2023 Award Winners
Bear Filmmaker Award Winner: Gabrielle Rosson (BSU ’19)*
Academic Excellence in Film Studies: Edina Alix (BSU ’23)
Best Documentary: Homesick (Abby LeCam, URI)
Best Narrative: The Travis Parable (Travis Nunes, BSU)
Best Thriller: Incubus (Doug Tarnovean, BSU)
Best Comedy: Sh!t Piss and Kevin (Spencer Owens, BSU)
Best Sound Design: Don’t Play Alone (Cali Weissman, UMASS Lowell)
Best Costume Design: Friend or Foe (Henry Hartshorn, UMASS Lowell)
Best Cinematography: Uber for Mary (Jack Ames, BSU)
Best Editing: Hues (Julia McNeely, BSU)
Emerging Talent Award: Shane Lawrence Unger, Medfield High School
First-Timer Award: Priscila E. Mendez, BSU
*2023 Bear Award speaker honors Mary Warner Hammond, Class of 1916.