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

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

Achievement in Experimental
For the film SPOILED CHILD: Christopher Jarvis

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

Best Screenwriting
For the film SPOILED CHILD: Christopher Jarvis

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

Best Editing
For the film SPOILED CHILD: Christopher Jarvis

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

Faculty Commendation for Best Lead Actress
For the film SPOILED CHILD by Christopher Jarvis: Nora Lise Ulrey

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 SPOILED CHILD: Christopher Jarvis
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

First of all, a big congratulations to Luke Matheny on his recent Oscar win!!  Luke won our festival first prize award in Grad Film last year, as well as sweeping our audience choice awards.  First Run 2011 is just a couple of weeks away, don’t miss it!!