Award Recipients from the 2017 Augsburg Student Film and Screenplay Festival

submitted by hansonjl@augsburg.edu

The 2017 Augsburg Student Film and Screenplay Festival presented by the Fine Arts Film Scholars was held Saturday, April 1.

The festival was a juried screening of work created by Augsburg film students. This year’s festival programmers reviewed 24 films and 4 screenplays.

Congratulations to the award recipients:
Best Fiction – “The Stranger in the Woods” by Winston Heckt
Best Documentary – “The Voice of Dance” by NokLam Chan
Best Experimental – “Conversations with God” by Winston Heckt
Best Director – “A Purposeful Jar” – Joel Myers, Director
Best Cinematography – “Stranger in the Woods” – Winston Heckt
Best Editing – “Trip” – Joel Myers, Editor
Sound Design – “Earworm” – Lukas Olson, Sound
Responsible Filmmaking – “The Paper Problem” by Lukáš Barbuščák, Lukas Olson, Brigitta Zosel, Francesca Chiari
Screenplay – “The Bering Strait” by Meredith Carstens
Best of Show – “The Stranger in the Woods” by Winston Heckt
Audience Choice – “Conversations with God” by Winston Heckt

Students who won and were not in attendance should see Professor Jenny Hanson for their award.