Student filmmakers awarded prizes for excellence in filmmaking at I Dream in Widescreen 2021 in-person screening event

The IDIWS 2021 Filmmakers in front of the screen at the Cactus Drive-In on May 8, 2021. Photo by Julius Schlosburg.

On May 8, the University of Arizona – School of Theatre, Film & Television took over the Cactus Drive-In to present I Dream in Widescreen, where we celebrated the premiere of thesis films created by our Film & Television Class of 2021. Every last spot at the Drive-In was filled as students, cast, crew, faculty, friends, family, and community members gathered in cars, on rooftops, and in lawn chairs to watch stories of love, family dramas, a paranormal investigation, an intergalactic music video and more.

At the end of the evening, host and Loft Cinema program director Jeff Yanc announced the awards as selected by our esteemed panel of jurors including Mike Plante (’94), Senior Programmer for Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival, Nicholas Snell (’14), screenwriter and A/V coordinator for Lucasfilm, and film critic and journalist Katie Walsh (Los Angeles Times, IndieWire, Vanity Fair).

The awards were distributed as follows:

The Film Tucson New Filmmaker Award: Hannah Lee for Crushing Dandelions
The Pollution Studios Award for Excellence in Screenwriting: Atlas Woods-Smith for Fallacy
The Monsoon Production Services Award for Excellence in Cinematography: Chance Roberts for Treasures Beneath My Tree
The UA Hanson FilmTV Institute Award for Excellence in Producing: Matthew Potwardowski for One-Way Mirror
The UA Hanson FilmTV Institute Award for Excellence in Production Design: Mackenzie Giguere for Where the Rotting Lemons Fall
The Adobe Award for Excellence in Title Design: Atreyu and Jonathan Hasenstab for Tebanasu, and Stephen Morand for Scripture & Scholarship
The Adobe Award for Excellence in Editing: Atreyu and Jonathan Hasenstab for Tebanasu, and Pablo Perez for En La Cuna De Mi Madre
The Adobe Award for Excellence in Sound Design: Elsa Ryder for Acceptance, and Gage Judd for Lucid Dreamers

More information on the films and the prizes can be found online at: idiw.tftv.arizona.edu/2021-awards/.

Miss out on the in-person event? All of the films from I Dream in Widescreen are available to stream for FREE through May 22 via The Loft Cinema at loftcinema.org.

Special thank you to our sponsors for helping make this event possible: Craig Huston, Film Tucson, Monsoon Production Services, Adobe, Pollution Studios, Hanson FilmTV Institute, and The Loft Cinema.

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This weekend TREASURES BENEATH MY TREE, the senior thesis film directed by TFTV alum Alexandra Cerna ('21), screened at Comic-Con International as part of the 18th annual San Diego Children’s Film Festival. Alexandra travelled to the world-famous convention to take part in a festival panel - watch an excerpt below!

TREASURES BENEATH MY TREE has now been officially selected by nearly a dozen film festivals. Additionally, on being awarded “Best of the Fest” at the Children's Film Festival Seattle, Cerna’s film is part of the Festival’s traveling film series currently screening in cinemas around the country. Next, the film will make its European debut at Festival FILMAR en América Latina, Switzerland’s premiere festival dedicated to Latin American cinema, and Festival Ciné Junior, the biggest youth film festival in France with an annual audience of 45,000.

“I am so grateful for the success of my film nationally and internationally, and it would not be possible without TFTV's Advancement Director Kerryn Negus.” says Cerna. “She developed a film festival entry strategy tailored specifically for my film and has been mentoring me for months, encouraging me to set high standards when it comes to marketing myself and my work. I am very proud of everyone involved with 'Treasures Beneath My Tree,' and excited for its upcoming European premiere in November!" ... See MoreSee Less

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Three of our University of Arizona: Acting/Musical Theatre faculty members are spending the week in Indiana at the International Thespian Festival 2022! The University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television is one of the participating colleges and faculty members Christie Kerr, Darnell T Roulhac, and Hank Stratton are in attendance.

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