VISUALIZATIONS 2005 Awards

AWARD WINNERS for the
7TH Annual College of Arts & Sciences
Film & Video Festival

Fred Joyal Best-of-Festival Award: Modern Primitive, by Neil Hartley
Dean's Choice Award: Kidney Diuretics, by Steven Barbera
Experimental
Honorable MentionEye of the CameraIan Jenkins
Honorable MentionA Reoccurring DreamJonathan Shadeck
Honorable MentionOrBethany Davies
3rd placeName Room About SoundGreg Elias
2nd placePendulumLiz Shaw
1st placeAutumnal Dance of Sir Grinold's Jollies David Vidich
News Segment
3rd placeDormitory RenovationsLaura Markowski & Nicole Doucette
2nd placeURI Athletic BudgetRobert Crowell
1st placeURI Parking (2:25)Molly Entin & Sandra Reichman
Documentary
Honorable MentionMoving BackwardsJason Koenigsberg
3rd placeFighting For EverythingKaren Costello
2nd placeThe Sound InsideAndrew Stover
1st placeModern PrimitiveNeil Harley
Open
3rd place (tie)PaCarolyn Hubbard
3rd place (tie)The AddictNicholas Delmenico
2nd placeThe RecoveringAndrew Stover
1st placeStreet Magic: Campus CrawlJamie Dufault
Critical Film Essay
3rd placeVertov's Soviet Eye on Women Rachel LoMonaco
2nd place"Flowers of Steel: Gendered Freedom in René: Clair's A Nous la Liberté" Bridget Schulz
1st place"Fear and Trembling in New York: Kierkegaardian Existentialism in Taxi Driver" Daniel Schnebly
Animation
3rd placeKidney DiureticsSteven Barbera
2nd placeIsolationMarc Leitzel
1st placeCalypso's SongChristopher Robadue
Commercials & PSAs
2nd placeHouse of HopeMeg Shewchuk
1st placeHopeless FacesRobert Crowell

Major funding for VISUALIZATIONS is provided by Fred Joyal'79. Additional funding provided by the Richard Beaupre Hope & Heritage Fund, The RI International Film Festival, College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Office, and the Film Studies Program.

Many thanks to our Best of Festival Judges: Jocelyn Donaghue, Visual Arts Director, Courthouse Center for the Arts; Steven Feinberg, Director, Rhode Island Film & Television Office.; and George Marshall, Executive Director, RI International Film Festival.

Thanks also to our Category Directors: Jerry DeSchepper (Animation); L. Patrick Devlin (Commercials); Alain-Philippe Durand (Open); Mary Healey (Documentary); Barbara Meagher (News Segment); R.B. Reaves (Film Criticism); and Sheri Wills (Experimental); and all the Category judges. Special thanks to Tim Tierney, Melissa McCarthy, Information and Instructional Technology Services, and the students in HPR 105: Understanding the Feature Film class. And special congratulations to all the students who entered films and essays!

Festival Directors: Jerry DeSchepper and Thomas Zorabedian