With the fall festival season in full swing our student productions have been busy on both the festival and awards circuit. Here are the latest updates!

Kunlin Wang (MFA/FP ’18) – OBSCURE

  • First Feature Competition at the Tallinn Dark Nights Film Festival

Kunlin discussing her film during a Q&A.

We had 4 films be named Finalists in the KCET Fine Cut contest, 3 of which were chosen to be a part of the broadcast on PBS. Erin Lau’s film THE MOON AND THE NIGHT even took home The Jack Larson Southern California Student Filmmaker Award in which she will receive a $2,000 travel stipend and the opportunity to be a part of the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2020 Cannes International Film Festival as well as a $10,000 Keslow Camera Package. The broadcast’s began on 10/2 but you’ll still be able to catch our students films all throughout October, check out the schedule on the KCET website.

    • Erin Lau’s (MFA/FP ’18) THE MOON AND THE NIGHT – Part of the Broadcast
    • Christian Whittemore’s (BFA/FP ‘20) ASSEMBLY REQUIRED – Part of the Broadcast
    • Brynee McKee (NWD ’20) Ben Allen (NWD ’20) Jack Mullinkosson (NWD ’20) and Jackie Palacios’ (Peace Studies/Screen Acting ’19) DIVIDED – Part of the Broadcast
    • Christina Farman’s (BFA/DA ‘18) STUMPED – Finalist

Erin Lau accepting the Larson Award.

Dodge Students posing for photos along the red carpet at the awards ceremony for the KCET Fine Cut Festival of Films.

Paul Rivet (MFA/FP ’19) – SNOWBALL

  • New Industry section of the Oaxaca Film Festival
  • Best Film/Video on matters relating to the Black Experience/Marginalized People – Black International Cinema, Berlin
  • NewFilmmakers NY – Finalist
  • First Glance Film Festival – Semifinalist

Annaliese Eisenstadt (BFA/FP ’18) – MICRO LOVE

  • Orlando Film Festival

Alex Greenlee (BFA/FP ’20) – CYBOLICA

  • Sacramento Horror Film Festival

Jackie Gorman (BFA/DA ’19) – THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS

  • First Time Filmmaker Sessions
  • PUFF-MT (Pop Up Film Festival Montana) Monthly Screening Event
  • Honorific Mention – Muestra Intergalactica
  • Reedy Reels

Prarthana Mohan (MFA/FP ’09) – THE MISEDUCATION OF BINDU

  • Mill Valley Film Festival

Alex Greenlee (BFA/FP ‘20) – DEAD WALL

  • Nominated for Best Horror Film at Terror on the Plains

ASC Student Heritage Awards Nominees

  • Adam Schneider (MFA/FP ’19) for SKIN HUNGER
  • Mengtao Sun (MFA/FP ’19) for EL PERFUMISTA

The winners for the ASC Student Heritage Awards will be announced on October 12th – stay tuned!

Lidieth Arevalo Hernandez (MFA/DOCU ’19) – ALPHARAOH

  • Panamanian International Film Festival

Dan Lesser (BFA/FP ‘20) – COME ON EILEEN

  • Ojai Film Festival

Tom Kircher (BFA/FP ‘19) – DIONEAEA HOUSE

  • Screamfest

Brian Robau (MFA/FP ‘17) – ESTA ES TU CUBA

  • March on Washington Film Festival – Grand Prize in the Student Narrative Contest
    • $1,000 cash prize
    • $500 reimbursement for travel to DC to attend the festival
    • A Skype session with a noted filmmaker
    • A $500 gift card towards production services and equipment

NFFTY

  • AMERICAN NATIONAL – Jack Belisle (BFA/FP ’20), Gabe Knoos-Newton (BFA/FP ’20), Sea Liu (MFA/DOCU ’19), Ragini Bhasin (MFA/FP ‘19)
  • FREAK BEAST – Kyle Blaich (BFA/FP ’19)
  • ASSEMBLY REQUIRED – Christian Whittemore’s (BFA/FP ‘20)
  • WILDFALL – Karl Jungquist (BFA/FP ’19)
  • AS ADVISED – Quinn Halleck (BFA/FP ’20)
  • A SLIGHT INCONVIENCE – Alan Moutal (BFA/FP ’19)
  • OF THE SEA – Jordyn Romero (BFA/NWD ‘19)
  • THAT WAS RAY – Brenten Brandenburg (BFA/FP ’19), Jordan Gorman (BFA/FP ’19), Kaustubh Singh (BFA/NWD ’19) and To “Derek” Wan (MFA/DOC ’19)
  • COME ON EILEEN – Dan Lesser (BFA/FP ‘20)
  • THE LIGHTNING MAN – Jonathan Goetzman (BFA/FP ’19)
  • SISTERS – Mandy Jacobs (BFA/FP ’19)
  • YELLOW SLIP – Julia Elihu (BFA/FP ‘20)
  • PREHEATED – Sarah Heinz (BFA/DA ‘19) & Luke Snedecor (BFA/DA ‘19)
  • WINNER OF PEACE – Marisa Kelly (BFA/TWP ‘20)

Marisa Kelly (BFA/TWP ‘20) – WINNER OF PEACE

  • Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF)

Julia Elihu (BFA/FP ‘20) – YELLOW SLIP

  • San Diego International Film Festival
  • CineYouth Film Festival
  • Coronado Island Film Festival

Jordyn Romero (BFA/NWD ‘19) – OF THE SEA

  • San Pedro International Film Festival

Hadley Hillel (BFA/FP ‘18) – CALAMITY FALLS

  • Bejing Film Academy Film Festival

Ragini Bhasin (MFA/FP ‘19) – GHAZAAL

  • FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH
  • South Dakota Film Festival – Winner Best International Short Film
  • Calcutta International Film Festival – Winner Best Student Short Film

Corentien Leroux (BFA/FP ‘19) – GRENADINE

  • Energa Cameraimage

Jingyu Liu (MFA/FP ‘18) – THE LAST LESBIAN

  • Westfield International Film Festival

Lisa Dong (BFA/DA ‘19) – SAPPHIC STEAL

  • Westfield International Film Festival

Ryan Trefes (BFA/FP ‘19) – LITTLE APOLLO

  • Louisville International Festival of Film
  • Screenwriting Festivals – Holly Shorts, Scriptapalooza
    • Finalist – Barnstorm

Nikhail Asnani (MFA/S ‘19) – SOMETHING ROUND

  • Portland Film Festival
  • Spooky Empire International Horror Film Festival

Nikhail Asnani (MFA/S ‘19) – THE FOAL

  • Spooky Empire International Horror Film Festival
  • Halloween Horror Picture Show

H. Nelson Tracey (FP ’15) – CONSPIRACY PARTY

  • Adirondack Film Festival
  • Apocalypse Later FF

H.Nelson Tracey (FP ’15) – PICTURE JASPER

  • Eastern Oregon FF
  • Go West FF

Emily Tapanes (BFA/FP ’19) and Rachel Bickert (MFA/FP ‘19) – LADYLIKE

  • Newfest
  • Virginia Film Festival
  • Louis International Film Festival

Daniel Drummond (MFA/FP ‘19) – RUST

  • Sapporo International Short Film Festival

Thomas John Nudi (MFA ’14) – FIONA HUMPHREY: A FAMILY ALBUM

  • Skyline Indie Film Festival
  • Rendezvous Film Festival – Nominated for Best Feature Documentary

Sarah Heinz (BFA/DA ‘19) & Luke Snedecor (BFA/DA ‘19) – PREHEATED

  • Animation Chico
  • Children’s Day International Film Festival
  • Finalist – Indie Short Fest
  • Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
  • Anim!Arte – International Student Animation Festival of Brazil

Shelby Thompson (BFA/NWD ‘19) – RELENTLESS

  • Mountain & Adventure Film Festival
  • Ojai Film Festival

Cameron Thuman (BFA/FP ‘20) – A NEW VERSE

  • Honorific Mention – Muestra Intergalactica
  • Nominated for Best Cinematographer – Westfield International Film Festival

Jack Campise (BFA/FP ’20) – HORSE GIRL

  • Lone Star Film Festival
  • Charlotte Film Festival
  • Cindependent Film Festival
  • Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival

Brynee McKee (NWD ’20) Ben Allen (NWD ’20) Jack Mullinkosson (NWD ’20) Jackie Palacios (Peace Studies/Screen Acting ’19) – DIVIDED

  • Nashville Film Festival

Mia Andrea (BFA/DA ‘19) – A PRICKLEY PAIR

  • Animation Chico
  • Louis International Film Festival

Tara Salvesen (BFA/NWD ‘19) – A LONG SERIES OF RIGHT NOW

  • Global University Film Awards (Hong Kong)

Andres O’Beirne (BFA/FP ’21) & Loucas Tsilas (BFA/FP ’21) – LIVE FAST

  • Winner of Best Student Film at the International Motor Film Awards
  • With their win they recieved an oppotunity to have a 1 on 1 workshop at the RED Headquarters in Irvine, and they also got to meet the Founder and Head of Production of Rogue Films.

Andres and Loucas taking home the hardware!

Remember, if you would like to see your name in next months Film Festival Corner Update make sure you keep us updated on your project! You can send any and all updates to festivalsubmissions@chapman.edu.