Grad Film Craft Award Winners at First Run

Monday, Apr 10, 2017

The First Run Film Festival has announced the winners of the 2017 Craft Awards. Last week they announced the 13 finalists whose pieces will screen at the festival from April 28 - May 3. 

Here are the award winners:

Carl Lerner Award

Stefon Bristol  See You Yesterday

 

Achievement in Documentary

Margherita Arco  "Mami" Sagte

 

Nestor Almendros Awards

Dominika Eriksen and Ines Gowland 

 

Faculty Commendation for Excellence in Web Series

Marie Constantinesco  My Life in Sourdough

 

Faculty Commendation for Excellence in Collaboration

Joseph Sackett  Pregnant

 

Cinematography

Dominika Eriksen - Tween, Chebet directed by Raven Johnson, Tony Koros

Jomo Fray - Pregnant directed by Joseph Sackett

Lasse Tolboll - Distance directed by Rikke Louise Schødt

 

Editing

Harry Cepka - Get Out Fast directed by Haley Anderson

Raven Johnson - Tween

Lasse Ulvedal Tolboll  - $4.59

 

Screenwriting

Brian Dilg - Double Negative

Karishma Dube - Devi (Goddess)

Rikke Louise Schødt - Distance

 

Production Design

Yu-Hsuan Chen - Pregnant directed by Joseph Sackett

Jan Pjena Novotny - Who's Who in Mycology directed by Marie Dvorakova

 

Sound Design

Roman Cadek - Who's Who in Mycology directed by Marie Dvorakova

Gerd Jochum - "Mami" Sagte directed by Margherita Arco

Larry Zipf - Get Out Fast directed by Haley Anderson

 

Producing

Maria Altamirano - Wake, Latiner, Corazón Dormido, sightPictures directed by Molly Gandour, Ines Gowland, Alejandro Miyashiro, David Stein

Anders N. Berg - Tobey, Distance directed by Adrien Cothier, Rikke Louise Schødt

Adel Morales - Zeitgeist, Mala, Lucy Barron directed by Cenk Erturk, Marly Hernandez

Rajat Sharma - Antouni (Homeless) directed by Alik Barsoumian

 

Ensemble Acting

Paula Coughlin, Kylie Jean, Mercy Zelle - Tween directed by Raven Johnson

 

Lead Actress

Natalia Escobar - Latiner directed by Ines Gowland

Anita Kavuu-Ng'ang'a - Chebet directed by Tony Koros

Joanna Rhinehart - Double Negative directed by Brian Dilg

 

Lead Actor

Keaton Nigel Cooke - Alex and the Handyman directed by Nicholas Colia

Bruno Todeschini - You Will Know Neither the day Nor the Hour directed by Samuel Grandchamp

 

Supporting Actress

Priyanka Bose - Devi (Goddess) directed by Karishma Dube

Rosa Gilmore - Modern Love directed by Francesca Mirabella

 

Supporting Actor

Fei Jin - Blooming Night directed by Beier (Bell) Zhong

Arsen Soghomonya - Antouni (Homeless) directed by Alik Barsoumian

 

Original Score

Ricardo Barrantes - Vincent directed by Tati Barrantes

Ariel Marx - Forever directed by Joyce Sherrí-Booth

Nicolas Rabaeus - You Will Know Neither the day Nor the Hour directed by Samuel Grandchamp