SWFF-11 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
SWFF-11 received 209 film submissions from across the SUNY system. Five SUNY campuses held pre-screening events and scored all submitted films according to a shared rubric. Thank you to our pre-screeners! Broome County Community College, Mohawk Community College, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Oswego, and SUNY Stony Brook! SUNY Oswego, host campus for SWFF-11, collected and aggregated the scores from each campus. The top films that scored highest within each category were designated as "Official Selections." Note that films submitted by graduate students that ranked in the top 10 within their category will be considered for the Graduate Film Award, not the category awards. Graduate films are noted below in a separate listing.
ANIMATION
[Creators] – Paranormatrix – Katie Brooks, Alfred State College
Chicken Sammich – Joel Gonzalez, Alfred State College
cry about it – Amani Jamal, SUNY Purchase
Earthworm Graveyard – Rebecca Baum, Alfred State College
Existential Stroll – James Ferrara, SUNY Old Westbury
Jane Goes to the Convenience Store- Lochlainn O'Connell, SUNY Fredonia
Just keep fishing – Tia Anderson, SUNY Fredonia
Playpen – Jorge Mendoza, Alfred State
The Plant – Chianne Smith, Alfred State College
Through the Eyes of a Child – Jill Kotwica, University of Buffalo
DOCUMENTARY
Artists of Western New York: Shasti O'Leary Soudant – Steven Clare, Buffalo State College
Aviation in Chemung County – Daniel Mustico, Alfred State College
Born To Fight – Paulina Jaskiewicz, Westchester Community College
Community – Jamie Simiele, SUNY Purchase
Kashgar Shops - Stories Behind Their Local Brands – Qihui Fan, SUNY Stony Brook
Liminal Worlds – Alex Wiers, Tompkins Cortland Community College
The Battle – Janna Guadalupe, SUNY New Paltz
The Process- Felice Koenig's "Now" Series – Scott Johnson, Buffalo State College
The Shape of Songs - Visualizing Song Structure – Jacob Yatsko, Alfred State College
Wide Open Dreams – Paulina Jaskiewicz, Westchester Community College
experimental
307.50 (F50.9) – Unspecified – Alexandra Purdy, SUNY Fredonia
Capturing Light – Theodore Brill, SUNY Oswego
Dissociation – Matthew Henze, SUNY Fredonia
Into The Light- Hudson Flynn, SUNY Purchase
Man – Rayne Polkowski, SUNY Oswego
Photograph – Hudson Flynn, SUNY Purchase
Put On A Happy Face – Alexandra Farrell, SUNY Oswego
Sink – Zagham Shah, SUNY Binghamton
Sound of Silence – Fred Midgley, SUNY Purchase
When Does A Man Die? – Samuel O'Donnell, SUNY Binghamton
narrative - comedy
A Tall Order – Jonathan Maxim, SUNY Purchase
Carpe Diem – Benjamin Anderson, SUNY Fredonia
Frame Fumble - Alex Griffin, SUNY Oswego
Le Barber – Sam Mackintosh-Smith, SUNY Fredonia
Man Up – Brandon Fallat, SUNY Oswego
Mikhael's Wrath – Alexander Cass, SUNY Binghamton
On The Edge of Paradise – Steven Zaza, SUNY Purchase
The Human Taxidermy – Tyler Scott-Simpson, SUNY Purchase
Witchy Business, Nancy Pramanand, Fashion Institute of Technology
Wizard Interrogation – Jackson DiCarlo, SUNY Fredonia
narrative - drama
Between Two Worlds – Mattie Wallace, SUNY Oswego
Friendly – Tyler Scott-Simpson, SUNY Purchase
God Bless The Soft White Light That Shines Through Our Broken Windows- Moss Johnston, SUNY Purchase
Helvetica – Elijah Wheat-Dardano, Tompkins Cortland Community College
Here To Collect – Andrew Nimetz, SUNY Oswego
Most Wanted - Carl Aldinger, SUNY Fredonia
Motions of Afterlife – Tiana Liggio, Fashion Institute of Technology
Mr. Sisyphus - Jedi Kang, University of Buffalo
Stages - Chaeli Knapp-Wilson, SUNY Purchase
Vera La Vida – Nicolina Scibona, SUNY Brockport
GRADUATE STUDENT FILMS
Confrontation - Markez Ellis, Alfred State College
Professional Therapy – Maximillia Remmler, SUNY Stony Brook
She's Not From Here – Galen Foote, SUNY Stony Brook
A Silent Crisis – Ahmed Maham, University of Buffalo
The Girl in The Straw Hat – David Schultz, SUNY Stony Brook
Circle – Blake Barit, University of Buffalo