Film Festival Corner Update 8/31/20
August 31, 2020
As the summer festivals begin to wrap up, the fall festivals finalize their programs, and the spring festivals begin to open for submissions our students are still sending their completed films out for consideration. Here are the latest updates about official selections and awards won:
Rishabh Thakkar (MFA/DOCU ’20) – BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS
- Named a Semi-Finalist and then advanced to the Finalist stage of the Student Academy Awards
Ragini Bhasin (MFA/FP ’19) – GHAZAAL
- Crested Butte Film Festival
- Finalist for The Shortlist Film Festival presented by TheWrap
Will Hoskin (BFA/AVE ’21) – FILAMENT
- Crested Butte Film Festival
Kaylin George (BFA/FP ’19) – TWO PAPER NIGHTINGALES
- Burbank International Film Festival
- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
- Lady Filmmakers Film Festival
Bryan Taira (BFA/FP ’20) & Mariah Hall (BFA/FP ’20) – OUT OF STOCK
- Women Texas Film Festival
- VOB Film Festival
- Mosaic World Film Festival
- Chicago Southland International Film Festival
- Alternating Currents Film Festival
- Lanett City Film Festival
- Indy Shorts International Film Festival
- Deep in the Heart Film Festival
- Breckenridge Film Festival
- Semi-Finalist in 2020 Fine Cut Competition
- Finalist at the New York Cinematography Awards
- Winner of both Best Production Design and Best Student Screenplay at the CORE International Film Festival
Zelie Dember-Slack (MFA/FP ’17)
- Winner of the Beyond Zoom Dance Movie Fellowship award which comes with a $2,500 scholarship!
Kalee DeHamer (BFA/DA ’20) – LAPIS DE LUMINE
- Kid’s First Film Fest
Nat Nichols (BFA/DA ’20) – IDENTITY CRISIS
- SHORT to the Point Film Festival
- Supernova Digital Animation Festival
Isabella Hicks (BFA/FP ’20) – LOTERÍA!
- Named a Finalist at the Independent Short Awards
Rachel Bickert (MFA/FP 19) & Emily Tapanes (BFA/FP ’19) – LADYLIKE
- OUTshine – South Florida Film Festival
- Their documentary also won Best CNA Documentary in the CILECT Prize competition. CNA stands for CILECT North America and the prize is voted on by all of the member film schools in North America!
Joe Chen (MFA/FP ’20) – SMELLS RIGHT
Emily Coleman (MFA/TWP ’20) – LIVEWIRE
Luke Snedecor (BFA/FP ’19) & Sarah Heinz (BFA/FP ’19) – PREHEATED
- Won the Jury Award for Best Animated Short at the Sonoma International Film Festival
Wyatt Hall (BFA/FP ’20) – THE RUNAWAY
- Horsetooth International Film Festival
Wyatt Hall (BFA/FP ’20) & Kaz Fantone (BFA/DA ’20) – NEARSIDERS
- Supernova Digital Animation Festival
- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
- NFFTY
Nikhail Asnani (MFA/S ’19) – FLU
- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
- Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival
Nikhail Asnani (MFA/S ’19) – SOMETHING ROUND and THE FOAL
- Holehead’s Warped Dimension Film Festival
Kunlin Wang (MFA/FP ‘18) – OBSCURE
- Brussels Independent Film Festival
- Venice Film Week
- Visionär Film Festival
- OBSCURE DESIRE, which is the short version of the feature length OBSCURE, won the Best Experimental Short Film at the Boston Short Film Festival.
Hope Ballard (BFA/BJAD ’20) – THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
- Award of Merit from the Impact DOC Awards
- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Cameron Thuman (BFA/FP ’20) – IRON HEAD
- Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival
Sammy Shelton (BFA/BJAD ’20) – I CAN’T DIE, NOT YET
- Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Sixuan Ren (MFA/DOCU ’21) – PADDLING AGAINST THE DARK
- Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Claire Jantzen (BFA/FP ‘21) & Sara Nell (BFA/FP ‘21) – YOUR FRIEND, RANGER DOUG
- Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Lidieth Arevalo (MFA/DOCU ’19) – ALPHARAOH
- Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Kai Lee Hague (BFA/DA ’19) – EMBARKO
- Golden Door International Film Festival
Ashton Herrild (BFA/FP ’20) – CARNIVORE
Alex Greenlee (BFA/FP ’20) – CYBOLICA
- NOLA Horror Film Festival
- Best Student Director and Best Horror Short at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards
Liam Tangum (BFA/FP ’20) – TOOMSBORO
- NFFTY
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.