CINEGEAR

FILM SERIES COMPETITION FINALISTS
2023

Music Videos / Commercials

Disembodied Head (Charming Disaster)

Director: Iain Marcks
Writer: Iain Marcks
Producer: Iain Marcks
Director of Photography:
Iain Marcks 

 

Disperata (Cristina Stroe, Folclor)

Director: VONJAKO
Writer: VONJAKO
Producer: Andrea Giacomini
Director of Photography:
VONJAKO

The Legend Never Dies (The Embalmer)

Director:Nathaniel Bannister
Writers: Eric Hersey, Nathaniel Bannister, Christopher Mahon, Alberto Madrigal
Producer:
Nathaniel Bannister
Director of Photography:
Nathaniel Bannister

Mendirman! (I am the one!)

Directors: Sabirov Khurhid, Sabirov Nadir
Writers: Sabirov Khurhid, Sabirov Nadir
Producers: Sabirov Khurhid, Sabirov Nadir
Directors of Photography:
Rustam Muratov, Dilshod Ganiev

Native Son

Director: James Cawley
Writer:
James Cawley
Producers:
James Cawley, Krystal Cawley
Director of Photography:
James Cawley

Valerine (The Elephant Man)

Director: VONJAKO
Writer: VONJAKO
Producer:
Andrea Giacomini (VONJAKO)
Director of Photography:
VONJAKO

Wren Kitchens

Director: Chandler Kauffman
Writer:
Tribal
Producer:
Gordon Garreau
Director of Photography:
Chandler Kauffman

Independent Short Films

Eva

Director: Ming Jue Hu
Writers: Ming Jue Hu, Yuan Yuan
Producers:
Ming Jue Hu, Fan He, Candy Hu
Director of Photography: Joshua Echevarria

Jerome

Director: Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz
Writer: Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz
Producers:
Santi Naidoo, Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz, Ben O’Keefe
Director of Photography:
Joewi Verhoeven

KODAMA

Director: Dekang Liu
Writer: Dekang Liu
Producer: Ziqi Gao
Director of Photography: Tianyi Liu

Now and Never

Director: Kymberly Harris
Writers: Story: Natalie NIcole Dressel, Screenplay: Kymberly Harris
Producers:
Anita Banerji, Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier, Rohi Mirza Pandya, Nick Rathod
Director of Photography: Leah Anova

What About David?

Director: Lindsey Ryan
Writer: Lindsey Ryan
Producer:
Samantha Scolarici
Director of Photography:
Laura Valladao

King Me

Director: John Matysiak
Writer: David McKay
Producers:
David McKay, Marisa McKay
Director of Photography:
John Matysiak

Student Films

Cycles

Director: Milena Mooradian
Writer: Milena Mooradian
Producer:
Milena Mooradian
Director of Photography:
Milena Mooradian
School:
Loyola Marymount University

The Day, at the Beach

Director: Cindy Di Xin
Writer: Cindy Di Xin
Producers:
Maggie Mingqi Tao
Director of Photography:
Lance Haoyuan Li
School:
Chapman University

Fire Born

Director: Daniel Carsenty
Writers: Daniel Carsenty & Katerina Hoyo-Frederickson
Producer:
Katerina Hoyo-Frederickson
Director of Photography:
Jo Zhou
School:
American Film Institute

Leading with Excellence

Directors: Monica Hall, Zachary Fried
Writers: Monica Hall, Zachary Fried
Producer:
Zachary Fried
Directors of Photography:
Haley Arsaga, Monica Hall, Zachary Fried
School:
College of Southern Nevada

One On One

Director: Jack Wolf Perry
Writer: Jack Wolf Perry
Producers:
Brian Benjamin Dwyer, Ramiro Cantu, J. Browne, Simon Purse, Andrea Mardon
Director of Photography:
Gabriella Busasnky
School: 
Chapman University

A Roadside Banquet

Director: Peiqi Peng
Writer: Peiqi Peng
Producer:
Ziqi Gao
Director of Photography:
Tianyi Liu
School:
American Film Institute Conservatory