Graduate Student Winners

Blood on the Chandelier
Australia, 1995, 16mm, Color, 9 min.
VCA School of Film, Television & TV

Director: Jeffrey Norris
Producer: Jeffrey Norris
Cinematographer: Jeffrey Norris
Editor: Jeffrey Norris
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Norris
Music: Elizabeth Ingham
Principal Cast: Victoria Wharfe, Charlie Laidlaw

Within a menacing house, a savage battle erupts and blood is spilled.

Blue City
USA, 1996, 35mm, Color, 13 min.
University of Southern California

Director: David Birdsell
Producer: David Birdsell
Cinematographer: Thomas Meyer
Editor: David Birdsell
Screenwriter: David Birdsell
Principal Cast: Dennis McMorrow, Terin Jackson, David Whiting, Dave White

Blue City involves the accidental interactions of four characters in the bleak, industrial world they inhabit.

Get That Number
USA, 1997, 16mm, Color, 22 min.
Columbia University

Director: Stephen Leeds
Producer: Sherri Cooper
Cinematographer: Luke Geissbuhler
Screenwriter: Stephen Leeds
Principal Cast: Gary Dourpan, Joe Richards

James has no trouble getting the phone numbers of sexy women, but poor Scotty is numerically challenged.

Gone Again
USA, 1997, 16mm, B&W, 27 min.
New York University

Director: Anna Geddes
Producer: Kindra Orr
Cinematographer: John O'Hagan
Editor: Anna Geddes
Screenwriter: Anna Geddes
Music: Lukasz Gottwald
Principal Cast: Selma Blair, Andrew Heckler, Evelyn Solann

Raw emotion rules and appearances deceive when Alya hitches a ride with Hal.

Number One Fan
USA, 1997, 16mm, Color, 1c; min.
Columbia University
Winner, RKO "Best Told Story" Award

Director: Amy Talkington
Producers: Dan Cogan, M. DeMarco, Amy Talkington
Cinematographer: Jim Denault
Editor: David Leonard
Screenwriter: Amy Talkington
Music: Nathan Larson
Principal Cast: Aleksa Palladino, Glenn Fitzgerald, Katy Petty, Carty Talkington

Frustrated by her bland suburban existence, sixteen-year-old Sadie doesn't hestitate to join a charismatic singer on a joyride into the unknown.