2023 King Awards

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