Megan Lovallo ('12), Redstone's 2013 first place winner.
Redstone Film Festival
What is the Redstone Film Festival?
Important Dates
- New York City Redstone Film Festival: March 15, 2013
- Los Angeles Redstone Film Festival: March 21, 2013
L.A. Ticket Registration
The annual Redstone Film Festival is held each spring and is sponsored by Sumner Redstone, Chairman of VIACOM. It is recognized as one of New England’s premiere film and television venues. The Redstone Film Festival features film projects written and directed by graduate and undergraduate students from the Boston University’s College of Communication. Over the years, Redstone winners and finalists have turned out to be some of America’s most successful directors, screenwriters and producers. Many films screened at the Redstone festival have been nominated and won in film festivals all around the world. Two have even earned Academy Award nominations. Redstone Film Festival winners include:
- Gary Fleder, Director (Vegas, Runaway Jury)
- Joe Roth, Producer (Snow White and the Huntsman, Alice and Wonderland)
- Lauren Ivy Chiong, Director (Testament)
- Richard Gladstein, Producer (Finding Neverland, The Bourne Identity)
- Robert Patton-Spruill, Producer/Director (Squeeze, Body Count)
- Scott Rosenberg, Screenwriter (Con Air, Beautiful Girls)
- Steve Brill (The Mighty Ducks, Heavy Weights)
Three Chances to See the Best Student Films
New Awards for 2013
Three new categories have been added to the Redstone Film Festival:
- Best Cinematography: $500
- Best Screenplay: $500
- Best Sound Design: $500
The annual Redstone Film Festival premieres on the BU campus each February and travels to New York and Los Angeles in the spring. The Boston festival is highly anticipated each year, playing to a sell-out audience of students and friends from across the BU community. The top three films and cash prizes are awarded the night of the event:
- 1st place: $2,000
- 2nd place: $1,000
- 3rd place: $500
The New York City festival is primarily an alumni event and offers BU alumni in the New York area the opportunity to view the finalists and winners from the Boston festival. Hosted at the Viacom Theatre in Times Square, it provides a unique opportunity for students to showcase their films to other members of the BU network.
The three-part festival concludes in Los Angeles for an audience of alumni and BU in LA students. The finalist films from Boston compete again, judged by a West Coast panel of industry experts. The LA festival also offers alumni filmmakers the opportunity to enter the alumni short competition. Prizes for student finalists in the LA festival as follows:
- 1st place: $1,000
- 2nd place: $750
- 3rd place: $500
Other Prizes and Grants Awarded at the Festival
Fleder/Rosenberg Short Screenplay Contest
COM alumni Gary Fleder and Scott Rosenberg sponsor a contest to recognize the best short screenplay scripts. Prizes as follows:
- 1st place: $1,250
- 2nd place: $750
- 3rd place: $500
Fleder/Rosenberg Script Competition Rules
- Open to all currently enrolled COM students.
- Limit one entry per student.
- Must be properly formatted.
- 20 pages or less in length.
- The script must be original, no adaptations (unless you own the rights to the property or it is in the public domain).
- E-mail your scripts to: filmtv@bu.edu, with subject heading: “Fleder/Rosenberg”
- No paper submissions will be accepted.
In submitting your entries please create two PDF files of your script. The first one should include a title page, bearing your name, the title and your e-mail address. The second file containing only the title and the script itself, your name should not appear anywhere in the second script.
Adrienne Shelly Production Grant
A $5,000 award given to a promising COM female director.
2013 REDSTONE LOS ANGELES WINNERS
| Prize | Winner’s Name | Film Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Place | Megan Lovallo | Off to the Races |
| 2nd Place | Alvaro Congosto | The Dress |
| 3rd Place | Jasper Lowe | The Intruder |
2013 REDSTONE BOSTON WINNERS
| Prize | Winner’s Name | Film Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Place | Megan Lovallo | Off to the Races |
| 2nd Place | Alvaro Congosto | The Dress |
| 3rd Place | Michela Smith | Cul de Sac |
| Best Sound Design | John (Jack) Garret | Santa Always Checks Twice |
| Best Cinematography | Erika Street | The Dress |
| Best Screenplay | Phoebe Waldron & Deena Baig | Zareen on a Bridge in the City |
2013 FLEDER/ROSENBERG SHORT SCREENPLAY WINNERS
| Prize | Winner’s Name | Film Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Place | Kelly M. Genois | Rest in Peace, Albert Lively |
| 2nd Place | Cara Fano | Uncle Sylvio |
| 3rd Place | Richard Woolbert | Tea Time For Tyranny |
| Honorable Mention | Jordan Petersen | Die Vampire Demon |
| Honorable Mention | Amanda Domuracki | Purple Heart |
| Honorable Mention | Justine Ferrara | Beach Day |
See a complete list of past Redstone winners.
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