The USC School of Cinematic Arts congratulates our alumni, students, and faculty with projects at the 2023 SXSW Film and TV Festival!

If you are attending SXSW, please join us on Sunday, March 12 for the official USC SCA filmmaker and artist celebration from 2:00-4:00PM at Higher Ground, located at 720 Congress Avenue in Austin. Please RSVP HERE and use your provided code.

* denotates winners

Headliners

Flamin’ Hot* (Audience Award Winner)
Linda Yvette Chavez ’07  
Writer 
DeVon Franklin ’00  
Producer 

Premieres

John Wick: Chapter 4
Chad Stahelski
Director

Closing Night

Air
Alex Covery ’14
Writer
Jason Michael Berman ’06
Producer
David Ellison
Producer

Narrative Feature Competition

Scrambled  
Gillian Bohrer ’03  
Producer 

Documentary Feature Competition 

Another Body* (Special Jury Recognition for Innovation in Storytelling)   
Mason Orfalea ’21  
Producer 
Elizabeth Woodward
Executive Producer 

Pay or Die 
Douglas Choi ’05  
Executive Producer 

Narrative Spotlight

Frybread Face and Me 
Poppy Hanks ’95  
Executive Producer 
 
If You Were the Last 
Daniel Balgoyen ’04  
Producer 
Sean Woods ’11  
Producer 
 
Appendage  
Anna Zlokovic ’14  
Director/Writer/Producer
Jenna Cavelle ’17
Executive Producer
David Worthen Brooks ’88
Executive Producer
Katrina Kudlick ’16  
Producer 
Powell Robinson ’14  
Cinematographer 
Michelle Patterson ’14
Production Designer
Miles Alva ’19
Production Executive
 
Cora Bora 
Miya Folick ’11  
Composer  

National Anthem
David Largman Murray ’12
Writer

Documentary Spotlight

Being Mary Tyler Moore 
Theodosia Roussos ’19  
Composer 

Midnighters

Brooklyn 45 
Adam Hendricks ’03  
Executive Producer 

It Lives Inside* (Audience Award Winner)
Jack Price ’07
Editor

Visions

The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster 
Bomani J. Story ’10  
Director/Writer 
Daphne Qin Wu ’11  
Cinematographer  

24 Beats Per Second

Love to Love You, Donna Summer 
Nichele Anthony ’80 
Executive Producer  

Festival Favorites

Fancy Dance 
Charlotte Koh ’02  
Executive Producer 
Forest Whitaker ’82 
Executive Producer 
Nina Yang Bongiovi ’99 
Producer 

Fremont 
Marjaneh Moghimi ’83
Producer  

No Ordinary Campaign 
Emily Rice ’15 
Composer   

Plan C 
Tracy Droz Tragos ’93  
Director/Producer 
Emily Topper ’05  
Director of Photography 

Theater Camp 
Will Ferrell ’90  
Producer 
Jessica Elbaum ’99  
Producer 

TV Premieres

American Born Chinese 
Lana Cho ’01  
Co-Executive Producer 
Erin O’Malley ’96  
Executive Producer 
 
Beef 
HIKARI ’11 
Director 
 
The Big Door Prize 
David Ellison  
Executive Producer 
Nick Sena ’07  
Composer 
 
Mrs. Davis 
Antonia de Barrios ’16  
Editor 
 
Slip 
Nick Nantell ’03  
Executive Producer 
 
Swarm 
Sharidan Sotelo ’91  
Editor 

TV Spotlight 

Blindspotting Season 2 Premiere* (Audience Award Winner)  
Ambrose Akinmusire ’07  
Composer 

Narrative Shorts Competition  

Breaking Fast with a Coca Cola 
Jordan Hart ’07  
Producer 

Documentary Shorts Competition

Nai Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma)* (Documentary Short Jury Award and Audience Award)
Sean Wang ’16  
Director/Producer/Editor 
Sam Davis ’16  
Producer/Cinematographer  

Animated Shorts Competition 

Christopher at Sea 
Sebastian Sack 
Sound Designer 

Midnight Shorts Competition

The Flute*
Ryland Burns ’18  
Executive Producer 
Jan Bezouska ’14  
Sound Designer

Kodama 
Brian M. Tang ’17  
Director/Producer/Writer/Cinematographer/Editor 
Joseph Yao ’16  
Executive Producer 
Brendan Bennett ’19  
Producer 
Penny Lin ’18 
Producer 
Norris Palmer ’20 
Producer 
Abel Ryan ’20  
Production Designer 
Justin Chien ’18 
Actor

Pennies from Heaven* (Special Jury Recognition for Powerful “Short Trip”)  
Ben Mullen ’14 
Cinematographer 

Texas Shorts Competition

Call Me Mommy 
Ed Dougherty ’03 
Executive Producer 

Music Video Competition

Pearl Derringer – ‘Little Baby (feat. Margo Price)’  
Justin Hamilton ’10
Cinematography

Zolita – ‘Somebody I F*cked Once’ 
Savannah Bloch ’09  
Cinematography 

XR Experience Competition 

Body of Mine VR * (Special Jury Award) 
Cameron Kostopoulos ’22  
Director/Writer/Producer 
Prateek Rajagopal ’20 
Music
Evan Siegal ’20
Sound Designer/Unreal Artist
David Grannum ’22  
Principal Cast 
Anja Tempel ’24  
Principal Cast 
Hayden Rivas ’23  
Principal Cast
Julia Narvaez ’23
Principal Cast
Justin Korn ’23  
Programmer 
Rocco Wu ’24  
Level Design 
Nicole Havin ’22  
Level Design 
Taylor Woods ’22  
Production Designer 
Luke Greenwood ’23  
3D Artist 
Natasha Mandi ’22  
3D Artist 

Ethan Denning ’22
Art Design/SXSW Exhibit

If you or a fellow alum have a project in the upcoming SXSW Film and TV Festival, please let us know at alumni@cinema.usc.edu so that we may properly recognize you.