The end of the school year featured two spectacular Film and Media Arts events including the BFA/BA Masterclass and The 25th annual Diamond Screen Film and Media Arts Festival.
Incredible student films were screened, awards were given out, and fun was had by all! We want to celebrate all the films and filmmakers involved, particularly calling out Diamond Screen Co-Producers Grad Students Ireashia Bennett and Erica Hawkins with a special thanks to Alum James Madison for helping arrange jurors (and acting as one).
Winners at the events included:
25th Annual Diamond Screen Film and Media Arts Festival Winners:
- Best Editing: Eva Steinmetz for Marina
- Best Cinematography: Jalen Ramseur-Williams for Vamos, Gustavo
- Best Undergrad Screenplay: Lainey Macken for The Telephone
- Best Grad Screenplay: Harold Batista for Vamos, Gustavo
- Best First Year Film: Elliet Shriver for Sweeping Changes
- Best Undergrad Media Arts: Gerandarlena Smith
- Best Grad Media Arts: Maria Teresa Olmedilla Lopez
- Best Experimental or Animated Film: Logan Desris for What Makes the Ride Worthwhile
- Best Narrative Film: Eva Stenmetz for Marina
- Best Documentary Film: Olivia Gracielle Roque for The Daughter of Two Tailors
- Best Graduate Film: Eva Steinmetz for Marina
BFA/BA Masterclass Screening Winners
- Best Editing: three-way tie! David Wilf for Vamos, Gustavo, Eugenia Karagiannis for Predispositon, Dylan Hrivnak for To Orbit Around A Dying Star
- Best Directing: Sophie Aguila for Meet Me Under The Bleachers
- Best Cinematography: Jalen Ramseur-Williams, To Orbit Around A Dying Star
- Best Documentary: Angela Chen for One's Way Home
- Best Producing: Salvatori Camarote for Meet Me Under The Bleachers