In 2017, more than 1,800 films from 38 countries were submitted to URBAN-15’s 11th annual Josiah Media Festival. Out of all of these films, we are proud to announce the 12 prize-winners in each of our four genre categories. Congratulations to these young filmmakers and their crews!
For full bios of winners and other selected filmmakers, please click HERE.
ANIMATION
1st Place:
“iRony” by Radheya Jegatheva, 18
Joondanna, Australia
2nd Place:
“Sabana” by Vincenzo Imbimbo, 23
Madrid, Spain
3rd Place:
“A Table Game” by Nicolas Petelski, 22
Valencia, Spain
DOCUMENTARY
1st Place:
“Gente di Mare” by Ben Sorscher, 21
Cambridge, MA, USA
2nd Place:
“Silence” by Bianca Rego, 22
Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
3rd Place:
“Concrete Canvas” by Gema Ceron, 19
San Francisco, CA, USA
EXPERIMENTAL
1st Place:
“Trippy Firedance” by Hunter Harding, 22
Lawrence, KS, USA
2nd Place:
“Journey” by Radheya Jegatheva, 18
Joondanna, Australia
3rd Place:
“To the Water that Steams” by Tyler Gordon-Fordyce, 23
Northwich, U.K.
NARRATIVE
1st Place:
“The Trees Will Remember” by Ash Sumpter, 19
Dubnica Nad Vahom, Slovakia
2nd:
“Fork You” by Keaton Applebaum, 20
Pasadena, CA, USA
3rd:
“Mars is Calling” by Astrid Lund Johansen, 16
Hvidovre, Denmark
The 2017 Josiah Media Festival will take place Thursday, October 19th – Saturday, October 21st and will be held at the URBAN-15 Studio, located at 2500 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX, 78210. For more information on this year’s festival, contact us at (210) 736-1500 or events@urban15.org.
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