Winners

~ Best Picture ~
Action World
Aaron Fronk, Vince DeGaetano, and Cooper Johnson of Columbia College Chicago

~ Concord Award (Best Film Voted by the Audience) ~
Priceless
Jonathan Ong of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

~ Best Directed ~
Action World
Aaron Fronk, Vince DeGaetano, and Cooper Johnson of Columbia College Chicago

~ Best Screenplay ~
Fresas
Jason Outenreath of Oberlin College

~ Frontiers Award (Most Original Film) ~
Old Man’s Tomb
Matt Reynolds of Bates College, and The Maine Media Workshops

~ Best Editing ~
Wandering Star
Anthony Hays and Matt Yoka of The University of Colorado, at Boulder

~ Best Acting ~
Garbage Day
Victor Suarez of Columbia University of New York and John Sadlik of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne

~ Best Cinematography ~
Warren Budd and his Propeller Plane
Jackson Adams of Emerson College

~ Opus Award (Best Use of Music & Sound) ~
Developer
Erica M. Hart of Northwestern University

JUDGES

Jon Alpert has distinguished himself as an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, eleven News & Documentary Emmy Awards, one National Emmy for Sports Programming, four Columbia DuPont Awards, and a Peabody Award. He was an Academy Award nominee this year for China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province. He is also co-founder and director of Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), America’s largest and most honored non-profit community media center.

Michael Hausman received a BA from Cornell in 1957. He has produced or executive-produced most of Milos Forman’s films including Amadeus, Man on the Moon, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ragtime, and Hair. He has also produced films for directors David Mamet, Mike Nichols, Robert Benton, Ang Lee, Richard Pearce, and Robert M. Young. Recently, he received an Emmy award for HBO’s Recount. He is president of Filmhaus and Cinehaus Inc. and has taught at Columbia since 1978.

Joan Stein Schimke was nominated for an Academy Award for One Day Crossing, which also won the Student Academy Award® Gold Medal and the DGA Best Woman Student Filmmaker. Other directing credits include several short films and an episode of “Law & Order.” She worked as Production Coordinator on Eric Mendelsohn’s 3 Backyards, Locations Coordinator on Woody Allen’s Deconstructing Harry, and assistant to director Bette Gordon on Luminous Motion. Joan is an Assistant Professor at Adelphi University and is currently developing a number of feature film projects.

Please remember to e-mail rsvp2cunuff@gmail.com with your name and “panel,” “presentation,” and/or “workshop” in the subject line, if you wish to attend any of the free afternoon events.

The post-production workshop is already full, but you will be placed on the waiting list.

Wandering Star
Anthony Hays
University of Colorado at Boulder

Warren Budd and his Propeller Plane
Jackson Adams
Emerson College

Garbage Day
Victor Suarez
Columbia University

Fresas
Jason Outenreath
Oberlin College

Action World
Aaron Fronk
Columbia College Chicago

Priceless
Jonathan Ong, Phil Atkins
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Developer
Erica M. Hart
Northwestern University

The Old Man’s Tomb
Matthew Reynolds
Bates College

Honorably Mentioned Films:

The Cyclist
Andras Ostrom
Emerson College

Marlin
Matt Dworzanczyk
Columbia College Chicago

Bloodbath
Cameron Gibson
Northwestern University

Carpe Millenium
Eric Bednarowicz
Columbia College Chicago

One Day
Bernard Garceau III
Baylor University

The Sandman
David Scala
New York University

Out of the Blue
Joanna Truman
Florida State University

The Fatherless
Alex Schwarm
Northwestern University

As Ever, Stan
Alex Schwarm
Northwestern University

A Funeral Story
Courtney Marcilliat
Florida State University

Third-Tier Award Films:

Sandbox
Kelsi Brannan
University of California, Santa Barbara

The Sleep Project
Whitney Bennett and Matthew Cunningham
Saint Mary’s Hall

Give the Dog a Bone
Whitney Bennett and Brenden Cicoria
Saint Mary’s Hall

The Cooking Class
Halsey Robertson and Zelda Wen
Harvard-Westlake School

Hagondes
Emma Gencarelli
SUNY Purchase College

Project X
Daniel Schwartz
Johns Hopkins University

Fantastically Cruel
Jessica Charle
University of Maine

All That a Woman Can Do
Eve Symington
Columbia University

Sinuous Bodies
Alexander Hedstrom, David Godbout, Jack Roberts
Towson University

The Stand
Olivia Chuba
Harvard-Westlake School

Protocol
Russell Yaffe, Joel Sinensky, Talia Alberts
Northwestern University

12:45-1:45 in Room 477 (free, includes catered lunch)
PANEL DISCUSSION — The Use of Music in Film, TV, and Ads

• The collaborative process and complications of using music in films, television shows, and advertisements
• An inside look at music publishing, supervising, producing, and licensing
• How to secure legal permission to include a record label’s music in your film
• How to pursue film/TV-related careers in the music industry
• Networking opportunities

With:
Brigitte Green, Senior Director of Film & TV at The Beggars Group
Michael Hill, independent music supervisor currently working on Bored to Death and Nurse Jackie
Eric David Johnson, music producer at Young & Rubicam New York
Brooke Primont, Vice President of Creative Services & Marketing at Cherry Lane Music Publishing

1:45-2:30 in Room 477 (free)
PRESENTATION — The Other Side of Film Festivals: Acquisition and Distribution

• Learn about the deal-making side of film festivals—including useful information and suggestions for those of you who are submitting to festivals and want to get noticed!
• What does a film distributor do, and how does it acquire features and shorts?
• Specific case studies: How did these films get Film Movement’s attention? How were they released?
• What are some new distribution channels for filmmakers?

With:
Meghan Wurtz, Vice President at Film Movement

2:45-4:30 in West Ramp Lounge (free, max. 15 attendees)
WORKSHOP — Post Production on a Shoestring Budget

• Learn to meet complete delivery standards on a shoestring budget
• An introduction to optimizing a digital work flow and how to make the best decisions in pre-production to meet your delivery requirements
• Overview on finishing your indie film using Apple’s Final Cut Studio; including Final Cut Pro, Color, Compressor and more

With:
Brock Labrenz, director and founder of An Films
James McKay, producer

6:00-9:00 in Roone Arledge Cinema ($3 general admission, add $2 for VIP post-event reception at Haakon’s Hall)
SCREENING of Eight Finalist Films
Awards Ceremony - Judging by Jon Alpert, Michael Hausman, and Joan Stein
Q&A with Filmmakers

CUNUFF Attn: Vicky Du
2032 Lerner Hall
2920 Broadway
New York, NY 10027-8313

Both CUNUFF and my name MUST be be on the mailing address for us to receive your film. If not, your package was either sent back to you, or we have received it (with some coaxing of the Columbia mail administration!)

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to email us at: cunuff@gmail.com

Thanks for your interest in our film festival, and we look forward to receiving your film!

Vicky
Co-President CUNUFF 2010

See details here.

Winners

~ Best Picture ~
Color by Number
Marshall Rimmer of University of Texas at Austin

~ Concord Award (Best Film Voted by the Audience) ~
Paul and His Wall
Steven Anderson and Evan Harbuck of Florida State College of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts

~ Best Directed ~
The Booby Trap
Simon Pennekamp of Columbia College Chicago

~ Best Screenplay ~
The Booby Trap
Simon Pennekamp of Columbia College Chicago

~ Frontiers Award (Most Original Film) ~
Token Hunchback
Tim Reckart of Harvard University

~ Best Editing ~
Paul and His Wall
Steven Anderson and Evan Harbuck of Florida State College of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts

~ Best Acting ~
The Booby Trap
Simon Pennekamp of Columbia College Chicago

~ Best Cinematography ~
Paul and His Wall
Steven Anderson and Evan Harbuck of Florida State College of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts

~ Opus Award (Best Use of Music & Sound) ~
Color by Number
Marshall Rimmer of University of Texas at Austin

• Date:   Saturday, April 11, 2009
• Time:   7:00pm - 10:00pm
• Location:
  Roone Arledge Cinema, Lerner Hall
  Columbia University
  115th & Broadway
  New York, NY 10027
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