American University School of Communication (AU SOC) Film and Media Arts Division hosted the annual Visions Awards Ceremony on March 28. The Vision Awards honor outstanding visual student work from both graduate and undergraduate students, highlighting the best in documentary, fiction, digital and new media, screenwriting and photography. Honored alumna Anedra Edwards zoomed in to accept her award and congratulate the student winners. View the entire list of award winners below.

SPECIALITY AWARDS

Visual Literacy Ron Sutton Award (3 $100 awards)

• Jane Fusco
• Anabella Torres
• Olivia Wood

WIFV Membership Craft Awards

Cinematography 

• Ana’s Detour - Christopher Cunetto

Editing

• Transformer of Souls - Bryan Gordon

Audio 

• A River Called Home - Jess Wiegandt

WIFV Diversity and Inclusion Award 

• We Exist - Rediet Lewi

Best Environmental Video ($250 donated by the Center for Environmental Filmmaking)

• Faith in the Forest - Lily Huffman

Fiction Screenwriting Mentoring Session with Alumnus Jai Jamison

Undergraduate Fiction Short

• Empty Nesters - Emma Black

Graduate Fiction Short

• The Lobsters at Beach Party Point! - Brian Terrill

Graduate Fiction Feature

• Friendship Park - Marcelo Ohno-Machado

John Bowden Photography Scholarship

• Chenhao Ma (Travis Harper)

Interface Media Group Internship in New Media

• Mikhail Maertens

WILL Interactive Fiction That Matters ($500 donated by WILL)

• Righteous - Ethan Grossman

Honored Alumni Award

• Anedra Edwards (pictured below), Visual Effects Editor on the Academy Award Winning Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

VIDEO CATEGORIES

Graduate Thesis

• A River Called Home - Jess Wiegandt

Graduate Fiction (Short)

• Camp - Mar Cox

Graduate Fiction (Long)

• Gateway - Christopher Cunetto

Undergraduate Fiction

• Righteous - Ethan Grossman

Graduate Documentary (Short)

• Transformer of Souls - Bryan Gordon

Undergraduate Documentary (Short)

• Beyond the Lens - Emma Black

Undergraduate Documentary (Long)

• Tantamount - Giorgio Citarella II

Music Video

• Ana's Detour - Christopher Cunetto

SCREENWRITING CATEGORIES

Undergraduate Documentary

• The Mystery of the Freeway Phantom - Giorgio Citarella II

Graduate Documentary

• Sex, Lies, Salvation - Philip Le'sean Bouknight

Left to Right: Bill Gentile, Maggie Stogner, Kylos Brannon, Sarah Menke-Fish, Dave Taschler, Laura Waters Hinson, Leena Jayaswal

NEW MEDIA CATEGORIES

Animation

• Under the Weather - Vivian McIsaac

Digital Image Manipulation

• REASONS - Christopher Jelle

Motion Graphics

• Click - Mikhail Maertens

PSA

• Eating Vegetarian - Mikhail Maertens

Video Mash-Up

• What Do You Do? - Charles Connell

PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORIES

Single Image

• Lindsey Aranson – I Spy
• Charles Connell – American Boys

Fine Art Series

• AnaMarie King – Welcome to the Shitshow: A Decent Into Mania

Documentary Series

• Jonah Peterson – Afghan Refugees & Their Stories

Portfolio

• Kenny Giarla

Award Winners and Faculty at Visions 2023

All photos were taken by Brooke Matthews, a student in the MA Film Production program.