2023 King Award Recipients
First Prize UGFTV $10,000
Patrick Godino, EVERY OTHER KID
First Prize Graduate Film $10,000
Rashad Frett, RICKY
Second Prize UGFTV $7,500
Amelia Boscov, TRIPPING
Second Prize Graduate Film $7,500
Ian Barling, SAFE
Third Prize UGFTV $5,000
Sarah Gold, BLISS
Third Prize Graduate Film $5,000
Francesca de Fusco, INCROCI
KING FINALIST 2023
Graduate
Ian Barling, SAFE
Francesca de Fusco, INCROCI
Mariano Dongo, MUCHO MUCHO AMOR
Angalis Field, THE DALLES
Rashad Frett, RICKY
Mary-Catherine Harvey, IT’S NOT ABOUT THE HAT
David Rafailedes, NEVER BEEN KISSED
UNDERGRADUATE
Amelia Boscov TRIPPING
Nicholas Freeman HELP WANTED
Patrick Godino EVERY OTHER KID
Sarah Gold BLISS
Samuel Smith LANDLINE
Lijie Xie MOTHERLAND
Johanna Xue LITTLE RABBIT
Graduate
NESTOR ALMENDROS AWARD FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY (FEMALE)
Sophia Bennett Holmes THE DALLES
CARL LERNER AWARD FOR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
Nile Price FOR THE MOON
ACHIEVEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL
Joecar Hanna DELIVER ME
KING SCREENWRITING AWARD
Mary-Catherine Harvey IT’S NOT ABOUT THE HAT
FACULTY COMMENDATION IN FILMMAKING
Andrew Brame SCHRODINGER
Marshall Cooper GOODMAN!?!
Alyssa Loh LET
Andy Long ON THE MARGIN
Elizabeth Rao LATE SUMMER
Derrick Woodyard LOVE TAPS
SCREENWRITING
Noam Argov SULAM (THE LADDER)
Sara Crow BLUEBIRD
Alyssa Loh LET
EDITING
Kyle Falcon ON THE MARGIN
Joecar Hanna DELIVER ME
Macdaleine St. Remy DIS•CHORD
PRODUCING
Jordan Drake SAFE
Pierre M. Coleman, Simon TaufiQue, and Ramfis Myrthil RICKY
Vincent Mocco, Aliea Clark, David Rafailedes NEVER BEEN KISSED
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Theo Gray MUCHO MUCHO
Sam Motamedi DELIVER ME, RICKY, LOVE TAPS
Marshall Wayne NEVER BEEN KISSED
SOUND DESIGN
Eric Brown, Dennis Dembeck LET
Ian Duclos MUCHO MUCHO AMOR
PJ Wyderka ON THE MARGIN
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Rodrigo Muñoz DELIVER ME
Sadra Tehrani BLUEBIRD
Zachary Blumner IN PASSING
ORIGINAL SCORE
Lost and Found - Princess Nostalgia Apology - Joshua Reed and mal sounds MIC DROP
Mariano Dongo MUCHO MUCHO AMOR (Elizabeth’s Short)
Delu Duan NEVER BEEN KISSED
Nomon ON THE MARGIN
ACTING
August Ackley THE DALLES
Rahim Barry LOVE TAPS
An-Li Bogan LET
Parish Bradley RICKY
Mor Cohen SULAM (THE LADDER)
Eleonora De Luca INCROCI
Steve Lin ON THE MARGIN
Will Patton SAFE
Elizabeth Sukasaka MUCHO MUCHO AMOR (Elizabeth’s Short)
Chloe Troast IT’S NOT ABOUT THE HAT
Sidney Rose White BIG TROUBLE IN TWINCEST TOWN
ENSEMBLE ACTING
Fedra Ramirez Olivares IN PASSING
Kaileela Hobby IN PASSING
Aisling Fagan BLUEBIRD
Eliza Donaghy BLUEBIRD
UNDERGRADUATE
NESTOR ALMENDROS AWARD FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY (FEMALE)
Ailina Dohn CHAPPED LIPS
CARL LERNER AWARD FOR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
David Huang ROCK SPRINGS
ACHIEVEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL
John Keville SOUTHERN CROSS
ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
Samuel Smith LANDLINE
KING SCREENWRITING AWARD
Amelia Boscov TRIPPING
SCREENWRITING
Amelia Boscov TRIPPING
Johanna Xue LITTLE RABBIT
EDITING
Yoni Azulay IDLE SPEED
Margot Piorkowski, Farhan Kamdar LETTER TO MY FRANCE
John Keville SOUTHERN CROSS
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Derrick Chen BURROW
Clair Peck AFFLICTION
John Zeng ROCK SPRINGS
PRODUCING
Zach Rineer, Yoni Azulay IDLE SPEED
Victoria Hirakawa-Lee Castro ROCK SPRINGS
Patrick Godino EVERY OTHER KID
SOUND DESIGN
Nicholas Freeman HELP WANTED
Nina Leitenberg EVERY OTHER KID
Patrick Zimmon BLISS
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Katie Balun BURROW
Violet Morrison, Gretchen Cash AMERICAN FELT BUILDING
Violet Morrison BLISS
ORIGINAL SCORE
Tristan Arostegui EVERY OTHER KID
Lindsay Dievert SEASONS
ACTING ENSEMBLE
Xinnong Sun ROCK SPRINGS
Jeff Chen ROCK SPRINGS
ACTING
Max Cattana SOUTHERN CROSS
Christian Coulson BURROW
Alvin Hooi MEETING AMY
Dot-Marie Jones TRIPPING
Serena Lu MEETING AMY
Douglas McGrath HELP WANTED
Ahlon Moye-Harkness EVERY OTHER KID
Ezra Peterson Behnen AMERICAN FELT BUILDING
Janet Sarno AL DENTE
Jackson Scott QUIQUE
Erik Thomsen RED LINGERIE
Journey Wilson LET HER EAT CAKE
Weronika Wozniack NEW LIVES
Rika Yu MOTHERLAND
Friday’s Audience Choice Selections
Menage a Trois by Victor Pigasse
Mummy by Aditi Mody
Landline by Samuel Smith
Saturday’s Audience Choice Selections
Bliss by Sarah Gold
Every Other Kid by Patrick Godino
Al Dentre by Nathan Rodriguez
MIC DROP by Joshua Reed
Sunday’s Audience Choice Selections
On the Margin by Andy Long
Idle Speed by Yoni Azulay
Ricky by Rashad Frett
American Felt Building by Cole Greenbaun
You and Me, Naked Boy by Rose Kelso