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FUSION FILM FESTIVAL 2021 FINALISTS & HONORABLE MENTIONS
Undergraduate Film Finalists
How to Raise a Black Boy, Justice Jamal Jones
Pure, Natalie Jasmine Harris
Breastmilk, Roxy Sophie Sorkin
Undergraduate Film Honorable Mentions
Don’t Say Vagina!, Avery Looser
Seeds, Denise Zhou
Happy Ending, Mei Liu
Aloo, Priya Kiran
Graduate Film Finalists
Bambirak, Zamarin Wahdat
Little Sky, Jess X. Snow
The Trucker, Raven Johnson
Graduate Film Honorable Mentions
Mercury Afrograde, Blanche Akonchong
Stigma, Style, Cheryl Wong Ye Han
Crazy Bitch (Weona Loca), Irene Mercadal Albornoz
Animation Finalists
Beautiful, Mulan Fu
0, Anna Wang
How Small!, Charlene Xu
Animation Honorable Mentions
Roles, Jamie Tao
Autophobia, Matilda Säll
Hidden Face, Jiaxin Ying
Finding Light, Katrina Villarreal
Sight and Sound Finalists
Winner, Megan Winkelmann
Monster Match, Moby-Josefine Pavlow
Apple, Karoline Zhao
Sight and Sound Honorable Mentions
Jumping Plane, Juliette Ho
Camcorder, Lucy Walkowiak
Eulogy, Elizabeth Winters
Music Video Finalists
Something, Manuela Muniz
Fucking Lonely, Kayla Arend
A New World, Caroline Cox
Music Video Honorable Mention
Intermission High, Elle Rinaldi
Born, Jenny He
Time Traveler, Caroline Ratliff Wang
Documentary Finalists
Year of the Ox, Carin Leong, Jacob Fertig
Andi, Julia Kupiec
Zunzuncito, Elle Rinaldi
Documentary Honorable Mentions
Safe Haven, Liv Pratt
Made Into Objects, Natalia Ferrara
Rising Star
Borroso: A Blur, Nicola Rios
Rising Star Honorable Mention
IN N OUT, Sirui "Ray" Qian
Undergraduate Feature Screenplay Finalists
Leave Room for Jesus, Olivia Capestany
Richard and Monica, Camryn Garrett
Moth and the Tattooed Girl, Aiden Kutcher
Graduate Feature Screenplay Finalists
LIARS, Alicia Louzoun-Heisler
Heyday, Julia Blauvelt
Winter Solstice, Yuan Yuan
Undergraduate Half-Hour Pilot Finalists
Tanglewood, Sara Bartel
Smooth Sailing, Emma Cotter
Normal, Illinois, Jori Johnson
Growing, Mallika Juneja
Graduate Half-Hour Pilot Finalists
Unholy, Annina Black
Ellen! From Illinois, Morgan Parker
BEARDS, Erica Molfetto
2021 FUSION FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, MARCH 27TH - SATURDAY, APRIL 10TH
2021 Fusion Film Festival Showcase: Finalist films available to view on Vimeo
THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST, 8PM EST:
(Live) Distribution Masterclass with Mia Bruno of Fourth Act Film: Featuring Upcoming Works by Alumni Panelists Gabriella Moses, Emory Parker, and Denise Zhou
FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND , 8PM EST:
(Premiere) WOMAN OF THE YEAR MASTERCLASS with ISSA RAE, creator and star of HBO's Insecure, moderated by Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter
SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD , 4PM EST:
(Live) Brown Girls Doc Mafia Panel with Ashley O’Shay, Emily Cohen Ibañez, & Toni Kamau hosted by founder and Fusion Alum Iyabo Boyd
8PM EST:
(Premiere) Fusion Film Festival 2021 Awards Ceremony