2016 Adelphi Film and Video Festival a Great Success

Award Winning Adelphi Comm Department Young Filmmakers celebrate their achievements,
joined by Professors Joan Stein and Terrence Ross.

The 46th annual Adelphi Film and Video Festival was a big success on Thursday evening, May 12. It took place at the PAC on campus and included a rich diversity of films and filmmakers. There were many audience favorites, including Sam Bedard’s Strangers, Ruby Tang’s animated This Cat Lives One Life, Donnell Jone’s music video The Sky is D-Limitz, and Vinny Caracciolo’s Hamlet Rap, which brought the house down. There were strong narratives (Ben Nichol’s Chaos Theory, Michael McGavin’s Withdrawals), experimental narrative (Sam Ambrosio’s Self Reflection, Ana Karely Maldonado’s Jolie, Gerard Jewel’s The Film Room), and moving documentary and journalism (Daniel McElroy’s Art in Cuba, Jonathan Cajas’s We Continue to Live, and Thomas Gonzalez’s Our Playground is the Universe).

It was an excellent evening of digital and cinematic storytelling and the department is proud of the students who put in the work to make it happen.

Everyone who was part of the evening was a winner. The alumni judges (Michael Weinstein, Robby Lucia, and Mara Bush) had a difficult task but came up with the evening’s awards.

First Prize (Best Film)  - Daniel McElroy for Art in Cuba

Second Prize (Second Best Film) - Ben Nichol’s Chaos Theory

The Audience Choice Award - Sam Bedard for Strangers

Best Editing -  Daniel McElroy for Art in Cuba

Best Screenplay - Sam Ambrosio for Self-Reflection 

Best Soundtrack - Donnell Jones for The Sky is D-Limitz

Best Actor - Jamie Geiger (Chaos Theory)

Best Actress - Courtney Torres (Reckless) 

Best Cinematography - Mike McGavin for Withdrawal

Daniel McElroy won the Best Film and Best Editing awards for his documentary Art in Cuba.

Michael McGavin accepts the award for Best Cinematography for
 he is film Withdrawals.

Sam Ambrosio accepts the Best Screenplay award for his film Self-Reflection from the 

Alumni Judges and Professor Ross and Professor Stein.

Sam Bedard accepts the Audience Choice Award for her film Strangers.

Filmmaker and Musician Donnell Jones and the D-Limitz crew after the screenings.

Professor Terrence Ross mingles with students and family.

Filmmakers Anthony Clemente, Deanna Dubinsky, Michael Ashe O'Toole, Shannen Murphy and Andrew Ryan mix it up after the screenings.

SPRING FESTIVAL LIST

ACCEPTED INTO THE 2016 ADELPHI FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL:

Anthony Clemente “TAG”

Daniel McElroy  “ART IN CUBA”

Ben Nichols  “CHAOS THEORY”

Daniel Tunas  “THE LONGBOARD”

Deanna Dubimsky  “WATCH THE GAP”

Vinny Caracciolo  “HAMLET RAP”

Ana Karely Maldonado “JOLIE”

Jonathan Cajas “SENIOR THESIS”

Tiffany Kozakevitch “TROTTING DOWN A PATH OF UNCERTAINTY”

Thomas Gonzalez “OUR PLAYGROUND IS THE UNIVERSE”

Michael O’Toole  “RECKLESS”

Ruby Tang “THIS CAT LIVES ONE LIFE”

Ryan Serchuk  “OPTICAL DROP CHANNEL TRAILER”

Sam Ambrosio “SELF REFLECTION”

Shannon “M Leigh” Murphy “SICK WOMAN THEORY”

Sabrina Azzarelli and Kristen Coraggio  “SONGS IN MOTION”

Sam Bedard “STRANGERS”

Taylor Klein  “EDUCATION IS KEY”

Donnell Jones “THE SKY IS D-LIMITZ”

Timothy Moore “THE SILENT EPIDEMIC “   

Mike McGavin  “WITHDRAWAL”   

                         

Gerard Jewels “THE FILM ROOM”

ACCEPTED TO HONORABLE MENTION:

Leineal Howard “FILM FAM”

Kaitlyn Rasiak “TYLER, WE’RE GOING ON A TRIP”

Francesco Adriatico ‘TO THIS DAY”

Ryan Serchuk   “MIRACLE SPRAY”

Thomas Gonzalez “RED”

Anthony Clemente “A TOWN CALLED THE END”

Shannen Murphy “NARCISSUS”

Shannen Murphy “ROCK STARS”

Shannen Murphy “FORGIVE US THE THINGS WE DO”

Kristen Coroggio “CAR RADIO”

M.J. O’Toole  “NATURAL EDIBILITY: ORGANIC FARMING IN EUROPE”

Jessica Lodato and Juliana Stagliano “THE JAY AND JAY SHOW”

Jessica Lodato and Juliana Stagliano  “BULLYING PSA”

Jessica Lodato   “SPRGS4EA-PSA”

Robert  Prestia “STOLEN”

Matt Bract  “PSA”

Stayadev Maharaj  “FROM TRINI TO NYC”

Rebecca Singh “SHIVM SHAH: A DANCE DOCUMENTARY”

Taylor Klein “#COLLEGE.”

Timothy Moore “STICKS”

Sandhya Prashad  “AN ODE TO SEERANIE RAJARAM”

Romaine Dawkins “PSA”

Romaine Dawkins “BE HAPPY”

Sarah Spencer, Tiffany Kozakevitch, Kaitlyn Rasiak, Jonathan Cajas, Sam Wolff  “BUILD UP THE PEOPLE”

Gregory Davis “THE REMOTE”

Ben Gomprelht  “REFLECTION”

Sandra Spernacke “DANCE IS LIFE”

Joseph Bongiorno “SCORE WITH A GOAL”



Congrats to all students accepted into both the spring festival and the honorable mention sidebar!

Our Annual Senior and Honors Dinner 

The Adelphi Communication's annual Senior and Honors dinner is a time where we big farewell to our graduating seniors and welcome new members into our Honor society. Students and their families were invited for a night of awards, food and connecting with other students and faculty. Here are some highlights of the 2016 Adelphi Communications Senior and Honors Dinner:

A shot of some of our students' honorees.

Professor John Drew and student Sam Bedard.

Two students pose at our annual Senior and Honors dinner.

Professors Terrence Ross and Joan Stein with student Ana Maldonado. 

Professor Mark Grabowski and student Bryan Grilli.