
ITHACA STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
The Studio hosts the annual Ithaca Student Film Festival. The films are screened at Cinemapolis, a movie theatre in downtown Ithaca. The Studios' student executives select the program and a jury decides the awards.
ISFF 2019

JUDGES:
Blake Horn Director of Photography
Andi Obarski Director of Photography Artek Pictures, LLC
John Craddock WCNY Director of Programming
Alexandra Rivera, currently a producer on special event episodes of The Daily Show,
Cynthia Henderson, professional actor, director, founder of Performing Arts for Social Change, and professor of theatre arts at Ithaca College.
WINNERS:
BEST FICTION FILM - MOVED TO TIERS(AVERY HERZOG)
BEST DOC FILM - OUT OF THE PILLS(CASEY MCCRACKEN) (PASSWORD:1on1films)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM - AN ODE TO SUMMER(JULIETTE ZYGAROWICZ)
BEST ANIMATED FILM - MOVED TO TIERS(AVERY HERZOG)
EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTING - AHMET TALHA DEMIR, ASHES TO ASHES
EXCELLENCE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY - SPENCER MUHLSTOCK, CHIPPED(PASSWORD: DREAMVISION)
EXCELLENCE IN SCREENWRITING - AARON CHAMPAGNE, WHEN THE NIGHT CAME
EXCELLENCE IN ACTING - SARA GUTTIEREZ, WHERE THE SPIDER SPINS ITS WEB
EXCELLENCE IN EDITING - FRANNY BERNSTEIN, INDENTURED
EXCELLENCE IN VISUAL EFFECTS - AVERY HERZOG, MOVED TO TIERS
EXCELLENCE IN SOUND DESIGN AND ORIGINAL SCORE - SPENCER MUHLSTOCK & NICK FAGNILLI, CHIPPED(PASSWORD: DREAMVISION)
EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION - MEGAN TRAPANI, ADDISON ROLLERI, ABIGAIL PARKER, RENEE COMINGS, INDENTURED
AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD - OUT OF THE PILLS