Update on the winners of the 2022 UIUC Student Film Festival:
- Jury Award: Joanna Raimo, for her film 鈥淎 Tint of Red.鈥� Among the jury鈥檚 comments was an appreciation of the film鈥檚 formal command and creative use of genre tropes.
- Audience Award for favorite film: 鈥淏odies of Water鈥� by Ryan Leshock
- World-Building Award for favorite film with a message of social justice: 鈥淎nother Day鈥� by Michael Leshock
- Award for Favorite TikTok: 鈥淲hat Song鈥� by Michael Leshock
Students in organized the first in-person festival since the pandemic caused the class to move the annual event online two years ago. The held April 30 in the Knight Auditorium at Spurlock Museum, drew 200+ attendees in person and 200+ views on the livestream channel.
Throughout Spring 2022, students organized, promoted, and produced this event featuring short films of all genres created by undergraduates, filmmaking clubs, and production classes across the University of Illinois campus.
The UIUC Student Film Fest is sponsored by the Department of Media & Cinema Studies.
Below, see photos of the audience, production crew, and filmmakers. (Photos courtesy of Jon Knipp, lecturer in media and cinema studies, and instructor for this course.)
