Watch the 2020 SFTV Awards Ceremony
The 2020 SFTV Awards was held Thursday, September 24 at 5pm PT. Watch the full video below or scroll down for the list of winners and nominees.
2020 SFTV Award Winners and Nominees
Screenwriting Awards
Best Undergraduate Pilot
- Mallom Liggon - 2003
- Ariana Skeeland - Friends of the Family | Winner
Best Graduate Pilot
- Cassandra Adele Burge - Wisdom to Know the Difference | Winner
- Jillian Ibarra - L.A.
- Erica Sinclair - A Safe Space
Best Undergraduate Feature
- Charles Cleveland - Lilith
- Blake Jackson - Outpost 137
- Jenna Lafferty - The Final Rose | Winner
Best Graduate Feature
- Vincent Ferris - Winter Crossing
- Savannah Solorio - The Way We Are
- Stanley Swindling - Nights on Fire | Winner
Crew & Genre Awards
Best Sound
- Alex Alford - The Man and the Monster
- Adele Orsen - Astral
- Madison Lair, Baxter Chase, and Benjamin Rachlis - Wham | Winner
- Da Qin - The Master
Best Editing
- Dale Campo - How We Fare Well
- Alec Farmer - Boone’s Refrain
- Sasha Lebedeva - Stay at Home
- Enyi Zhu & Bolun Wei - Grandpa’s Long March | Winner
Best Cinematography
- Thomas Bolles - Wham
- Thomas George - 8:48 AM
- Jacob Lallas - Astral
- Shudi Zheng - Night Shift | Winner
Best Production Design
- Emma Bartels - Wham
- Nancy Casas - Mamma!
- Lina Larson & Sonja Bales - Rogue
- Sasha Sibley - The Painted | Winner
Best Documentary
- Emma Forthofer - A Fifth Season | Winner
- Thomas Richmond - Living Remnants
- Zackary Rayner - The Watchman
Best Animation
- Abigail Alonso - Bip from Planet Plutus
- Sonja Bales - Mudlark
- Harrison Klein - Criminal Mimes | Winner
Class Awards
Cub Award
Awarded to the best Sophomore level film
- Rylee Rosenquist - The Real Roommates of the Bluff
- Henry Vaughn - Snapshots
- Wendy Xu - What’s in the Mirror During Witching Hour? | Winner
Silver Lion Award
Awarded to the best Junior level film
- Thomas Richmond - Living Remnants
- Emma Forthofer - A Fifth Season
- Rishabh Trivedi - 8:48 AM | Winner
Gold Lion Award
Awarded to the best Senior level film
- Dale Campo - How We Fare Well
- Sasha Sibley - The Painted | Winner
- Bolun Wei - Grandpa’s Long March
Best Graduate Picture
Awarded to the best Graduate level film
- Henrietta Biayemi - Pigment
- Kare Bortolus - Evening and Morning, The First Day
- Tammy Trinh - Cardboard Casserole
- Jinyan Zhang - The Master | Winner
Special, Named, and Department Awards
Arkoff Award for Best Produced Film
Taylor Aguilar - Dandelions
The James Wong Best Picture Award
Alejandro Gonzalez - Lost Memories of the South
The Jesuit Community Awards
- Finding God In All Things Awards
Sonja Bales - Grief Lighting
Zhiyuan Zou - In The Name of Holy Buddha
Enyi Zhu - Places We Won't Walk - Undergraduate Pope Francis Award
Susan Tilbury - Invisible Chains - Graduate Pope Francis Award
Savannah Solorio - The Way We Are
Arkoff Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay
Theodore Bronson - Stonebleeder
Henry Bromell Fellowship
Kendra Copeland - Custody
Bernard Abbene Comedy Writing
Jenna Lafferty - The Final Rose
Social Justice Screenplay Award
Jamil O'Quinn - Street Sweep
Animation Departmental Award
Tyler Immel
Woody Woodpecker Award
Miranda Robinson & Rachel Kopito
Outstanding Writing for the Screen Graduate Student
Jessica D. Johnson
Outstanding Writing and Producing for Television Graduate Student
Flynn MacDonald
The Michael Peters Award Undergraduate Screenwriting Award
Sarah Rasmussen
Recording Arts Departmental Award
Eric Van Thyne
Ian Connor Award for Best Cinematographer
Max Gleiser
Production Department Award for Outstanding Undergraduate
Ryan Hopkins
Production Department Award for Outstanding Graduate
Brandon Estrella