2009 FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations too all the filmmakers and the recipients of awards at
the 2009 Columbia University Film Festival!
Kim's Video Best Film ("Dangerously Unique") Award
Bassam Ali Jarbawi, Roos Djaj (Chicken Heads)
Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for Best Female Director
Lauren Wolkstein, Cigarette Candy
National Board of Review Students Grants
Filippo Conz, Concerto
Bassam Ali Jarbawi, Roos Djaj (Chicken Heads)
Daniel Ragussis, Haber
David Jones Memorial Award
Antonio Mendez Esparza, Una y Otra Vez (Time And Again)
20th Century Fox/Farrelly Brothers Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Award
William Saunders, Dash Cunning
Plum Pictures Most Promising Filmmaker Award
Lauren Wolkstein, Cigarette Candy
EP Best Producer Award
Shrihari Sathe, Breaking The Chain
EP Honorable Mentions
Rogin Kim, Stranger
Brigitte Liebowitz, Cigarette Candy
Best Film 12 Minutes or Under
Eliza Subotowicz, Ben
Best Cinematography by a Film Program Student
Jaron Henrie-Mccrea, Sinkhole
Student Choice Awards
Best Film: Roos Djaj (Chicken Heads)
Best Direction: Cigarette Candy
Best Writing: Concerto
Best Directing Of Actors: Una y Otra Vez (Time And Again)
Best Editing: Sinkhole
Best Cinematography: Haber
Best Production Design: Ronnie's Rat
Original Vision: Lili's Paradise
Student Honors: Dash Cunning, Nomad's Life
IFP Audience Awards
Program A: Cigarette Candy
Program B: The Man Who Wasn't
Program C: New Media
Program D: The Curious Complications of Role Playing
Program E: Salamander
Program F: Stranger
Program G: Sinkhole
Program H: Dash Cunning
Ezra Litwak Distinction in Screenwriting Award
Nicole Brending, Preservation
Best Teleplay
Val Sherman, 30 Rock: Seeing Is Believing
Arthur Krim Memorial Awards
William Harper
Veronica Nickel
Lewis Cole Memorial Award
Jon Haller
Jesse Thompkins III Screenwriting Award
Matthew Tyler
James Bridges Development Award
Kate Barker, Match
HBO Films Young Producers Development Award
Jeannie Donohoe, Suction
RHI Entertainment Producers Development Award
Chi-An Lin, Scumbag, Pervert And The Girl In-Between
Zaki Gordon Award For Excellence in Screenwriting
Dwayne Wilson, Hitting Close To Home