Six films created by students in UCLA's Russian language program were shown. See the winners and watch all the award winning films below!
First Prize
«Свадьба» - Students of Russian 103: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Tonya Sergieff, instructor)
Second Prize
«Дом Гаги» - Students of First Year Russian (Jeffrey Riggs, instructor)
Best Actor or Actress in a Starring Role
Elina Akopova as Mom and Aikanush in «Свадьба» Russian 103, Russian for Native and Near-native Speakers (Tonya Sergieff, instructor)
Best Actor or Actress in a Supporting Role
Syd Heller as Protagonist in «Дом Гаги»
Best Directors
Artem Igonkin, Alexander V. Katsman, Yevgeniya Teyfukova in «2 Килограмма» - Russian 102: Topics in Advanced/Superior Russian (Anna Kudyma, instructor)
Best Screenplay
Derek Groom and Claire Collins in Не для вас! - First year Russian (Naya Lekht, instructor)
Best Cinematography
Alexander V. Katsman, Yevgeniya Teyfukova in «2 Килограмма» - Russian 102: Topics in Advanced/Superior Russian (Anna Kudyma, instructor)
Best Editor
Valerie Castillo, Syd Heller, Katie Mills, Jennifer Murrillo in «Дом Гаги» - First year Russian (Jeffrey Riggs, instructor)
Congratulations to everyone and thanks to Anna Sergeevna Kudyma for planning and coordinating the festival.
Download file: Program-film-festival.pdf