Frames Stills from First Run Film Festival Movies
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Wasserman Award Finalists / UGFTV 2017
Vera Berkshire Dragon in Distress
Robert (Cosmo) Carlson The Derby
Jiawei Cheng New Year
Max R. A. Fedore Opera of Cruelty
Julia Jones Buckets
Theodore Rosenthal Bunny
Nestor Almendros Award in Cinematography
Anna Franquesa Solano - Empty Window directed by Ming Zeng
Carl Lerner Award
Zach Baum, Ride By Night
Achievement in Experimental
Max R. A. Fedore, Opera of Cruelty
Achievement in Documentary
Connor Smith, Shakespeare at the Point
Achievement in Animation
Vera Berkshire, Dragon in Distress
Faculty Commendation for Sound Design
Amelia Underwood, The White Stag directed by Mina So
Faculty Commendation for Producing
Nick Bailey The Pixie Fighters, Killing the Fidler, Das Rheingold directed by Dani Schoffman, Barak Barkan, Adrian Anaya
Faculty Commendation for Filmmaking
David Chasmar, Mormon Mime Orgy
Faculty Commendation for Cinematography
Neeraj Jain Nanny, The Masked Murderer, The Unholy War, Un Vase á Chinatown directed by Kathy Meng, Devansh Agarwal, Jared Greenwald, Jeremy Hung
Sound Design
Bobb Barito Bunny directed by Theodore Rosenthal
Mihir Chitale Porcupine directed by Clifford Miu
Carter Imperial Dragon in Distress directed by Vera Berkshire
Sean Kiely Opera of Cruelty directed by Max R.A. Fedore
John Pope Memory Sync directed by William Johnson
Screenwriting
Vera Berkshire Dragon in Distress
Robert (Cosmo) Carlson The Derby
Julia Jones Buckets
Katherine Meng Nanny
Theodore Rosenthal Bunny
Production Design
William Farmer Opera of Cruelty directed by Max R.A. Fedore
Leila Garrison Ride By Night directed by Zach Baum
Julia Jones, David Jaffe Buckets
Evan Seide Empty Window directed by Ming Zeng
Ramon Zubia Bunny directed by Theodore Rosenthal
Producing
Julia Jones, Sophia Harvey, Zachary Gobetz, Jacob Bittens Buckets directed by Julia Jones
Nora Unkel, Sissi Torres, Yonca Talu, David Shepherd, Max R.A. Fedore, John Connor Opera of Cruelty
Zachary Gobetz Buckets
Jiayu Zuo, Chiying Lau, Yiyi Han New Year directed by Jiawei Cheng
Mona Karrenbach Ride By Night directed by Zach Baum
Chiying Lau New Year
Connor K. Smith Shakespeare at the Point
Sissi Torres Opera of Cruelty
Editing
Daniel Antebi Buckets directed by Julia Jones
Max R. A. Fedore Opera of Cruelty
Shawn Flanagan The Derby directed by Cosmo Carlson
Julia Jones Buckets
Chriz Naing Porcupine directed by Clifford Miu
Connor K. Smith Shakespeare at the Point
Cinematography
Isabel Bethencourt Ride By Night directed by Zach Baum
Margarete Boyd Bunny directed by Theodore Rosenthal
Lukasz Pruchnik Porcupine directed by Clifford Miu
Oren Soffer Opera of Cruelty directed by Max R.A. Fedore
Anna Franquesa Solano Empty Window directed by Ming Zeng
Original Score
Chad Cannon New Year directed by Jiawei Cheng
Shawn Shinwon Kim Ocean Song directed by Erica Liu
Nathan Prillaman Opera of Cruelty directed by Max R.A. Fedore
Mihwa Yun Ocean Song directed by Erica Liu
Lead Actress
Marina Bevilacqua MNSTR directed by Nicole Melillo
Hanna Edwards 555-SEXY directed by David B. Jacobs
Claire Hsu Nanny directed by Katherine Meng
Zoe Kypuros Bunny directed by Theodore Rosenthal
Chelsea Lee Williams Opera of Cruelty directed by Max R.A. Fedore
Lead Actor
Cody Buege Richard directed by Jake Hirsch
Max R. A. Fedore Opera of Cruelty
Fenton Li New Year directed by Jiawei Cheng
Marco Porras The Derby directed by Cosmo Carlson
Supporting Actress
Marian Edmiston Porcupine directed by Clifford Miu
Shirley Huang Nanny directed by Katherine Meng
Renée Stork The Spotter directed by Mitchell Lazar
Gareth Tidball Dragon in Distress directed by Vera Berkshire
Supporting Actor
Brian Byus Richard directed by Jake Hirsch
Leeway Lan New Year directed by Jiawei Cheng
Bernie Lipman Killing the Fidler directed by Barak Barkan
Randall McNeal Bunny directed by Theodore Rosenthal