The USC School of Cinematic Arts congratulates our alumni and students with projects accepted at the 2024 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals!
As SCA returns to Park City, Utah, we are proud to partner with Iron Mountain Entertainment Services for an alumni panel discussion on Archival Preservation: The Future of Cinema, followed by our annual Festival Reception.
Please note that RSVPs for the panel and reception will only be available to invited guests starting January 10th and to all SCA Students and Alumni with their SCA community account beginning Friday, January 12 at 12:00 P.M. PST. Please note invitations are non-transferable and space is limited.
Sundance 2024 Award Winners
Next Innovator Award Presented by Adobe
Little Death
Dani Goffstein ’15
Writer
Noor Alfallah ’16
Producer
Sam Canter ’14
Producer
Christian Sutton ’18
Producer
Audience Award: US Dramatic
Dìdi (弟弟)
Sean Wang ’16
Director/Producer
Special Jury Award for Next Presented by Adobe
Desired Lines
Nate Gualtieri ’17
Writer
Sundance 2024
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Dìdi (弟弟)
Sean Wang ’16
Director/Producer
Sam Davis ’16
Director of Photography
Arielle Zakowski ’12
Editor
Chris Tennant ’18
Assistant Editor
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Zebah Pinkham ’09
Art Director
A Real Pain
Jennifer Westin ’00
Executive Producer
Love Me
Connor Flanagan ’12 (SCA/Dornsife)
Executive Producer
Ponyboi
Sade Clacken Joseph ’18
Co-Producer
River Gallo ’18
Writer/Producer/Actor
Suncoast
Anna Schwartz ’17
Co-Producer
Sara Shaw
Editor
U.S. Documentary Competition
FRIDA
Brian Grazer ’74
Executive Producer
Ron Howard
Executive Producer
Skywalkers: A Love Story
Jacques Brautbar ’16
Composer
Marc Rosenzweig ’16
Research Analyst
Sugarcane
Nathan Punwar ’07
Editor
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Layla
Nina Yang Bongiovi
Executive Producer
Forest Whitaker
Executive Producer
Next
Desire Lines
Nate Gualtieri ’17
Writer
Little Death
Jack Begert '14
Director
Dani Goffstein ’15
Writer
Tyler Sobel-Mason '15
Executive Producer
Noor Alfallah ’16
Producer
Sam Canter ’14
Producer
Premieres
The American Society of Magical Negroes
Julia Lebedev ’06
Producer
A Different Man
Aaron Schimberg ’99
Director/Writer
Freaky Tales
Poppy Hanks ’95
Producer
Rob Peace
Zebah Pinkham '09
Art Director
Thelma
Chris Kaye ’13
Producer
David Bolen ’13
Director of Photography
Nick Chuba ’14 (Thornton)
Composer
Will & Harper
Josh Greenbaum ’08
Director
Will Ferrell ’90
Producer
Jessica Elbaum ’99
Producer
Monique Zavistovski ’03
Editor
Winner
Connor Flanagan ’12 (SCA/Dornsife)
Executive Producer
Steve Yedlin ’96
Director of Photography
Midnight
It’s What’s Inside
James Morosini ’14 (SDA)
Actor
Michael Schatz '14
Colorist
Short Film Program
Pathological
Taylor Gianotas'10
Editor
The Smallest Power
Elyse Kelly '11
Producer
To be Invisible
Yasna Vismale '24
Composer
Episodic
Conbody VS Everybody
Justin T. Feldman ’11
Music Supervisor
Me/We
Justin T. Feldman '11
Music Supervisor
The Synanon Fix
Nicole Moreno ’20
Associate Producer
Lauren Berger ’19 (SCA/Annenberg)
Associate Producer
Spotlight
Hit Man
Connor Flanagan ’12 (SCA/Dornsife)
Co-Producer
Family Matinee
Out of My Mind
Tom Mazza ’87 (Annenberg)
Executive Producer
Special Screenings
The Greatest Night in Pop
Will Znidaric '96
Editor
U.S. Fiction Short Films
Border Hopper
Blaine Morris ’22
Producer/First Assistant Director
Alex Bologna ’18
Sound Mixer
Gabriela Ortega ’17 (SDA)
Producer/Actor
guts
Grace Hinson ’14
Production Designer
The Lost Season
Skinner Myers
Actor
Nonfiction Short Films
ALOK
Achim Mendoza ’23
Editor
40th Edition Celebration Screenings & Events
Napoleon Dynamite - 40th Edition Celebration Screening
Sean Covel ’02
Producer
Chris Wyatt ’02
Producer
DIG! XX - 40th Edition Celebration Screening
Ashley Hughes ’00 (Dornsife)
Production Assistant
Three Seasons - 40th Edition Celebration Screening
Zoe Bui ’99
Actor
Quan Lelan ’93
Casting Director
SLAMDANCE 2024
Narrative Features
African Giants
Omete Anassi ’17 (SCA/Dornsife)
Associate Producer
Yancey Wang ’10 (Marshall/SDA)
Executive Producer
Lily Judge ’16 (Thornton)
Editor
Narrative Shorts
Fettyland
Eric Cook '14
Producer
Shadow
Kamell Allaway ’13
Director/Writer/Producer
Adam Tyree ’13
Producer
Jonathan Pope ’13
Director of Photography
Documentary Shorts
Fortune
Shirley Yumeng He ’20 (SCA/Dornsife)
Director/Producer
Unstoppable Features
DARUMA
Kelli McNeil ’03 (SDA)
Writer
Joy Nash ’03 (SDA/Dornsife)
Actor
Good Bad Things
Shane Stanger ’23
Director/Producer
Manny Gonzalez ’23
Producer
Mel McGinnis ’23
Producer
Drew Marquardt ’23
Associate Producer
Sam Sanders IV ’23
Production Design
Matthew O’Connor ’22 (Thornton)
Composer
Nikhita Datar ’24
Production Assistant
Unstoppable Shorts
Baggage
Powell Robinson ’14
Director of Photography
Alex Winkler ’17 (Thornton)
Composer
Tiffany Lin '20
Editor
DOSH
Nikhil Prakash
Actor
The Legend of El Cucuy
Ashton Rae '16
Director of Photography
Smash or Pass
Atif Hashwi ’21 (SDA/Viterbi)
Actor
Experimental Shorts
Nowhere Stream
Luis Grane
Director
Animated Shorts
This Is a Story Without a Plan
Cassie Shao ’19
Director/Writer/Editor/Animator
Episodes
Eindis Ends It All
Tamara Rosenfeld ’08
Director
Breakouts
CHAPERONE
Lauran Bromley ’88
Executive Producer
Liz Manashil ’10
Consulting Producer
ONE BULLET
Jeff Elmassian ’89 (Thornton)
Composer
Spotlight
Invisible Nation
Douglas Blush ’88
Executive Producer
Yu-Ting Su ’16
Sound Designer
The Herricanes
Andrew Calof ’23
Producer
Sarah Trevino ’18 (Thornton)
Composer
We apologize if we missed anyone. Please contact us at alumni@cinema.usc.edu for more information or updates.
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