2020 UFVA Conference Awards
NEW MEDIA
Best of Conference
By the Waters of Babylon, Kristen Lauth Shaeffer and Andrew Halasz
Runner-Up
WonderWalk, Jennifer Zaylea
Honorable Mention
Swing, Mari Jaye Blanchard & Mark Reisch
SCREENINGS
Documentary Feature
Gold Award
Flannery, Elizabeth Coffman
Silver Award
Pushed up the Mountain, Julia Haslett
Fiction Feature
Gold Award
Above the Shadow, Claudia Myers
Silver Award
Feral World, David Liban
Documentary Short
Gold Award
Cuban Earth, Melinda Levin
Silver Award
All the Possibilities…, Kevin Wells (Editor)
Fiction Short
Gold Award
Hush, Kahlil Garner
Silver Award
Mare Nostrum, Rana Kazkaz
Animation
Gold Award
Wild Woman, Vanessa Sweet
Silver Award
Right Now, Tania Khalaf
Experimental
Gold Award
Tides, Andre Silva
Silver Award
Do Cell Towers Dream of Morse Code?, Amy Gerber-Stroh
SCRIPT
Feature Narrative
Best of Conference
Out of Darkness, Claudia Myers
Honorable Mention
Cognac & Croquetas, Tom Musca
Short Narrative
Best of Conference
Shy Bladder: A Love Story, Joseph Kraemer
Honorable Mention
Eight and Sand, Andrew Kenneth Gay
Hour TV Pilot
Best of Conference
“I Blame You”-The Disappearance of Addy Robicheaux, Luke Pennington
Honorable Mention
Love Rules, Rechna Varma
TEACHING AWARDS
Award of Teaching Excellence Senior Faculty/Post-Tenure
Gustavo Mercado, Associate Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York
Award of Teaching Excellence Junior Faculty/Tenure-Track (tie)
Ingrid Stobbe, Assistant Professor of Digital Filmmaking, Lesley University
Lynn Tomlinson, Assistant Professor of Electronic Media and Film, Towson University
Award of Teaching Excellence Lecturer/Non Tenure-Track
Frank Tomasulo, Adjunct Full Professor of Hofstra University and Adjunct Online Professor, UCLA Extension
2020 GEORGE C. STONEY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY WORK
Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar
2020 CAROLE FIELDING STUDENT GRANT WINNERS
Memory Machine (documentary short), Elana Meyers, Northwestern University
Object of Affection (narrative short), Marygrace Navarra, Temple University
Reframing Mother (documentary short), Ashleigh McArthur, Stanford University
San Francisco of the South (documentary short), Victoria De Leone, Wake Forest University
2020 GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWS
Michelle Y. Hurtubise, Temple University
W James, University of Miami
Amanda Madden, Hunter College
Alex Rafi, Stanford University
Connor Rentz, Vermont College of Fine Arts
Yinan Wang, Temple University