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1999

The Buse (MFA Thesis Aug. 1999)

* Most Creative Student Film-Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival’s FIFE/Disney MGM Award, Nov 6. 1999
* 2nd Place Student Narrative-Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival Blockbuster Awards, Nov. 5, 1999
* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian Theater, Maitland, FL, Nov., 1999
* Selected for screening: The Sarasota Film Festival, Regal Cinemas, Sarasota, FL, Jan 16, 2000
* Special Screening: FSU Student Films, DGA Theater Complex, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 1, 2000
* 3rd Place Winner: Palm Beach Int’l Film Festival Student Showcase, West Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 2000
* First Place Student Film: Hollywood Black Film Festival, Culver City, CA, Feb. 26, 2000
* 1st PL Student Award-Comedy: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000
* “Silver Award”: Worldfest-Houston, Houston TX, April 15, 2000
* Best of Show/Best Narrative Film: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 2000
* Selected for screening: Memphis Black Writers’ Conference & Southern Film Festival, TN, April 2000
* Movies on a Shoestring Trophy: Rochester International Film Festival, Rochester NY, May 13, 2000
* First Place: Florida Film Festival Student Awards, Universal Studios, Orlando, June 17, 2000
* Bronze Bear Award (3rd Place): Festival Der Nationen Kino Ebensee, Ebensee, Austria, June 19, 2000
* First Place: Marin County National Festival of Short Films, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, CA, July 2000
* Selected for screening: Independents’ Day Weekend Festival, Educ. Channel, Tampa, FL, July 4, 2000
* 1st Place Audience/3rd Place Overall Weekly Alibi Short Film Fiesta, Albuquerque, NM, July 7, 2000
* Selected for screening: Philafilm, The Philadelphia Int'l Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, July,2000
* Selected for screening: Palm Springs Int'l Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA, Aug. 1-7, 2000
* Best Student Film Award: Night of the Black Independents’ Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 4-5, 2000
* Selected for screening - finalist: UFVA Next Frame Competition, Colorado Springs, CO, Aug. 16, 2000
* Selected for screening: Breckenridge Festival of Film, Breckenridge, CO, Sept. 14-17, 2000
* Selected for screening: 6th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya, Turkey, Sept. 14-17, 2000
* Selected for screening: Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Int’l Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 2000
* Best Film Student/Best Film Student Scenario: Canadian Int’l Annual Film & Video Festival, Oct. 2000
* Selected for screening: Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (LA Shorts Fest),CA, Oct. 5-8, 2000
* Best Student Film: Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Birmingham, AL, October 6-8, 2000
* Selected for screening: “Cinema 16”, New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 13-19, 2000
* Honorable Mention: 48th Annual Colombus”Chris Awards” Int’l Film & Video Festival, Oct. 24, 2000
* Selected for screening: Ojai Film Festival, Ojai Playhouse Theater, Ojai, CA, Nov. 15-19, 2000
* Special Screening: FSU Films at Telluride Indiefest, Telluride Colorado, December 8, 2000

Child Bride (MFA Thsis Aug. 1999)

* Finalist-Award Winner: Joey Awards, San Jose Film & Video Commission, CA, Oct. 30, 1999
* Selected for screening/Certificate: BRNO 16 Film Festival, Radnicka, Czech Republic, Oct. 13-17, 1999
* Silver Award Winner: Worldfest-Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona, Nov. 5-14, 1999
* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian Theater, Maitland, FL, Nov, 1999
* Selected for screening: The Sarasota Film Festival, Regal Cinemas, Sarasota, FL, Jan 16, 2000
* Special Screening: FSU Student Films, DGA Theater Complex, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 1, 2000
* 1st Place Winner: Palm Beach Int’l Film Festival Student Showcase, West Palm Beach, FL. Feb. 2000
* Selected for Screening: East Lansing Children’s Film Festival, East Lansing, MI, March 23-26, 2000
* Selected for screening: Santa Clarita International Film Festival, Santa Clarita, CA, March 11-14, 2000
* Selected for Screening: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 15, 2000
* Selected for screening: South Beach Film Festival, Miami Beach, FL, April 23, 2000
* First Place–Artisitic Production: Louis Wolfson II Media History Center Awards, Miami Beach, May, 2000
* Honorable Mention: Rochester International Film Festival, Rochester NY, May 13, 2000
* Reg. Achievement Certificate: Student Academy Awards, Acad. Motion Pict. Arts&Science ,May 2000
* Selected for screening: The Florida Film Festival, Enzian Theater, Maitland, FL, June 9-18, 2000
* Silver Bear Award (2nd Place): Festival Der Nationen Kino Ebensee, Ebensee, Austria, June 21, 2000
* Selected for screening: Independents’ Day Weekend Festival, Educ. Channel, Tampa, FL, July 4, 2000
* Silver Award–2nd Place: Philafilm,The Philadelphia In'l Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, July 21,2000
* Selected for screening: Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival (RIFF), Providence, RI, August 9-13, 2000
* Selected for screening: San Diego Asian Film Festival, University of San Siego, CA, Aug. 11-13, 2000
* Selected for screening: Breckenridge Festival of Film, Breckenridge, CO, Sept. 14-17, 2000
* Selected for screening: 6th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya, Turkey, Sept. 14-17, 2000
* Selected for screening: Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Int’l Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 2000
* Selected for screening: BBC British Short Film Festival, London, England, Sept. 21-28, 2000
* 2nd Best Film Student Scenario: Canadian Int’l Annual Film & Video Festival, Barrie, Ontario, Oct 2000
* Selected for screening: Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Birmingham, AL, October 6-8, 2000
* Honorable Mention: 48th Annual Colombus”Chris Awards” Int’l Film & Video Festival, Oct. 24, 2000
* Selected for screening – Finalist: Angelus Awards Student Competition, Hollywood, CA, Nov. 11, 2000
* Jury Award Plaque Winner: Ajijic Festival Internacional de Cine, Jalisco, Mexico, November 10, 2000

Children 2000 (BFA F-3 1999 – Andrew Aveling)

* Best Documentary Film: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 2000
* Selected for screening: Palm Springs Int'l Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA, Aug. 1-7, 2000
* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian, Maitland, FL Nov. 11-12, 2000

Claudia (MFA D-3 – 1999 – Craig Dupree)

* Selected for Screening: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 15, 2000
* Selected for screening: Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, CA, October 5-15, 2000

Dark Day for Heroes (MFA 35mm-Cine 4 Project - Sam Beam)

* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian, Maitland, FL Nov. 11-12, 2000
* Selected for screening: SmogDance 2001: The Pomona Film Festival, Pomona, CA, Nov. 2-4, 2001

Donuts (MFA D2-1999 – Randy Dannenburg)

* Selected for screening: Convergence 2000 Film Festival, Providence, RI, September 16-24, 2000
* Selected for screening: Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, CA, October 5-15, 2000

Elmina (MFA D2-1999 - Greg Marcks)

* Selected for screening: Independents’ Day Weekend Festival, Educ. Channel, Tampa, FL, July 4, 2000
* Selected for screening: 6th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya, Turkey, Sept. 14-17, 2000
* Selected for screening: Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, CA, October 5-15, 2000
* Selected for screening: Marco Island Film Festival, Marco Island, FL, October 11-15, 2000
* Honorable Mention: 48th Annual Colombus”Chris Awards” Int’l Film & Video Festival, Oct. 24, 2000
* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian, Maitland, FL Nov. 11-12, 2000
* Selected for screening: Ojai Film Festival, Ojai Playhouse Theater, Ojai, CA, Nov. 15-19, 2000
* Special Screening: FSU Student Films, DGA Theater Complex, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 6, 2001
* Selected for screening: Sarasota Film Festival Student Showcase, Sarasota, FL, Feb. 14, 2001
* Director’s Citation Award: Black Maria Film & Video Festival, Jersey City, NJ, Feb. 2001
* Selected for screening: Texas Film Festival, College Station, TX, Feb. 20-24, 2001
* Selected for screening: 11th Annual Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, CA, Feb. 22-March 4, 2001
* Selected for screening: Myhelan Indie Film Festival, Long Valley, NJ, March 9-11, 2001
* Selected for screening: Cine Cuahatemoc Pan American Film Festival, Houston, TX, June 4, 2001
* Selected for screening: Damah Film Festival, Spiritual Experience in Film, Seattle,WA, Oct.11, 2001

Fighting Eddie (MFA Thesis Aug. 1999)

* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian Theater, Maitland, FL, Nov. 1999
* Selected for screening: The Sarasota Film Festival, Regal Cinemas, Sarasota, FL, Jan 16, 2000
* Special Screening: FSU Student Films, DGA Theater Complex, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 1, 2000
* 2nd Place Winner: Palm Beach Int'l Film Festival Student Showcase, West Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 2000
* Selected for screening: Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, San Jose, CA, Feb. 24-March 5, 2000
* 2nd PL Student Award-Comedy: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, March 2000
* Winner-Comedy Short Category: FLO Film Fest, West Palm Beach, FL, March 19, 2000.
* Selected for screening: Humboldt Int’l Film Festival, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA, April 7, 2000
* Selected for screening: Film Fest New Haven, New Haven, CT, April 7-9, 2000
* “Gold Award”: Worldfest –Houston, Houston, TX, April 15, 2000
* Second Place Narrative Film: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 2000
* Selected for screening: South Beach Film Festival, Miami Beach, FL, April 23, 2000
* Selected for screening: 15th Int’l Festival Cinema Jove Short Film Competition, Valencia, Spain, 2000
* Selected for screening: Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA, Aug., 2000
* Selected for screening: SoNo Arts Celebration Film Festival, South Norwalk, CT, August 5, 2000
* Selected for screening: Empire State Film Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY, Sept. 2000
* Selected for screening: Breckenridge Festival of Film, Breckenridge, CO, Sept. 14-17, 2000
* Selected for screening: Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Int’l Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 2000
* Selected for screening: BBC British Short Film Festival, London, England, Sept. 21-28, 2000
* Three Stars: Canadian Int’l Annual Film & Video Festival, Barrie, Ontario, Oct. 4-7, 2000
* Selected for screening: Austin Film Festival, Austin Texas, Oct. 12-19, 2000
* Selected for screening: “Cinema 16”, New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 13-19, 2000
* Bronze Plaque Award: 48th Annual Colombus”Chris Awards” Int’l Film & Video Festival, Oct. 24, 2000
* Selected for screening: Ojai Film Festival, Ojai Playhouse Theater, Ojai, CA, Nov. 15-19, 2000
* Special Screening: FSU Films at Telluride Indiefest, Telluride Colorado, December 8, 2000

Georgia Peach Boy, The (BFA Thesis Dec. 1999)

* Selected for screening: Santa Clarita International Film Festival, Santa Clarita, CA, March 11-14, 2000
* People’s Choice Award: Cinerama 2000, Florida Undergraduate Film Society, Gainesville, April, 2000
* Selected for screening: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 15, 2000
* Selected for screening: Long Island Film Festival, Long Island, NY, July 14-20, 2000
* Selected for screening: Woods Hole Film Festival, Brookline, MA, July 19-August 5, 2000
* Selected for screening: Independents’ Day Weekend Festival, Educ. Channel, Tampa, FL, July 4, 2000
* Selected for screening: Palm Springs Int'l Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA, Aug. 1-7, 2000
* Selected for screening: Winfemme Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, August 17-20, 2000
* Selected for screening: Marco Island Film Festival, Marco Island, FL, October 11-15, 2000
* Best of Fest Award: Freaky Film Festival, Champaign, IL, November 2000
* Selected for screening: Voladero 2000 Festival De Cine Y Video, Moneterrey, Mexico, Nov.,2000
* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian, Maitland, FL Nov. 11-12, 2000
* Selected for screening: Winfemme NYC – Best of L.A. Fest Screenings, New York City, NY, Dec, 2000
* Selected for screening: Myhelan Indie Film Festival, Long Valley, NJ, March 9-11, 2001
* Selected for screening: Durango Film Festival, Durango, CO, March 10-18, 2001
* Third Place Student Award: Palm Beach International Film Festival, West Palm Beach, FL, April, 2001
* Selected for screening: Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival, Lancaster, CA, April 27-29, 2001
* Finalist/Screening: Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens, OH, Apr.27-May 5, 2001
* Selected for screening: Indie Memphis Film Festival, Memphis, TN, June 14-17, 2001
* Selected for screening: 1st Annual Dahlonega Int’l Film Festival, Dahlonega, GA, June 28-July 1, 2001
* Selected for screening: The New York Int’l Independent Film & Video Festival L.A., July, 2001
* Selected for screening: da Vinci Film and Video Festival, Corvallis, OR, July 21 & 22, 2001
* Gold Award-Short Subject: Atlantic City Film Festival, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 8, 2001
* Selected for screening: Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 5-9, 2001
* Best Fiction Short: Sprockets Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002

Kismet (MFA D3-1999 – Kelsey Scott)

* Selected for screening: The Juneteenth Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, June 18, 2000
* Selected for screening: Night of the Black Independents’ Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 4-5, 2000

Last Song (MFA D 3 – 1999 – Babak Rassi)

* Selected for Screening: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 15, 2000
* Selected for screening: Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Int’l Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 2000

Lone Runner, The (BFA Documentary Dec. 1999)

* Selected for screening: East Lansing Children’s Film Festival, East Lansing, MI, March 23-26, 2000
* Selected for screening: SoNo Arts Celebration Film Festival, South Norwalk, CT, August 5, 2000
* Selected for screening: Convergence 2000 Film Festival, Providence, RI, September 16-24, 2000

Mall Break (MFA-D3-1999 - Greg Marcks)

* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian, Maitland, FL Nov. 11-12, 2000
* Selected for screening: Ojai Film Festival, Ojai Playhouse Theater, Ojai, CA, Nov. 15-19, 2000

Minimal Criminal (MFA Thesis Aug. 1999)

* Selected for screening: Humboldt Int’l Film Festival, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA, April 6, 2000
* Selected for Screening: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 15, 2000
* Selected for screening: Weekly Alibi Short Film Fiesta, Lobo Theater, Albuquerque, NM, July 7, 2000
* Selected for screening: Marco Island Film Festival, Marco Island, FL, October 11-15, 2000
* Selected for screening: Voladero 2000 Festival De Cine Y Video, Moneterrey, Mexico, Nov. 2000

Miss December (BFA Thesis Dec. 1999)

* Special Screening: FSU Student Films, DGA Theater Complex, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 1, 2000
* First Place Narrative: Frog Baby Film Festival, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, April 1, 2000
* Best Direction Award: Cinerama 2000, Florida Undergraduate Film Society, Gainesville, April 15, 2000
* Selected for screening: South Beach Film Festival, Miami Beach, FL, April 23, 2000
* Selected for screening: Philafilm, The Philadelphia Int'l Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, July 20,2000
* Selected for screening: Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival (RIFF), Providence, RI, August 9-13, 2000
* Selected for screening: Empire State Film Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY, Film Tour, Sept, 2000
* Selected for screening: Breckenridge Festival of Film, Breckenridge, CO, Sept. 14-17, 2000
* Selected for screening: Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Int’l Film & Video Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 2000
* Three Stars: Canadian Int’l Annual Film & Video Festival, Barrie, Ontario, Oct. 4-7, 2000
* Selected for screening: Louisville Film & Video Festival, Louisville, KY, November 10-12, 2000
* Selected for screening: Telluride Indiefest, Telluride, CO, December 7-10, 2000
* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian, Maitland, FL Nov. 11-12, 2000
* Special Screening: FSU Films at Telluride Indiefest, Telluride Colorado, December 8, 2000
* Selected for screening: Sarasota Film Festival Student Showcase, Sarasota, FL, Feb. 14, 2001
* Selected for screening: da Vinci Film and Video Festival, Corvallis, OR, July 21 & 22, 2001

On Six Mile Pond (BFA Documentary 1999/Re-Mixed/Re-released 2002)

* Selected for screening: Slamdance Film Festival, January 20, 2003
* Selected for screening: Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, FL, Jan 24-Feb. 2, 2003
* Selected for screening: The Gen Art Film Festival, New York city, NY, April 5, 2003
* Selected for screening: Carolina Film & Video Festival
* Selected for screening: The Back Alley Film Festival
* Selected for screening: Out of the Blue Film Festival
* Selected for screening: Palm Beach Internat’l Film Festival, April 5, 2003
* Selected for screening: The Bare bones Film Festival, Muskogee, OK, April 21-27, 2003
* Selected for screening: The Riverrun Internat’l film Festival, Winston-Salem, NC, April 24-27, 2003
* Selected for screening: Antelope Valley International Film Festival, Lancaster, CA, May 9-11, 2003
* Selected for screening: Slamdance 2003 film tour, Los Angeles, June 10, 2003
* Selected for screening: AFI Silver docs, silver Springs, MD, June 18-22, 2003
* Selected for screening: Dahlonega Film Festival, Dahlonega, GA, June 26-29, 2003
* Selected for screening: IFEST-Ithica Internat’l Film Festival, Ithica, NY
* Selected for screening: Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, AL, Sept. 19-21, 2003

Rockwell (BFA Thesis Dec. 1999)

*Selected for screening: The New Festival -NY Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, New York, NY, June, 2000
*Selected for screening: Festival Der Nationen Kino Ebensee, Ebensee, Austria, June 20, 2000
*Selected for screening: Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA, Aug. 1-7, 2000
*Selected for screening: Wingspan’s Annual Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Tucson, AZ, Oct. 25-29,2000
*Selected for screening: Reel Affirmations X – Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Washington, DC, Oct., 2000
*Selected for screening: Reeling 2000: Chicago Lesbian & Gay Int’l Film Festival, Chicago, IL, Nov, 2000
*Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian, Maitland, FL Nov. 11-12, 2000
*Special Screening: FSU Films at Telluride Indiefest, Telluride Colorado, December 8, 2000
*Selected for screening: Mountains States G&L Film Festival: Seeing Queerly, Denver, CO, March, 2001
*Selected for Re-screening: OUTFEST 2001: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, July 16, 2001
*Selected for screening: North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Durham, NC, Aug. 9-12, 2001
*Selected for screening: Verzaubert 11th Int’l Queer Film Festival, five major cities in Germany, Nov. 2001
*Selected for screening: 12th Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, March 14-24, 2002
*Selected for screening: Brisbane Film Festival, Brisbane, Australia, late March, 2002

Seventh Day, The (MFA D3-1999 - Mabel Gan)

* Selected for screening: San Diego Asian Film Festival, University of San Siego, CA, Aug. 11-13, 2000

Spending Time (BFA Documentary 1999)

* Selected for screening: Int’l & National Documentary & Short Film Festival, Krakow, Poland, May 2000
* Third Place Documentary Film: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 2000
* Selected for screening: SoNo Arts Celebration Film Festival, South Norwalk, CT, August 5, 2000
* Selected for screening: Convergence 2000 Film Festival, Providence, RI, September 16-24, 2000
* 2nd Best Film Student Docum.: Canadian Int’l Annual Film & Video Festival, Barrie, Ontario, Oct . 2000
* Selected for screening: Marco Island Film Festival, Marco Island, FL, October 11-15, 2000

Vodka With a Twist (BFA Thesis Dec. 1999)

* Selected for Screening: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 15, 2000
* Selected for screening: Philafilm, Philadelphia Int'l Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, July 21,2000
* Selected for screening: Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Birmingham, AL, October 6-8, 2000

War Within, The (BFA Documentary 1999)

* Second Place Documentary Film: GTCN Film & Video Festival, Ga. Inst. Of Tech., Atlanta, April 2000
* Selected for screening: 6th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Antalya, Turkey, Sept. 14-17, 2000
* Selected for screening: BBC British Short Film Festival, London England, Sept. 21-28, 2000
* Special Commendation-Docum. (4th): Canadian Int’l Annual Film & Video Festival, Ontario, Oct . 2000
* Selected for screening: Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Oct. 13-22, 200
* Selected for screening: Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase, Enzian, Maitland, FL Nov. 11-12, 2000

Zoe X (MFA Thesis Aug. 1999)

*Selected for screening: IFP West Showcase, “Cinema Lounge” Series, Los Angeles, CA, May 22, 2000