Skills training is the chief intended outcome of class assignments. Yet, since 2018, the following student projects have gone on to succeed in film festivals and competitions. Through awards, gallery showings, and public screenings, graduates build impressive résumés, portfolios, and reels.
Explorer
Student World Awards
Los Angeles, California
2024 Best Photography - KT Reihner
Eyes of the Hunter
Sundarban International Film Festival
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2024 First Place, Nature & Landscape Photography - KT Reihner
Watercolors
Sundarban International Film Festival
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2024 First Place, Commercial Photography - KT Reihner
Wallace Monument
Sundarban International Film Festival
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2024 Official Selection, Travel Photography - KT Reihner
The Damsel Trope
GELOS Comedy Film Festival
Moscow, Russia
2024 Finalist
Aphrodite Film Festival
New York, New York
2024 Official Selection
Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario
2024 Official Selection
Chocolatierie: The Flavor of the Town
21 11 17 International Film Festival
Madagadipet, India
2024 Best Documentary
2024 Best Director - Jacob Feiock
2024 Best Editor - Brett Borland
2024 Best Cinematography - Brett Borland & Connor Cahill
2024 - Best Documentary
Blades of Brilliance
REWind International Film Festival
Manchester, United Kingdom
2024 Semi-Finalist
8 & HalFilm Awards
Rome, Italy
2024 Best Documentary Short
2024 Best American Indie Filmmaker
Red Fox International Film Festival
Tbilisi, Georgia
2024 Official Selection
Switzerland Film Fest &
Screenplay Competition
Zürich, Switzerland
2024 Best Documentary
The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England, UK
2023 Official Selection
Navy International Film Festival
Perai, Malaysia
2023 Best Editor - Anthony Ferraro
2023 Best Director - Jared Bupp
Flame & Form
FrameFushion International Film Festival
Luxembourg
2024 Semi-Finalist
Folkestone Documentary Film Festival
Kent, England, UK
2024 Honorable Mention
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, UK
2024 Official Selection
Glory Days
REWind International Film Festival
Manchester, United Kingdom
2024 Semi-Finalist
The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England, UK
2023 Official Selection
Lucid
Ravenwood Film Festival
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
2023 Official Selection
Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2023 Nominee, Best Short Film
M.A.L.L.
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, UK
2023 Official Selection
The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England, UK
2023 Official Selection
Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2023 Nominee, Best Short Film
2023 Nominee, Best Short - Editing
Serbest International Film Festival
Kishinev, Republic of Moldova
2023 Quarter Finalist, Student Films
The Waffle House Index
Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2023 Winner, Best Student Director, Comedy - Levi Lewis
2023 Nominee, Best Short Film
2023 Nominee, Best Short - Editing
Northern Appalachian Film Collective
Rock 'n' Reel Summer Festival Series
DuBois, Pennsylvania
2023 Official Selection
The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England, UK
2023 Official Selection
Twisting Memories
Real-to-Reel International
Film Festival
Shelby, North Carolina
2023 Official Selection
Student World Impact Film Festival
Waldwick, New Jersey
2023 Quarter-Finalist, Best Short Film
Drunk History
London Lift-Off Film Festival
London, England, UK
2023 Official Selection
Star City Film Festival
Waukon, Iowa
2023 Honorable Mention
Student World Impact Film Festival
Waldwick, New Jersey
2023 Semi-Finalist, Best Short Film
Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan
2023 Official Selection
The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, UK
2023 Official Selection
Alla Prima
Erie International Film Festival
Erie, Pennsylvania
2023 Finalist, Best Short Documentary
Student World Impact Film Festival
Waldwick, New Jersey
2023 Finalist
Couch Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2023 Best Documentary
Kollywood International Film Festival
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
2023 Best Women's Film
Boden International Film Festival
Boden, Sweden
2023 Finalist
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, UK
2023 Official Selection
The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, UK
2023 Official Selection
The Pump-King
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
West Bengal, India
2023 Winner, Best Editing - Levi Lewis
Outstanding Achievement, Directing - Ethan Johnson
Outstanding Achievement, International Short Film
Outstanding Achievement, Documentary Film
Erie Horror Fest
Erie, Pennsylvania
2023 Official Selection
Allentown Film Festival
Allentown, Pennsylvania
2023 Official Selection
End of the Road Film Festival
Ely, Minnesota
2023 Official Selection
Oniros Film Awards
New York, New York
2022 Best Film Under Five Minutes
2022 Grand Jury Award - Honorable Mention
Crafting in COVID
Northern Appalachian Film Collective
DuBois, Pennsylvania
2021 Official Selection
Good Curling
WCTE Student Film Festival
Cookeville, Tennessee
2021 3rd place, non-fiction
My Hero International Festival
Laguna Beach, California
2021 2nd place
I Hate Crimes
Faith and Spirituality Short Film Festival
Missoula, Montana
2020 Official Selection
Detecting Deception:
The Polygraph Process
The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, UK
2020 Official Selection
Edinboro University Film Festival
Edinboro, PA
2019 Best Live Action
Roll Out
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, UK
2020 Official Selection
Los Angeles CineFest
Los Angeles, California
2020 Official Selection
Ordnung
Reading Film Fest
Reading, Pennsylvania
2019 Official Selection
Independent Aphrodite Film Awards
New York, New York
2019 Semi-Finalist, Best Fiction Short Film
Seventeen
Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2019 Official Selection