UNCSA short films win awards at Black Warrior Film Festival - UNCSA

Close up of faces of three female students sitting in a row "In Our Nature," "Pink, White & Blue," "échappé," "Europa," and "Sideways," screened at drive-in screenings March 5 and 6 in the Black Warrior Film Festival on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

The festival awards ceremony was online on Sunday night, March 7.

"In Our Nature" won Best Experimental Film
"Pink, White & Blue" won Best Documentary
"échappé" won best Drama
"Europa" won Best Score
"Sideways" won Best Production Design
Hannah Myers won Best Actress for her work in "échappé"
Patrick Monaghan and David Johnson III won Best Actor for their performances for "Sideways"

"In Our Nature"
"In Our Nature" was written by Echo Wilson and Nick Bailey; directed and animated by Echo Wilson; produced by Nick Bailey with animation and coloring by Mckayla Singleton, Abby Davenport, and Kamryn Szeliga; editing and sound design by Jacob Boyle and music by Alexandra Franco Zorro. Awarded: Best Experimental Film.

"Pink, White & Blue"
"Pink, White & Blue" was directed, edited and sound designed by Ash Malone; produced by Epiphany James, Ellie Emfinger, and Erin Gallagher with cinematography by Ian Price and music by Michael Gaffney. Awarded: Best Documentary

"échappé"
"échappé" was directed by Rebecca Walters; written by Walters and Brandon Rieff; produced by Rieff and Julia Lofton Walpole with cinematography by Rachel Schattle; production design by Shelby Grzech; editing by Joe Linford; sound design by Linford; music by Alexander and Christopher Egersdoerfer; choreography by Gary Taylor (Dance '90), founder and artistic director of Winston-Salem Festival Ballet, and Isabel Newport, a third-year contemporary dance student in the School of Dance; costume design by Rachel Nicole Anderson; and wig and makeup design by Brittan Furr. Awarded: Best Drama and Best Actress.

"Europa"
"Europa" was directed by Joey Moore; written by Edward Taveras; produced by Taylor Davis; cinematography by Jack Salmon; production design by Madison Harvey; editing by Graham Swanston; sound design by Langston Styles; music by Scott Rodeheaver; costume design by Dale Jones; wig and makeup design by Joan Paluska. Awarded: Best Score.

"Sideways"
"Sideways" was written by Ben Trauner; directed by Daniel Robert Smith; produced by Thatcher Johnson-Welden; co-produced by Sam Varriale with cinematography by John Curtis; production design by Jordan W. Sayman; edited by Nikos Spiridakis; sound designed by Micah Godsey and Nikos Spriridakis with music by Michael Gaffney; costume design by Lizzie Lovett and wig & makeup design by Nic See. Awarded: Best Production Design and Best Actors.

Black Warrior Film Festival website

Contact: Kate Miller

March 9, 2021

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