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SCAD Announces Savannah Film Festival Award Winners
SCAD ANNOUNCES SAVANNAH FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) announced the award winners for the 19th annual Savannah Film Festival during an awards brunch held at Garibaldi’s Restaurant. Sixteen awards were announced from the 118 films that competed in the categories of narrative features, documentary features, animated shorts, SuperShort! shorts, professional and student shorts and Global Shorts Forum selections.
Narrative and Documentary Features
Shorts and Global Shorts Forum
Student Awards
Jury members for the professional categories included Andy Cohen (producer), Marvet Britto (owner of The Britto Agency), Liz Vassey (actor), Jon Halperin (award winning documentary producer, writer and director) Sam Lansky (Time Magazine), Josh Ludmir (VP of Business and Legal Affairs, Participant Media), Scott Mantz (Access Hollywood) and Laura Morgan (president, The Laura Morgan Group). The shorts jury included Michael James (chief cameraman/editor for the entertainment department, KTLA), Jody Gottlieb (producer, Vulcan Productions), Robert Walker (producer/entrepreneur), Kaila York (producer, Headlong Entertainment) and Leigh Seaman (television producer). The Global Shorts Forum jury included Stevie Wong (International Foreign Press), Giulia Prenna (Sen. VP, Cowlick Entertainment) and Robert Orr (screenwriter).
The 19th annual festival — held in downtown Savannah, Georgia, from Oct. 22 – Oct. 29 — gathered a diverse group of industry professionals from all fields of the business to participate in a panel and Q&A discussions on numerous topics about the film, television and digital media business. Additional highlights from this year’s event include:
About the Savannah Film Festival The festival, and the competition, provides students with opportunities as unique as the movies on the screen. It’s a chance for SCAD students to exclusively connect with leaders from the entertainment industry through master classes, coffee talks, lectures and panel discussions and a chance for Savannah, a premier film hub, to promote quality movies produced by independent and studio filmmakers.
Tickets and passes are available for purchase online at savannahboxoffice.com, by telephone at 912.525.5050, or in person at the Trustees Theater, located at 216 E. Broughton St., Savannah. Visit filmfest.scad.edu for a complete list of films and screening locations or follow the festival on Facebook and on Twitter @savfilmfest and use the hashtag #SAVFF.
About SCAD The Savannah College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit, accredited university offering more than 100 academic degree programs in 42 majors across its locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Hong Kong; Lacoste, France; and online via SCAD eLearning. SCAD enrolls more than 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 100 countries. The innovative SCAD curriculum is enhanced by advanced professional-level technology, equipment and learning resources, as well as opportunities for internships, professional certifications and collaborative projects with corporate partners.
In 2015, the prestigious Red Dot Design Rankings placed SCAD in the top four universities in the Americas and Europe. Career preparation is woven into every fiber of the university, resulting in a superior alumni placement rate. In a study of Spring 2015 SCAD graduates, 98 percent were employed, pursuing further education, or both within 10 months of graduation. For more information, visit the official SCAD blog.
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