Lightworks Winter 2017 - A Huge Success
FVSA's Winter 2017 Lightworks Festival, a showcase of student films from the Department of Film, Television, and Media, took place April 21-22, 2017. Below is a list of festival award winners. Congratulations to all of you -- and thank you to all who supported the festival!
Animation
Best Animation: "Le Cafe Couchage" (FTVM 306 - Director, Emma Winowiecki)
Animation Runner-up: "Title" (FTVM 306 - Director, Sarika Tyagi)
Animation Honorable Mention: "The Secret Life of Stuff" (FTVM 306 - Director, Natalie Beia)
Cinematography
Best Cinematography: "Remember Love?" (FTVM 405 - Director, Carlos Funn)
Cinematography Runner-up: "bloom" (FTVM 301 - Director, Evan Vacchiano)
Cinematography Honorable Mention: "The Yolked Ones" (FTVM 304 - Director, Logan Gardner)
Comedy
Best Comedy: "RUSH DBAG" (FTVM 402 - Director, Jake Ferguson)
Comedy Runner-up: "Geri Bardo: Portrait of an Auteur" (FTVM 304 - Director, Jeremy Bryson)
Comedy Honorable Mention: "Rumplestiltskin: Code Black" (FTVM 300 -Director, Evan Rosen)
Documentary
Best Documentary: "Motherhood" (FTVM 301 - Director, Haleigh Bauer)
Documentary Runner-up: "To Where?" (FTVM 301 - Director, Erich Eberhard )
Documentary Honorable Mention: "bloom" (FTVM 301 - Director, Evan Vacchiano)
Drama
Best Drama: "Malignant Humor" (FTVM 423 - Director, Nick Sheehan)
Drama Runner-up: "Chasing the GOAT" (FTVM 423 - Director, Celeste Holben)
Drama Honorable Mention: "The Librarian" (FTVM 304 - Director, Jake Ferguson)
Editing
Best Editing: "To Where?" (FTVM 301 - Director, Erich Eberhard)
Editing Runner-up: "A Study in Vogue" (FTVM 405 - Director, Abigail Buchmeyer)
Editing Honorable Mention: "Pilgrim" (FTVM 405 - Director, Yevhenila Tananko)
Experimental
Best Experimental: "Innerview" (FTVM 405 - Directors, Natalie Grove and Karsyn Backus)
Experimental Runner-up: "Opera Omniburn" (FTVM 304 - Director, Eli B. Winer)
Experimental Honorable Mention: "Excite" (FTVM 304 - Director, Eli B. Winer)
Score
Best Score: "RUSH DBAG" (FTVM 402 - Director, Jake Ferguson)
Score Runner-up: "Innerview" (FTVM 405 - Directors, Natalie Grove and Karsyn Backus)
Score Honorable Mention: "Excite" (FTVM 304 - Director, Eli B. Winer)
Writing
Best Writing: "RUSH DBAG" (FTVM 402 - Director, Jake Ferguson)
Writing Runner-up: "Malignant Humor" (FTVM 423 - Director, Nick Sheehan)
Writing Honorable Mention: "Chasing the GOAT" (FTVM 423 - Director, Celeste Holben)
Judges' Honorable Mentions
Assistant Professor Candace Moore: "R.O.B." (FTVM 300 - Director, Kevin Doyle)
Assistant to the Chair, Mary Lou Chlipala: Sam Posnak and the FUPA class dancing to the theme song from Law and Order: Criminal Intent from "Youth in Reverse" (FTVM 402 - Directors, Miriam Alexander, Aline Mayagoitia, Sam Poznak)
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon: "Jamie, I Want My Book Back" (FTVM 406 - Director, Erez Levin)