Awards
2024 King Award Recipients
First Prize Graduate Film $10,000
Jason Adam Maselle, PUNTER
Second Prize Graduate Film $7,500
Elizabeth Rao for THE TRUCK
Third Prize Graduate Film $5,000
Xinying Lao for XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS
First Prize UGFTV $10,000
Alex Fischman for OVEJAS Y LOBOS
Second Prize UGFTV $7,500
Rapheal Pettigrew for JE ME SOUVIENS
Third Prize UGFTV $5,000
Caroline Ho for WHEN THE SKY FALLS
KING FINALIST 2024
Graduate
Ifeyinwa Arinze for BREASTMILK
Max Clark for SHADOW
Angalis Field for BUST
Xinying Lao for XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS
Jason Adam Maselle for PUNTER
Oliver McGoldrick for THREE KEENING
Elizabeth Rao for THE TRUCK
Tara Sheffer for SCRATCH-OFF
Nay Tabbara for EBB & FLOW
UNDERGRADUATE
Andrea Calao Buitrago for MAGDALENA, TE AMO
Alex Fischman for OVEJAS Y LOBOS
Caroline Ho for WHEN THE SKY FALLS
Carin Jin-Yi Leong for SANDCASTLES
Mateo Martinez for CACIQUE DEL MONTE
Raphael Pettigrew for JE ME SOUVIENS
Wendi Tang for 雨不终日(THE STORM)
Graduate
THE JAGAT MURARI DIRECTING AWARD
Nay Tabbara for Ebb & Flow, Received a $5,000 prize.
NESTOR ALMENDROS AWARD FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY (FEMALE)
Ella Gibney for THE JAM
CARL LERNER AWARD FOR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
Jorge Sistos Moreno for IN FREEDOM
ACHIEVEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL
Robin Zeijlon for HANNA ISN’T HERE ANYMORE
KING SCREENWRITING AWARD
Tara Sheffer SCRATCH-OFF
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN FILMMAKING
Lucas Acher for WHERE INSECTS HIDE AT NIGHT
Kemal Burak Cuhadar for HER DERDE DEVA (CURE-ALL)
Fengyuan Zhao for ROOSTER WILL CROW AGAIN
Christa Haley for TRAGEDY BABES
Taylor Lee for LAYOVER
FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR THESIS WORK
Aisha Ford for BROWNIES
Thomas Meyer for CABARET SPECTACULAR
Jess X. Snow for ROOTS THAT REACH TOWARD THE SKY
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN DIRECTING
Melanie Akoka for AS TO NOT BE ALONE
Leah Chen Baker for BELATED
Hanna Gray Organschi for F*CK THAT GUY
SCREENWRITING
Leah Chen Baker for BELATED
Sofia Camargo for NOSTOS
Juan Pablo Daranas Molina for SEEDS FOR ALL!
EDITING
Hadi Hasan for BELATED
Angalis Field and Charlotte Hornsby for BUST
Nay Tabbara for PUNTER, EBB & FLOW
PRODUCING
Mariano Dongo for WHEN EVERYTHING BURNS
Isabelle Mecattaf for EBB & FLOW
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Gianna Badiali for THE TRUCK, THREE KEENING, F*CK
THAT GUY, LAYOVER, WHEN EVERYTHING BURNS
Taylor Lee for ROOSTER WILL CROW, SIESTA
Fengyuan Zhao for SHADOW
SOUND DESIGN
Max Clark for SHADOW
Wren Haven for BUST, SCRATCH-OFF, HANNA ISN’T HERE
ANYMORE, HIGH FANTASY
Yuming Zhang for ROOTS THAT REACH TOWARD THE SKY
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Marianne Auvinet-Gould for THE TRUCK, THREE KEENING,
ORIGINAL SCORETHE JAM, SIESTA
Juliana Barreto for NOSTOS
Rodrigo Muñoz for IN FREEDOM
Ero Prum for GRANDMA NAI
ACTING
Mónica del Carmen for IN FREEDOM
August Ackley THE DALLESJessica Lee for BELATED
Tainá Medina for WHERE INSECTS HIDE AT NIGHT
Abby Miner for HOLY WATER
Robin Mullins for SCRATCH-OFF
Seamus O’Hara for THREE KEENING
Lux Pascal for BUST
Victoria Pedretti for F*CK THAT GUY
Amalia Restrepo for NOSTOS
Youenn Vourc’ch for AS TO NOT BE ALONE
Jinhao Wei for XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS
Zoe Zein for SHADOW
ENSEMBLE ACTING
Ensemble Cast Bailey Renée, Selena Vaquero for BROWNIES
Ensemble Cast Karina Curet, Avalon Christie, Martin Ortiz,
Olivia Scicolone for MY PARTNER’S PARTNER
Ensemble Cast Saroeun Nay, Bonratanak Rith, Sokun Theary,
Ponleu Chab for GRANDMA NAI
Ensemble Cast Shirley Chen, Daniel Zoghadri, Garrett
Richmond for THE TRUCK
Ensemble Cast Tiago Flores, Bouwer Bosch for PUNTER
ORIGINAL SCORE
Lucas Acher for WHERE INSECTS HIDE AT NIGHT
Martin Crane for NOSTOS, BROWNIES
Juan Pablo Daranas Molina for SCRATCH-OFF, WHEN
EVERYTHING BURNS
Sulwyn Lok for THE TRUCK
Alex Wakim for EBB & FLOW
UNDERGRADUATE
NESTOR ALMENDROS AWARD FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY (FEMALE)
Cece Chan for CACIQUE DEL MONTE, MAGDALENA TE
AMO, HOMECOMING
RUSSELL CARMINE AWARD FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cece Chan
KING SCREENWRITING AWARD
Raphael Pettigrew JE ME SOUVIENS
CARL LERNER AWARD FOR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
Deborah Shonack for WHERE WE’RE GOING
ACHIEVEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL
Lauren Koo for ECOLOGICS
ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY
Carin Jin-Yi Leong for SANDCASTLES
ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
Caroline Ho for WHEN THE SKY FALLS
FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR PRODUCING
Erin Cummins for IRIS, THE BOX MAN, MEATBALL TOWN!,
FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE GIRL
FACULTY COMMEDNATION FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dylan Louie for UNTIL FOREVER FALLS APART, IRIS,
MEATBALL TOWN!
FACULTY COMMEDNATION FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cece Chan for CACIQUE DEL MONTE, HOMECOMING,
INSATIABLE, MAGDALENA TE AMO
FACULTY COMMEDNATION FOR EDITING
Jacob Bobblit for INSATIABLE, KABUK, HEAD IN THE
CLOUDS FEET ON THE GROUND, TEXAS BABY
FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR SOUND DESIGN
Thomas Wu for WHEN THE SKY FALLS, MOUSE OF NEW
YORK, I CHINESE
FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR FILMMAKING: FOR ACTING, DIRECTING & PRODUCING
Andrea Calao Buitrago for MAGDALENA, TE AMO
FACULTY COMMEDNATION FOR FILMMAKING
Keith Leung for I,CHINESE
FACULTY COMMEDNATION FOR FILMMAKING
Sebrina Dement Semer for MONSTERS WITHIN
FACULTY COMMENDATION FOR FILMMAKING
Ziyne Abdo for BEING
OUTSTANDING USE OF ORIGINAL SCORE IN A FILM
Timothy Kaufman for MEATBALL TOWN!
Caroline Ho for WHEN THE SKY FALLS
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frank Yu and Sean Chow for COINS
Idil Eryurekli for JE ME SOUVIENS
Jesse Bronstein for OVEJAS Y LOBOS
Mateo Martinez for THE BOX MAN
John Zeng for DREGS
EDITING
Raphael Pettigrew for JE ME SOUVIENS
Carter Linsley for THE BOX MAN
Anya Dombrovskaya for THE LONGEST MEMORY
PRODUCING
Tiana Cantu, Esteban Palma, Raine Shank for TEXAS BABY
Cami Olses, Ana Juanola, Menny Son, Andrea Calao for
MAGDALENA, TE AMO
Pablo Villalon for CACIQUE DEL MONTE
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Kiana Dittman for MAGDALENA, TE AMO
Casimera Cantu for TEXAS BABY
Grace Musser for COINS
SCREENWRITING
Kiana Dittman for MAGDALENA, TE AMO
Casimera Cantu for TEXAS BABY
Grace Musser for COINS
SOUND DESIGN
Alicia Qian for DID YOU EAT YET?
Qi Liu for 雨不终日(THE STORM)
Thomas Wu for WHEN THE SKY FALLS
Henry Giebler, Carter Linsley for THE BOX MAN
ACTING
Andrea Calao for MAGDALENA, TE AMO
Roger Garcia Jr. for PRIVATE LESSONS
Anna Khaja for KASBI
Sylvia Majo for OVEJAS Y LOBOS
Xiangyue Meng for 雨不终日(THE STORM)
Simon Rousseau for JE ME SOUVIENS
ORIGINAL SCORE
Timothy Ducharme for MEATBALL TOWN!
Jackie Andresen for KABUK
Rowan Linsley for WHEN THE SKY FALLS
Kirk Palsma for THERE’S NO WEREWOLVES IN NEW YORK
Audience Awards
UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED PRODUCTION - DRAMA AND FAMILY
Ziyne Abdo for BEING
UNDERGRADUATE NARRATIVE WORKSHOP - DRAMA
Eliz Erdal for BALIKÇI VE KÜÇÜK KIZ (FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE GIRL)
UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED PRODUCTION - COMEDY AND COMING OF AGE
Alexia Towle for LITTLE DAUGHTER
UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED PRODUCTION - DRAMA AND FAMILY
Alec Cohen-Schisler for PETUNIA
UNDERGRADUATE NARRATIVE WORKSHOP - COMEDY AND SLICE OF LIFE
Bradley Kaufman for MEATBALL TOWN!
UNDERGRADUATE NARRATIVE WORKSHOP - COMING OF AGE
Tiana Cantu for TEXAS BABY
UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED PRODUCTION - NEW YORK STORIES
Aliza Jawahar for SHRINK
UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED PRODUCTION - COMEDIES
Jake Wichansky for IRRATIONAL
UNDERGRADUATE - EXPERIMENTAL AND MUSIC VIDEOS
Nico Love for IN THREES
UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED PRODUCTION - DRAMA
Michael Perrone PRIVATE LESSONS
GRADUATE FILM - THESIS COMING OF AGE
Jason Adam Maselle for PUNTER
GRADUADTE FILM 2ND YEAR - THRILLER AND HORROR SHORS
Jorge Corona for THE PEOPLE IN COSTUME
UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED PRODUCTION - SCI FI AND EXPERIMENT SHORTS
Ben Szemerenyi for IRIS
GRADUATE THESIS - COMEDY SHORTS
Alexandra Hus for POP!
GRADUATE FILM THESIS - COMING OF AGE AND DRAMA
Melanie Akoka for AS TO NOT BE ALONE
Angalis Field for BUST
GRADUATE FILM - 2ND YEAR DRAMA
Xinying Lao for XIAHOUI AND HIS COWS
GRADUATE THESIS - NEW YORK STORIES
Jess X. Snow for XIAHOUI AND HIS COWS
UNDERGRADUATE ADVANCED PRODUCTION - COMING OF AGE AND ROMANCTIC SHORT
Sam Kumiko Sheridan for UME or [The Will To Fly BLIND]
UNDERGRADUATE - ANIMATION AND DOCUMENTARY SHORT
César Oyarzabal for HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, FEET ON THE GROUND
GRADUATE FILM - 2ND YEAR COMEDY SHORTS
Oliver McGoldrick for 3 KEENING
UNDERGRADUATE - ADVANCED PRODUCTION THRILLERS
Mateo Martinex for CACIQUE DEL MONTE
GRADUATE FILM - 2ND YEAR and 3RD YEAR COLLABORATIONS, COMEDY, AND ROMANCE SHORTS
Juan Pablo Daranas Molina for SEEDS FOR ALL!