Graduate King Award Winners:
1st Prize $10,000 - Felipe Prado, PARTIU
2nd Prize $7000 - Raisa Bonnet, LUNA VIEJA
3rd Prize, $5000 - Reinaldo Marcus Green, STOP
Undergraduate King Award Winners:
1st Prize $10,000 - Emma Carlson, AN CRANN
2nd Prize $7000 - Williams Naranjo, A NEW CIVILIZATION
3rd Prize, $5000 - Leo Gilbert, JOURNEYMAN
Additional Awards
Undergraduate Wasserman Directing Award $2000
Evan Ari Kellman for the film BANDITO
Graduate Wasserman Directing Award $2000
Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo for SAN CRISTÓBAL
Undergraduate King Screenwriting Award $3000
Eli Shapiro the film THAT FRIEND YOU HATE
Graduate King Screenwriting Award $3000
Ingrid Jungermann for F TO 7TH
2015 GRADUATE CRAFT AWARD WINNERS
Nestor Almendros Award for Excellence in Cinematography by a woman
• Chananun Chotrunroj for LERATO directed by Thati Peele
Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance
• Kirsten Keng Ing Tan for DAHDI
Screenwriting
• Ingrid Jungermann for F TO 7TH
• Kirsten Keng Ing Tan for DAHDI
Producing
• Mollye Asher and Katrina Whalen for BLACKWELL directed by Ed Barnes
Editing
• Zack Schamberg for HARDBAT
• Elizabeth Nichols for A SWEET SONG directed by Asantewaa Prempeh
Cinematography
• Federico Cesca for PARTIU directed by Felipe Prado
• Jose Avila del Pino for DAHDI directed by Kirsten Keng Ing Tan
• Jinwei Zeng for REMNANTS OF MEN directed by Rezwan Shahriar Sumit
Sound Design
• Roberto Espinoza for SAN CRISTÓBAL directed by Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo
Production Design
• Cara Lawson for DARK & LIGHT LEO directed by Sehaj Sethi
Original Song
• The Rosebuds for F TO 7TH directed by Ingrid Jungermann
Acting
• Marisha Triantafyllidou for Lead Actress for VOLTA directed by Stella Kyriakopoulos
• Li Hwa for Lead Actress for DAHDI directed by Kirsten Keng Ing Tan
• Mariana Molina for Supporting Actress for PARTIU directed by Felipe Prado
• Samuel Gonzalez for Lead Actor for SAN CRISTÓBAL directed by Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo
• Victor Gorgulho for Lead Actor for PARTIU directed by Felipe Prado
• Tebogo Selebogo for Lead Actor for LERATO directed by Thati Peele
• Michael Kostroff for Lead Actor for F TO 7TH directed by Ingrid Jungermann
2015 Graduate Wasserman Finalists
Raisa Bonnet for LUNA VIEJA
Reinaldo Marcus Green for STOP
Ingrid Jungermann for F TO 7TH
Natalia Kaniasty for HOME RANGE
Stella Kyriakopoulos for VOLTA
Thati Peele for LERATO
Felipe Prado for PARTIU
Asantewaa Prempeh for A SWEET SONG
Kirsten Keng Ing Tan for DAHDI
Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo for SAN CRISTÓBAL
2015 UNDERGRADUATE AWARD WINNERS
Nestor Almendros Award in recognition of outstanding cinematography by a woman
• Frances Chen for the film A NEW CIVILIZATION by Williams Naranjo
Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance
• Colin Marchon for the film OUR TECHNOLOGICAL IDENTITY CRISES
Excellence in Animation
• Amelia Harvey for ADAM’S AIL
• Casey Drogin for PRIMORDIA
• Engin Karabagli for RONALD GOTTLIEB
Excellence in Documentary
• Colin Marchon for OUR TECHNOLOGICAL IDENTITY CRISES
• Evan Harms for PADRE DE LOS PESCES (FATHER OF THE FISH)
Excellence in Experimental
• M. Louis Gordon for GIRL IN THE CHAIR
Directing
• Stephen Cervantes for BIG WORLD
• Louis DeCaprio for STUPID & DEMENTED
• M. Louis Gordon for GIRL IN CHAIR
• Angle Rivera for SCRATCH
Screenwriting
• Eli Shapiro for the film THAT FRIEND YOU HATE
• Williams Naranjo for the film A NEW CIVILIZATION
• Evan Ari Kelman & Parker Hill for the film BANDITO
• Emma Carlson for the film AN CRANN
Producing
• Molly Castro for the film A NEW CIVILIZATION by Williams Naranjo
• Parker Hill & Sebastian Savino for the film BANDITO by Evan Ari Kelman
• Andrew J. Hebert & Katherine Ayers for the film DOGWOOD
• Zachary Gobetz for the film THE GOBLIN SONG by Nora Unkel
Editing
• Williams Naranjo for the film A NEW CIVILIZATION
• Ryan Connors for the film OUR TECHNOLOGICAL IDENTITY CRISES by Colin Marchon
• M. Louis Gordon & Madeline Wall for the film GIRL IN THE CHAIR
• Eli Shapiro for the film THAT FRIEND YOU HATE
Cinematography
• Will Mayo for the film AN CRANN by Emma Carlson
• Frances Chen for the film A NEW CIVILIZATION by Williams Naranjo
• Cory Fraiman-Lott for the film THE GOBLIN SONG by Nora Unkel
• Marc Katz for the film GIRL IN THE CHAIR by M. Louis Gordon
Sound Design
• Hollie Bennett for the film BANDITO by Evan Ari Kelman
• Casey Drogin for the film PRIMORDIA
• M. Louis Gordon for the film GIRL IN THE CHAIR
• Williams Naranjo for the film A NEW CIVILIZATION
Production Design
• Norris Guncheon for the film AN CRANN by Emma Carlson
• Madeline Wall for the film THE GOBLIN SONG by Nora Unkel
• Madeline Wall for the film GIRL IN THE CHAIR by M. Louis Gordon
• Natalie Goodman for the film GLASS HOUSE by Nicholas Giuricich
Original Score
• Jonathan Cziner for the film THE GOBLIN SONG by Nora Unkel
• Aled Roberts for the film GIRL IN THE CHAIR by M. Louis Gordon
• Brett Calo for the film REMAINS
• Andrew John Kim for the film IN WAKING by Carlos Zozaya
Acting
• Arthur Agee, Jr. for the film JOURNEYMAN by Leo Gilbert
• Randall Holden for the film REMAINS by Brett Calo
• Alex Courtney for the film LAST WASH by Soon Ho Song
• Bairbre Ní Chaoimh for the film AN CRANN by Emma Carlson
• CJ Gelfand for the film MR. MADISON by Joe Rodriguez
• Amber Collins-Ives the film THE RED CARD by Dana Brawer
Ensemble Acting
• Shanty Rodrigues, Andres Sosa, Nelson Rangel, Jenny Blando, Marcelo Rodriguez, Stefano Fossa for the film A NEW CIVILIZATION by Williams Naranjo
• Sean Brannon, Ariella Segal, Miles G. Jackson, Ann Gulian, Alexa Peretz, Jackie Schiffer, Marilyn Seide, Will Cooper for the film THAT FRIEND YOU HATE by Eli Shapiro
• John Peralta, Nacir Wyatt, Daniela Jimenez, Lauren Campbell, Sophia Torres, Roberto DeFelice for the film SCRATCH by Angel Rivera
2015 Wasserman Finalists
• Colin Marchon for the film OUR TECHNOLOGICAL IDENTITY CRISES
• Williams Naranjo for the film A NEW CIVILIZATION
• Evan Ari Kellman for the film BANDITO
• Leo Gilbert for the film JOURNEYMAN
• Emma Carlson the film AN CRANN
• Eli Shapiro the film THAT FRIEND YOU HATE