Thanks for a great first year!
Thanks to our judges, filmmakers, educators, sponsors, and community for embracing Cayuga Film Festival in its’ first year! It was a fantastic event, and we can’t wait for next year!
If you weren’t able to make the festival on October 30, 2021, fear not!
Here is some of the work from of our winners and honorable mentions!
Shout out to our sponsors!
Selected Films!
If you weren’t able to make the festival on October 30, fear not! Here are some of our winners, award of distinction winners (runner-ups) and honorable mentions!
Friendsheep – Winner
Emerging – Animation Category
Directed and Animated by Tak McKee
Forest Scene – Award of Distinction
Emerging – Animation Category
Brandy Lisk
Based on a True Story – Award of Distinction
College – Narrative Category
CAST:
Charlie – Keaton McLachlan
Tyler – Evan Taylor
CREW:
Director & Screenwriter – Brielle Cruz
Producers – Sunny Singh & Sabrina Katz
Director of Photography – Abby Hauptman
Assistant Director & Script Supervisor – A’lexiz Dennis
Casting Director – Kate Manning
Production Designer – Maggie Sullivan
Editor – Charles Bemis
Composer – Eamon Kelly
20 Minute Meals with Tanya Chops – Honorable Mention
Written and Directed by Bryan Smith
Producers: Bryan Smith, Emily Gould, Brian Power, Emily Rosato
Director of Photography: Kaiser Klebes
Assistant Director: Audrey Eck
Chrysanthemum – Honorable Mention
Directed & Produced by Corbin Riker
Written by Emalee Sickles
Director of Photography: Justin Spicer
Head Editor: Justin Spicer
Visual Effects Supervisor: Branden Riley
Composer: Brian Gray / current student
Voice Box – Award of Distinction
Writer/Director – Eamon Kelly
Producer – Tyler Vincent
Director of Photography – Abby Hauptman
Editor – William Barnes
Composer – Eamon Kelly
Starring Leah Skay and Alfio Vasta
Mondays – Honorable Mention
Ian Buchsbaum
Black Futures – Honorable Mention
Jasmine Scriven
Kit – Award of Distinction
College – Narrative Category
Written and Directed by Jeremy Coyle
Featuring and Produced by Josh Akinwumi
Blood Is Thicker – WINNER
College – Narrative Category
Director: Jordan Goldstein
Producers: Kendall Palmatier & Noella Mpinga
Director of Photography: Jake Catalanotto
Sound Design: Josh Bisso
Actor: Crawford M. Collins
Co-writer and Actor: William Talty
The Historic Fort Hill Cemetery – Honorable Mention
Writer/Cameraperson/Narrator/Editor: Joshua D. Hart
Featured Interviewee/Project Contributor: Todd Gaglianese
Project Contributor: Laurel Auchampaugh
Project Contributor: Teresa Hoercher
Filming Consent Provider: Sue Talamo
The National Warplane Museum Experience – Honorable Mention
Kody Swartwood
Duende – Winner
College – Animation Category
Directed & Animated by: Lilliana Portillo
Edited by: Sarah Arena
Starring: Allison Keenan, Kristen Scharnikow, and Lily Spencer
Music Composed by Felix Rosales
Special thanks to the Spencer Family and Jason Harrington
Blood, Sex, and A Line Crossed – Honorable Mention
Marc-Eric Baan
The Richardson-Bates House Museum – Award of Distinction
College Documentary – Short Category
Marianne Natoli
Living Lab Equipment – Award of Distinction
College Documentary – Long Category
Marianne Natoli
Telecovid: Media Production During a Pandemic – Honorable Mention
Mat Lucas
Taking Back Power – Winner
Emerging Documentary – Short Category
Producer: Matt Davis-Howard
Co-Producer: Brian Gray
Lead Videographer: Justin Spicer
Videographers: Wesley Lewis, Corbin Riker, Emalee Sickles, Matt Davis-Howard and Brian Gray
Lead Editor: Wesley Lewis
Editors: Emalee Sickles, Brian Gray, Corbin Riker
Writers: Brian Gray, Matt Davis-Howard, Wesley Lewis and Emalee Sickles
Int. – Winner
High School – Narrative Category
Mike John Klosowski
Estrangement – Winner
Emerging – Narrative Category
Director/Writer: Miranda Prise
Writer/Producer: Kelly Baffoni
Production: Mario Morales
Director of Photography: Gus Thornton
Editor: Libby O’Neill
It Takes Two – Honorable Mention
Peter Berle
5:05:00 AM – Honorable Mention
Peter Berle
The Night of Insomnia – Honorable Mention
Ryan Fogler, Ryan Schanzenbacher
Solitude – Award of Distinction
Director: Sarah Arena
Starring: Allison Keenan
Moral Kombat: Mobster X Master – Honorable Mention
Director & Editor – Seung Guk Damon Park
Cinematographer – Brenden Lentini
Cinematographer – Jack Franzino
Screenwriter – Brenden Lentini
La Camara – WINNER
College Documentary – Long Category
Director: John Kennedy
Production: Mario Morales
Director of Photography: René Soza
Camera: Elvis Vásquez
Neil Breen Who Am I, What Am I Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Breen – Award of Distinction
Anthony Butterfield
Kari – Winner
College Documentary – Short Category
Nicole Brokaw: Creator
Kari Zelson Robertson: artist.
The Prize (A Student Film) – Honorable Mention
Writer/Director/Actor/Editor: Joshua D. Hart
DP: Gary A. Hart
Panto – Award of Distinction
Driected by Justin D’Emilio
Starring Will Dusinberre and Jack D’Emilio
Coming soon!