The School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design's film festival, CineSiege, is an annual juried selection of short films chosen by Department of Cinema & Media Arts alumni and leading practitioners in film and media culture.
Now in its 19th year, CineSiege celebrates rising stars in cinema with an online celebration taking place Nov. 19. The screening and festivities are open to the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD), University community members and film lovers alike. The event starts at 7 p.m.
CineSiege features a juried selection of short films chosen by Department of Cinema & Media Arts alumni and leading practitioners in film and media culture. The films are selected from a shortlist compiled by AMPD professors and faculty. The shortlist is composed of nominated films selected from 200 films produced by students from all levels of the department's undergraduate programs that were created in 2021. The nominated films include fiction, documentary and alternative works.
Nada El-Omari, Hugh Gibson, Avrïl Jacobson and Jared Raab are the 2021 CineSiege festival jurors.
CineSiege is made possible through the generous support of founding sponsor Cinespace Film Studios, as well as the Mirkopoulos family for their outstanding contributions to AMPD, its students and the larger film community.
Nominees
Year I and Year II Nominees
Year I and Year II films will compete within their year and category, with outstanding features selected by film production faculty.
Year I Nominees
30 Days by Michael Speciale and Maya Danou
My Girl, Skelly by Abraham David
The Well of Fortune by Daniella Castillo
Year II Nominees
Category: Documentary
Borkenkäfer by Nicolas Flood
Kadıköy by Arca Arseven
Sayed Cima by Yassin Nour
Category: Fiction
Anachronism by Brayden McQueen
Standby by Adelaide Berardi
Like There’s No Tomorrow by Natalia Morales Caceres
Category: Alternative
Unspoken Space by Jacob Robert
Sonder by Brayden McQueen
DK Ultra by Samuel Forsyth
Year III and Year IV Nominees
An external jury of filmmakers, producers, critics, programmers and alumni will select the winners in the following categories amongst all Year III and Year IV films – the best fiction film, alternative project and documentary, as well as outstanding director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, sound designer and production designer.
Category: Documentary
Encrucijadas (Crossroads) by Rosa Urias
Metal on Ice by Brendon Kenney
My Girls by Desiree Falcao
On the Horizon by Bailey Johnson
Perfect Timing by Marissa Wheler
Talks of Faith by Melissa Affrunti
Trial of the Great Forger by Yehor Vozniuk
Category: Alternative
the Affirmations of Anywhere by Cole James
Empty Spaces where you’ve been by Kendra Howden
Fellow Travellers by Brian Alonso Ojeda
I’d rather miss out on a Tuesday by Stefano Terrana
Meander by Dous’R, aka Ferdous S. Rahman
Now They’re Just Lines by Siyao Guo
She/Pronouns by Rowan Elliot
Category: Fiction
ALIEN COP by Will Sheppard and Hayden Gallagher
Bookie by Sebastian Vives
Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness by Nicolas Collier
Coming by Honestly by Paul Villenave
Cuckoo by Rebecca Fadoju
A Date by Farhiya Ahmed
Going Up Standing Still by Carly Balestreri
In Other News by Ivan Oussa
Sugar by Dylan Posgate
To view last year’s nominees and winners, as well as other student films, check out AMPD’s YorkFlix – a hub of student creativity.