New Visions and Voices
New Visions & Voices is a celebration of work completed by students in our Intermediate Production courses. These films feature student work from our Narrative, Documentary, Experimental, Animation, and Television classes as well as work from our Prague Study Abroad Program, which specializes in 35mm film. The festival takes place every fall and culminates in a screening of our participants' films. The Niklas Kalborg Production Awards are given to the top three award winners.
Congratulations to the 2025 Niklas Kalborg Production Award Winners:
Sixuan Huang, LAKE
Christopher Kosakowski, CAROUSEL
Tess McNulty, BITTER/JADED
Niklas Kalborg Production Award Finalists:
Tenn Byrne, The Band Goes to the Evil Forest
Nick Chang. Klekánice
Vanessa Darko, Family Ties
Michael Guigliano, Jackpot
Sixuan Huang, LAKE
Maxwell Johnson, Taking Time
Christopher Kosakowski, CAROUSEL
Tess McNulty, BITTER/JADED
Abigail Sun, Please Laugh
Yimeng Wang, AfterLife
Craft Awards:
Cinematography
Cole Fletchall-Silva, CAROUSEL
Ginelle Bamfo, Cockroach
Erik Smerznak, The Mark of Birth
Costume Design
Bella Ray Rosales, CAROUSEL
Annabelle Tang & Mia Dang, Mosquito Bite
Editing
Chris Israel, ELECTRIC DREAM DEBRIS
Justin Wilkins, Jackpot
Original Score
Iggy Rosado, The Mark of Birth
Producing
Alex Muzila & Christopher Kosakowski, CAROUSEL
Mira Atwah, Jackpot
Monimar Mancillas, Taking Time
Production Design
Noelle Brown, A New Pair
Grace Eitrheim, CAROUSEL
Screenwriting
Tess McNulty, BITTER/JADED
Annabelle Tang, Mosquito Bite
Jonesy Costa-Schmell, We’re on the Verge of
Sound Design
Briar Chung, CAROUSEL
Chris Israel, ELECTRIC DREAM DEBRIS
Ciara Bess, The Band Goes to the Evil Forest
Sound Editing
Esther Yanran Liu, LAKE
Acting
Din Klein, BITTER/JADED
Samuel Dunning, CAROUSEL
Anna Pashchenko, Cockroach
Petra Lorencova, Dark Circles
Mitch Tebo, Despite Everything
Lena Ballard Gross, Evanescent
Viera Pavlikova, Family Ties
Aleya Jung, The Fisherman
Anthony Scarpone, Jackpot
Petr Protivanek, Please Laugh
Zainab Sadia Saeed, Tensile Strength
Kaila Jones, We’re on the Verge of
Tom Staggs, What I Met in Jupiter
Acting Ensemble
BITTER/JADED
Evanescent
Taking Time
Faculty Commendation: Makeup, VFX, Special Effects
CAROUSEL
Despite Everything
Veriditas
