2019 UFVA Conference Awards

NEW MEDIA 

Best of Conference

What I remember may not be correct, Sharon Mooney, Loyola Marymount University

Runner-up

On the Concord and Merrimack, Tim Wojcik, Fitchburg State University and Emerson College

Honorable Mention(tie)

This is ‘I’, Jennifer Zaylea, University of the Arts

Tree Dance, Zoya Baker, Hunter College

SCREENINGS

Documentary feature

Gold Award

For Akheem,Jeremy S. Levine, Hunter College,& Landon Van Soest, Transient Pictures

Silver Award

Making Montgomery Clift, Robert Clift, University of Pittsburgh

Fiction feature

Gold Award

Rogers Park, Kyle Henry, Northwestern University

Silver Award

Snaeland, Lise Raven, Montclair State University

Documentary Short

Gold Award

On the Road, Changhee Chun, University of Texas at Arlington

Silver Award

Emerald Ice, Jesseca Ynez Simmons, University of Dayton

Fiction Short

Gold Award

For the Birds, Aaron Schuelke, California State University

Silver Award

Century, Kevin Obsatz, University of Minnesota

Animation

Gold Award

Gutai, Wenhua Shi, University of Massachusetts Boston

Silver Award

Oh Baby, Meghann Artes, DePaul University

Experimental

Gold Award

Virtual Memory, Julie Goldstein, Grand Valley State University

Silver Award

In Case Things Go Poorly, Alex Ingersoll, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

SCRIPT

Short Narrative/Half Hour Pilot

Best of Conference

My Black Friend, James Martin, University of North Texas

Honorable Mention

Till Death(TV Pilot) by Jessica Folk, Western Kentucky University

Feature Narrative/Hour TV Pilot

Best of Conference(tie)

Lockdown, Michael McAlexander, California State University Fullerton

Picture Man,Broderick Fox, Occidental College

TEACHING AWARDS

Award of Teaching Excellence Senior Faculty

Ross Morin, Connecticut College

Award of Teaching Excellence Junior Faculty

Chrissy Guest, Ithaca College

2019 GEORGE C. STONEY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY WORK

Zeinabu irene Davis

2018 CAROLE FIELDING STUDENT GRANT WINNERS

We Eat (animated short), Maliheh Rahrovan, Rochester Institute of Technology
Memory Lane (narrative short), Luis Gutierrez, New Mexico State University
On the Move (documentary short), Milton Guillen, Northwestern University
The Missfits (documentary short), Ellie Wen, Stanford University

2019 GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWS

Katlyn Aviles, University of Miami

Luke Gloeckner, Wake Forest University

Bianca Malcolm, Ohio University

Suzanne Schulz, Hunter College

Nick Twardus, University of Central Florida