Presented by FTVM's student organization FVSA (Film and Video Student Association), the Lightworks Festival provides a venue for students to present their end-of-term production coursework to classmates, family, and friends. Fall Term 2019 Lightworks Festival winners are listed below. 

Animation

Best: A Woodland Walk - directed by Caitlin McCoy

Runner-up: Does the Moon Have Feelings - directed by Harry Bogle

Cinematography

Best: X-Marks - cinematographer, Adam Rarey

Runner-up: I Don't believe in Ghosts - cinematographer, Colin Farmer

Comedy

Best: Hidden in Plain Sight - directed by Ariel Berman

Runner-up: Does the Moon Have Feelings - directed by Harry Bogle

Drama

Best: The Matriarch - directed by Sam Allen, Michael Chuldzinski, and Grace Kay

Runner-up: The Hunt - directed Henry Lu

Editing

Best: X-Marks - editor, Adam Rarey

Runner-up: Yellow/Red - editor, Aaron Meissner 

Experimental

Best: I Don't Believe In Ghosts - directed by Colin Farmer

Runner-up: Coca-Cola For President - directed by Mitchell Salley

Original Score

Best: Yellow/Red - original score by Aaron Meissner, Seth Weyand, and John Williams

Runner-up: - 1 W@y Crazy - original score by Joseph Schmidt

FTVM Judges' Honorable Mentions

Mary Lou Chlipala, Asst. to the Chair - Impulse Ann Arbor - directed by Jordan Stanton

Vincent Longo, PhD Candidate -  Acanthus - directed by Adam Rarey

Paul Sutherland, Media Technician - Muse - directed by Charlotte Beggs