIES LIKE THIS… by Jo Henriquez: Milos Silber

Nestor Almendros Award for Excellence in Cinematography
For the film ABLE by Patricia Gillespie: Patricia Gillespie and Erika Houle

Faculty Commendation in Editing
For the film BAOBAB SEED by Sara Eklund: Tam Le

Best Ensemble Acting
For the film THE GROWN-UPS by Kaliya Warren: Yelena Noah, Geovanni Gopradi, Shelly Gibson, Lenny Steinlin

Best Lead Actor
For the film THE SCRIBE by Laurence Jacobs: Dean Collins

Best Lead Actress
For the film GABI by Zoe Salicrup Junco: Dalia Davi

Best Supporting Actor
For the film KAYLA & COURTNEY by Joanna Newman: Alex Goode

Best Supporting Actress
For the film GAME NIGHT by David Ketterer: Amy Dannenmueller

Original Score
For the film STATE DEBATE by Erich Rettstadt: Max Vernon (composer, co-lyricist), Andres Soto (orchestrations), Erich Rettstadt (co-lyricist)

Faculty Commendation in Original Score
For the film SIN DOLOR by Joe Greco: Edward Underhill

Wasserman Finalists
For the film THE EPIPHANY… Ell Hatamian
For the film ABLE: Patricia Gillespie
For the film COWBOY, CLONE, DUST: Matthew Christensen
For the film THE GROWN-UPS: Kaliya Warren
For the film GABI: Zoe Salicrup Junco

Friday, April 1: 6 pm block

HERKIMER DUFRAYNE 7TH GRADE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR by Shaka King

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Friday, April 1: 10 pm block

GOODBYE WINTER by Fred Guerrier

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Saturday , April 2: 4 pm block

MY MOM AND OTHER MONSTERS by Kate Tsang

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Saturday, April 2: 8 pm block

STEREOPSIS by Joseph Singer

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Saturday, April 2: 10 pm block

CESAR Y BIRDY by William Wohleb

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Sunday, April 3: 4 pm block

SAENG-IL (BIRTHDAY) by Jennifer Suhr

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Sunday, April 3: 6 pm block

THE POOL  by Zelmira Gainza

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Sunday, April 3: 10 pm block

THE KOOK by Nat Livingston Johnson and Gregory Mitnick

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4 pm block:

UNRAPPED by Dena Greenbaum

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6 pm block:

FLAGPOLE by Matt Kazman

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8 pm block:

BLACKTRUFFLE by Katelyn Howes

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10 pm block:

DIE SCHOOL REUNION by David Sidorov

4 pm block:

THE SIERRA PROJECT by Gabriel de Urioste

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6 pm block:

FIGS by Anu Valia

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8 pm block:

THE SHEOL EXPRESS by Michael Koehler and Ryan Patch

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10 pm block:

THE JOLLY BANKERS by Eric Goldberg

6 pm block:

• MERHABA by Lauren Brady

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8 pm block:

• SPEECH ACT by Emmeline Wilks-Dupoise

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10 pm block:

• THE SAILOR by Raquel Cedar

6 pm block:

• THE BIRDS UPSTAIRS by Christopher Jarvis

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8pm block:

• FREQUENT FLYERS by Matthew Troy

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10 pm block:

• HOME GAME by Suzannah Herbert