2022 King Awards

Undergraduate Film & Television

1st Prize King Award $10,000: Jared Peraglia, Here to Stay
2nd Prize King Award $7500: Áine Gleeson, Above the Fold
3rd Prize King Award $5000: Kaya Tone, The Call of Water

Graduate Film

1st Prize King Award $10,000: Tsung-Yen Lin, Piglet Piglet
2nd Prize King Award $7500: Hanna Gray Organschi, Merci, Poppy
3rd Prize King Award $5000: Sara Balghonaim, Me & Aydrous

2022 Undergraduate Finalists

Áine Gleeson ABOVE THE FOLD 
Carter Kratkiewicz THINGS COULD BE BETTER 
Jared Peraglia HERE TO STAY 
Kaya Tone THE CALL OF WATER 
Charlene Xu HOW SMALL! 

Undergraduate King Screenwriting Award
Carter Kratkiewicz THINGS COULD BE BETTER 

Undergraduate Achievement in Animation
Charlene Xu HOW SMALL! 

Undergraduate Achievement in Documentary
Zachary Margaret POR VIDA

Undergraduate Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance
Jared Peraglia HERE TO STAY

Undergraduate Faculty Commendation for Ensemble Acting
Tristan Arostegui, Derek Marshall, Phil Shea, Aaron Frederick and J. Singh for ATTRIBUTION ERROR

Undergraduate Faculty Commendation for Visual Effects
Kaya Tone for THE CALL OF WATER

Undergraduate Nestor Almendros Award for Cinematography
Cece Chan COLOR HIM SON

Undergraduate Cinematography
Lin Tsung-Yen for EMILY
Alex Wohlin for THE CALL OF WATER

Undergraduate Editing
Tom Ingwersen for ATTRIBUTION ERROR
Kailey Radcliffe for THE CALL OF WATER
Elyze Veta for A NIGHT WITH THE SHEINTOPS

Undergraduate Screenwriting
Victoria Castro BENTOBOX
Athena Gerasoulis EMILY
Alianora Zou THE OVERSEAS CALL

Undergraduate Producing
Logan Delgado and Kelly Drake LOVER’S LEAP
Sophia Heriveaux and Ben Heintz CAKE AFTER MIDNIGHT

Undergraduate Production Design
Justin Fargiano THUMBTALE
Paul Ward ATTRIBUTION ERROR
Linna Zhou BENTOBOX

Undergraduate Sound Design
Romain Sturma and Camille Thomas HOW SMALL!
Alianora Zou THE OVERSEAS CALL

Undergraduate Original Score
Mike Brun ABOVE THE FOLD
Josh Ford THINGS COULD BE BETTER
Derek Walsh CAKE AFTER MIDNIGHT
Habei Wang HOW SMALL!

Acting Awards
Elena Marie Juliano DONUTS
Karin Okada BENTOBOX
Trinity Simpson THE CALL OF WATER
Kelly Wong THE OVERSEAS CALL
Riley Hashimoto BENTOBOX
Jaylen Stapleton COLOR HIM SON
Joyce Goldin DONUTS
Jackie Lauper AP CHEM
Laine Philipps LOVER’S LEAP
Kevin Sowti FAMILY BUSINESS
Nathan Vincenti LOVER’S LEAP
Jamaal Williams COLOR HIM SON
Kaya Tone THE CALL OF WATER

2022 Graduate Finalists

Hanna Gray Organschi MERCI, POPPY
Tsung-Yen Lin PIGLET PIGLET
Andrew Long CLEARING HOUSE
Sara Balghonaim ME & AYDAROUS
Chheangkea Ieng SKIN CAN BREATHE 
Ifeyinwa Arinze AUGUST VISITOR
Sophia Bennett Holmes SYNCHRONICITY STORY 
Casiano Hamer GIFT OF THE MAGI
Yumeng Han UNDER THE RUINS 
Paul Oscar Kanter THE DROWNED MAN

Graduate King Screenwriting Award
Andrew Long CLEARING HOUSE 

Graduate Nestor Almendros Award for Cinematography 
Gianna Badiali SKIN CAN BREATHE, NIGHTS AND DAYS IN AMERICA

Graduate Carl Lerner Award for Social Significance
Ifeyinwa Arinze AUGUST VISITOR

Graduate Achievement in Experimental
Kayla Arend LOST BEYOND THE STARS

Graduate Screenwriting
Hanna Gray Organschi MERCI, POPPY
Andrew Long CLEARING HOUSE
Louise Zhang NIGHTS AND DAYS IN AMERICA
Xavier Griffiths B-BOX

Graduate Editing
Victor Pigasse A CLEAN BREAK
Manya Glassman ACQUIESCENCE
Chheangkea Leng SKIN CAN BREATHE

Graduate Producing
Spike Lee, Katie Chew, Dominic Stewart LEAVING YELLOWSTONE
Sara Balghonaim, Aya Hamdan SWEET REFUGE
Terrence Shu LETTERS TO THE WIND

Graduate Cinematography
Shiyu Li LEAVING YELLOWSTONE
Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll UNDER THE RUINS
Alessia Mandanici CLEARING HOUSE
Art Parnitudom THE DROWNED MAN

Graduate Sound Design
Nigam Bhandari A CLEAN BREAK
Lee Salevan SKIN CAN BREATHE

Graduate Production Design
Derya Celikkol MERCI, POPPY
Samantha Duncan CLEARING HOUSE
Sara Ossana A CLEAN BREAK
Ella Gerritsen THE DROWNED MAN

Graduate Original Score
Adam Weiss SKIN CAN BREATHE
Gavin Brivik LEAVING YELLOWSTONE
Hannah Ishizaki NIGHTS AND DAYS IN AMERICA
Matt Parker and Lawson White B-BOX

Graduate Acting 
Victoria Pedretti MERCI, POPPY
Lynda Gravatt CLEARING HOUSE
Ida Alkusay ME & AYDAROUS
Mingjie Li LETTERS TO THE WIND
Norbert Leo Butz CLEARING HOUSE
Ergun Simsek THE DROWNED MAN
Mahira Kakkar SWEET REFUGE
Zhan Wang LETTERS TO THE WIND