Student Documentary Competition Winners
Best of Festival: Sam Smartt & Chris Zaluski, Wake Forest University; Wagonmasters
Short Form Documentary
1st Place: JT Esterkamp & Taehoon Kim, Ohio University; The War Within
2nd Place: Michael Bahnmiller, Brigham Young University; A Story About The Garifuna
3rd Place: Jon Kasbe, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; A Beautiful Waste
Award of Excellence Research & Producing: Shelby Hadden, The University of Alabama; Never Got a Dime
Award of Excellence Editing: E.R. Womelsduff, Azusa Pacific University; Steam Vision
Award of Excellence Character Development: Hanny Lee, University of North Texas; Vermilion Cliffs
Honorable Mention: Daniel Neligh, Arizona State University; The Incidents at Church Rock
Honorable Mention: Jon Kasbe, Joshua Davis, Spencer Bakalar, Jon Kasbe, Kelly McHugh & Keith Kenniff, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Life Reflected
Long Form Documentary
1st Place: Kelsy Franklin, James Heasley & Kylene Planer, Ithaca College; Overlooked: Autumn's Job Search
2nd Place: Alex Lancial, Tara Molina, Jake Stein, Arizona State University; Scholarslip
3rd Place: University of Montana, School of Journalism, Department of Radio-Television Student Documentary, University of Montana; Boom! Behind the Bakken
Honorable Mention: Katie Baroody, Kyle Fredrick, Alice Nelson & Dan Wheldon, James Madison University; A Mother's Walk
Honorable Mention: Greg Kubik, University of Alabama; Alabama Art Seen, Episode 102
Honorable Mention: Morgan Cox, Nicole Shumate, Erin Collins and Mary-Catherine Parent, Arizona State University; Paying the Price
Honorable Mention: Tyler Lee, Florida State University; Peace, Love, & Sneakers: Art For Haiti |