Screenings and Awards

Tom Teller’s HUM has been officially selected for 2nd Annual Montefeltro Film School Festival (http://www.montefeltrofsfestival.com/) where it will make its Italian premiere next month. It has also been selected for the 11th Annual Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media-Art Festival (http://www.linoleumfest.com/) in Kyiv, Ukraine, the 3rd Annual Super Geek Film Festival which takes place in Miami Beach, FL as a part of the Florida Supercon (http://floridasupercon.com/category/events/geek-film-festival/), the 18th Annual Ismaila International Film Festival in Ismailia, Egypt where it made its African Premiere in April (http://ismailiafilmfest.com/ismailia2015/Hum_En.aspx), the 13th Annual Global Chinese Universities Student Film and Television Festival where it made its Asian premiere, the 24th Annual CEC Shorttakes Festival (http://www.cecshorttakes.com/) where it has also won Best Animation, the 20th Annual Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (http://www.bifan.kr/eng/) where it will make its South Korean premiere, the 16th Annual deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City, OK (http://www.deadcenterfilm.org/), and the 25th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival (http://www.woodsholefilmfestival.org/festival-2016/shorts-2016/). It also won Best Animation at the 49th Annual Humboldt International Film Festival and the 12th Annual CineYouth Film Festival (http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/cineyouth/awardwinners/) which means it will also play in fall at the 52nd Annual Chicago International Film Festival (http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/)

Paulina Bugembe’s THE HOMECOMING was officially selected, screened, and won the Silver Award for Best Foreign Film at the 13th Annual Global Chinese Universities Film and Television Festival (https://blogs.chapman.edu/dodge/2016/05/27/global-chinese-universities-student-film-and-tv-festival/) where it made its world premiere and has also been officially selected for the 7th Annual Prescott Film Festival where it will make its North American premiere (http://www.prescottfilmfestival.com/)

Michael Rich’s AMBULANCE will be playing the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase in July (http://www.cinemastlouis.org/st-louis-filmmakers-showcase)

Jackson Miller’s PRISM was officially selected for the 3rd Annual Middle Coast Film Festival (http://www.middlecoastfest.com/) and his other film, GUIDE, won the 37th Annual College Television Awards Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship which includes a $10,000 cash prize to the producers

Andrew Evers’ OPERATION DIVORCE was officially selected for the 24th Annual CEC Shorttakes Festival (http://www.cecshorttakes.com/) and also won the 37th Annual College Television Awards Third Place Award for Best Children’s Program (http://www.emmys.com/foundation/programs/cta/winners)

Henry Nelson’s DON’T TELL MY MOM was officially selected for the 1st Annual Mountains of Laughs Comedy Fest (http://mountainoflaughs.com/news/dont-tell-my-mom-2016-official-selection/)

Nick Saucedo’s LAND BEFORE TIME MACHINES was officially selected for the 3rd Annual Super Geek Film Festival which takes place in Miami Beach, FL as a part of the Florida Supercon (http://floridasupercon.com/category/events/geek-film-festival/)

Becky Gill’s BEWARE OF BUNNY was officially selected for the 4th Annual ScareLA (http://2016.scarela.com/) and the 4th Annual Comicpalooza Film Festival (http://www.comicpalooza.com/) as a part of Texas’ largest comic and pop culture event

Marie Cheng’s VOLCANO! has been officially accepted to the 3rd Annual Benicia Film Festival (http://beniciafilmfestival.com/events/) and the 3rd Annual Oakville Festivals of Film and Art (http://offa.ca/)

Keegan Mullin’s THE LAST WORDS has been officially selected and will have its East Coast premiere at the prestigious 21st Annual Stony Brook Film Festival (http://stonybrookfilmfestival.com/fest16/schedule.html)

Bryce Cyrier’s KANSUKSA was officially selected and had its world premiere at the 1st Annual South Bay Film & Music Festival (http://www.southbayfest.com/shorts-i.html)

Jon Milano’s STRAW DOLLS was awarded the First Place prize for Best Drama prize at the 37th Annual College Television Awards (http://www.emmys.com/foundation/programs/cta/winners) along with a special juried award called the Bricker Humanitarian Award which carried a $4000 cash prize

Gabe Figueroa’s COLD WINTER’S NIGHT was awarded the Second Place prize for Best Children’s Program prize at the 37th Annual College Television Awards (http://www.emmys.com/foundation/programs/cta/winners)

Nicole Jordan-Webber and Ceylan Carhoglu’s GARDENERS OF THE FOREST was awarded the Second Place prize for Best Documentary prize at the 37th Annual College Television Awards (http://www.emmys.com/foundation/programs/cta/winners), Best Short Documentary at the 8th Annual DocuWest International Film Festival (http://docuwestfest.com/), and Best Editing at the 39th Annual        International Wildlife Film Festival (https://wildlifefilms.org/)

Alex Italics’ RADIO SILENCE was officially selected and will make its North American premiere at the 17th Annual Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (http://www.comic-con.org/cci/film-festival)

Natasha Rindt’s MISS ROBOTO was officially selected for the 16th Annual deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City, OK (http://www.deadcenterfilm.org/)

Anthony Abaci’s PLAYHOUSE OF CARDS was awarded the First Place for Best Series – Scripted at the 37th Annual College Television Awards (http://www.emmys.com/foundation/programs/cta/winners)

Gabe Schimmel, Amanda Le, Monica Petruzzelli, and Riani Singgih’s ALZHEIMER’S: A LOVE STORY was officially selected for the 21st Annual North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (http://www.carolinatheatre.org/films/festivals/ncglff), the 5th Annual Praire State Film Fest (http://www.prairiestatefilmfest.com/), the prestigious 22nd Annual Palm Springs International ShortFest (https://www.psfilmfest.org/2016-shortfest/short-films/alzheimers-a-love-story), the 34th Annual Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival (https://secure.outfest.org/tixSYS/2016/xslguide/eventnote.php?notepg=1&EventNumber=0331), the 40th Annual Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival (https://ticketing.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=3757&FID=53), and the 12th Annual NYC Downtown Short Film Festival (http://duotheater.org/film.php) where it has also won for Best Documentary. The film has also been honored at the 46th Annual USA Film Festival (http://www.usafilmfestival.com/) with an Honorable Mention and at the 9th Annual American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival (http://www.ampav.com/index.php/student-programs/cannes-emerging-filmmaker-showcase/2016-finalists-emerging-filmmaker-showcase/) with the Emerging Filmmaker Best Student Documentary Award and the Emerging Filmmaker LGBTQ Showcase Award

Amanda Knox’s RAJAM was officially selected for and made her New York premiere at the 7th Annual Soho International Film Festival (http://www.sohofilmfest.com/)