Redstone Film Festival

Winners of the festival are chosen by a panel of prominent professionals selected from throughout the film industry. Monetary cash prizes are given to first, second and third place finishers. In addition to the short film awards, we will announce the winner of the 2012 Fleder/Rosenberg short screenplay contest and the winner of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Production Grant, which is new for this year.

At the end of March, the festival travels to Los Angeles where students will showcase their films in front of an additional panel of judges for cash and prizes.

Over the years, Redstone winners (and finalists) have turned out to be some of America’s most successful Directors, Screenwriters and Producers. Many of these same films have been nominated and won in film festivals all around the world. Two have even earned Academy Award nominations. Redstone winners include such big names as Gary Fleder (Runaway Jury), Joe Roth (Christmas With the Cranks), Director Lauren Ivy Chiong (Testament) Producer Richard Gladstein (Finding Neverland, The Cider House Rules), Producer/Director Robert Patton-Spruill (Squeeze, Body Count), Screenwriters Scott Rosenberg (Con Air, Beautiful Girls) and Steve Brill (The Mighty Ducks).

Sponsored by Sumner Redstone, Chairman of VIACOM, the Redstone Festival is recognized as one of New England’s premier film and television venues, featuring projects written and directed by graduate and undergraduate students from the Boston University’s College of Communication.

2012 REDSTONE WEST WINNERS

Prize	Winner’s Name	Film Title
1st Place	Padrick Ritch	Limbus
2nd Place (tie)	Ron Utin Lalkin	Guppy Love
2nd Place (tie)	Julian Cornwell and Harry Joseph	Long Way Home
3rd Place	Jim Dandee	The Runner
Alumni Short Film Winner	Bill Folman (’04)	Selling the Scandal Plan

2012 REDSTONE EAST WINNERS

Prize	Winner’s Name	Film Title
1st Place	Maggie Kimball	Entrapped
2nd Place	Julian Cornwell and Harry Joseph	Long Way Home
3rd Place	Jim Dandee	The Runner

2011 REDSTONE EAST WINNERS

Prize	Winner’s Name	Film Title
1st Place	Zack McGeehan & Dimitri Kouri	Salty Dogs
2nd Place	Pietro Nigro Famulari	Your Way Home
3rd Place	David W. Wells	The Life Smugglers

2011 Redstone West Winners

Filmmakers	Film Titles
David Wells, Wes Ford (1st)	The Life Smugglers
Pietro Nigro (2nd)	Your Way Home
Steve Ohl, Michael Nusbaum, Zack McGeehan, Dimitri Kouri (3rd)	¿Que?

2011 Fleder/Rosenberg Screenplay Contest Winners

Screenwriters	Titles
Marta Armengol Royo (1st)	Christmas Dinner
Eran Navot (2nd)	Guitar Hero
Keya Vakil (3rd)	Too Cold to Cry

 

See a complete list of past Redstone winners.