2023 WINNERS
Actor – Award of Excellence
Reveille
Bernd Wittneben
Actor – Award of Achievement
Chinese Food & A Movie
Demian Alan Mancino
Actress – Award of Excellence
Rot
Mara Rothman
Actress – Award of Achievement
Chinese Food & A Movie
Alannah Swenka
Animated Entertainment – Short Form (under 5 minutes) – Award of Excellence
The Honey War
Dick DeAngelis, Bonita Versh
Animated Entertainment – Long Form (Over 5 minutes) – Award of Achievement
The House on the Borderland
Director/Animator Paul Huenemann Music by Ross Huenemann Models by Bill Rosell
Animation – Tag or Logo – Award of Achievement
Systems to the Rescue
Chris Corkery, Bus-Stop Productions
Art Direction – Award of Excellence
Reveille
Michael Akkerman
Art Direction – Award of Excellence
Shut The Box
Lorelai Sheperd
Art Direction – Award of Achievement
Between the Lines (Feature Film)
Shelby Hagerdon
Commercials (Under $1,000) – Award of Excellence
Banker Ball
First Security Bank & Trust
Commercials (Under $1,000) – Award of Achievement
Forest City Ford
Leslie Nelson Market Place Media
Commercials (Under $1,000) – Award of Achievement
Larson’s Hardware Hank
Leslie Nelson Market Place Media
Commercials (Under $1,000) – Award of Achievement
Meet Andy
First Security Bank & Trust
Commercials ($1,000 to $4,999) – Award of Achievement
Boeing Speltz and Wernimont Family Dentistry
Leslie Nelson Market Place Media
Corporate & Community Marketing – Award of Excellence
Retiring Today: Back to the Future Edition
Merkle Retirement Planning
Corporate & Community Marketing – Award of Achievement
RRD
Leslie Nelson Market Place Media
Corporate & Community Marketing – Award of Achievement
WCTA “We’re 100 per cent Fiber”
Leslie Nelson Market Place Media
Corporate Internal Communications – Award of Achievement
NASW 2021 Social Worker of Excellence & Catherine G. Williams Awardee Video
Eric Benson & Kevin Thorn Bus-Stop Productions
Digital Marketing – Award of Excellence
Banker Ball
First Security Bank & Trust
Digital Marketing – Award of Achievement
Rudd House of Horrors
First Security Bank & Trust
Direction – Documentary – Long Form (over 30 minutes) – Award of Excellence
Ahead of Their Time
Dick DeAngelis, Fair Field Productions
Direction – Documentary – Long Form (over 30 minutes) – Award of Achievement
Combined Efforts: Changing Perspectives of Disabilities through Performance
Jacob Daniels
Direction – Documentary – Short form (under 30 minutes) – Award of Excellence
Bare Metal
Brandon Gries
Direction – Long Form (60 minutes +) – Award of Excellence
Mickey Spillane’s Encore for Murder
Max Allan Collins
Direction – Long Form (60 minutes +) – Award of Achievement
You Should Have Killed Me
Michael James Minard
Direction – Medium Form (30 minutes-59 minutes) – Award of Excellence
Rot
Carrsan T. Morrissey
Direction – Short Form (less than 30 minutes) – Award of Excellence
The Tower
Carrsan T. Morrissey
Direction – Short Form (less than 30 minutes) – Award of Achievement
Riviera
Jason Fragale
Director of Photography – Award of Excellence
The Tower
Carrsan T. Morrissey
Director of Photography – Award of Excellence
You Should Have Killed Me
Michael Huntington
Director of Photography – Award of Achievement
TORCH
Benjamin Schmidt
Documentary – Long form (30 minutes or longer) – Award of Excellence
Ahead of Their Time
Dick DeAngelis, Fair Field Productions
Documentary – Long form (30 minutes or longer) – Award of Achievement
A Long Way From Nowhere
Chris Ward
Documentary – Short form – (Under 30 minutes) – Award of Excellence
Caitlin Miranda
#ChooseHopeStory
Documentary – Short form – (Under 30 minutes) – Award of Achievement
Bare Metal
Brandon Gries
Editing – Documentary – Long Form (30+ minutes) – Award of Achievement
Ahead of Their Time
Jason Strong, Dick DeAngelis
Editing – Documentary – Short form (under 30 minutes)– Award of Excellence
Bare Metal
Brandon Gries
Editing – Documentary – Short form (under 30 minutes)– Award of Excellence
The Honey War
Jason Strong
Editing – Documentary – Short form (under 30 minutes)– Award of Achievement
Systems to the Rescue
Michael Huntington Bus-Stop Productions
Editing – Music Video – Award of Excellence
Moonlit Masquerade
Kristopher Gathercoal Tyler Gathercoal, Tollef Sorenson
Editing – Narrative Long Form (60 minutes +) – Award of Achievement
Between the Lines (Feature Film)
Shelby Hagerdon
Editing – Narrative Short Form (less than 30 minutes) (excludes music videos)– Award of Achievement
Shut The Box
Michael Huntington
Educational Production – Award of Achievement
Places to be Wild
Kelly Rundle & Tammy Rundle, Fourth Wall Films
Episodic or Web Series – Award of Achievement
Systems to the Rescue
Eric Benson & Kevin Thorn Bus-Stop Productions
Graphic Art Direction/Design – Award of Achievement
The Honey War
Bonita Versh
Live Action Entertainment – Long Form – Includes Feature Films – Budgets $50,000 and over (60 minutes +) – Award of Excellence
Reveille
Michael Akkerman
Live-Action Entertainment – Long Form – Includes Feature Films – Budgets Under $50,000 (60 minutes +) – Award of Achievement
Silent Night In Algona
Anthony Hornus
Live-Action Entertainment – Long Form – Includes Feature Films – Budgets Under $50,000 (60 minutes +) – Award of Achievement
Between the Lines (Feature Film)
Shelby Hagerdon
Live-Action Entertainment – Long Form – Includes Feature Films – Budgets Under $50,000 (60 minutes +) – Award of Achievement
Mickey Spillane’s Encore for Murder
Max Allan Collins
Live-Action Entertainment – Medium Form (30-59 minutes) – Award of Excellence
Mercy
Erica Faye & Brittany Benedict, Erica Faye Productions
Live-Action Entertainment Medium Form (30-59 Minutes) – Award of Achievement
The Bridge
Courtney Ball
Live-Action Entertainment – Short Form – Award of Achievement
Chinese Food & A Movie
Cintree Films Dojolo Films
Live-Action Entertainment – Short Form – Award of Excellence
Riviera
Jason Fragale, Michael Long, Jayvo Sco
Live-Action Entertainment – Short Form – Award of Excellence
Shut The Box
Cintree Films Dojolo Films
Music Videos – Award of Achievement
Black Excellence by Tone Da Boss
T1 Entertainment
Original Music Score – Award of Achievement
TORCH – Score
Timothy Gelhaus
Production (Graduate) – Award of Achievement
Between the Lines (Feature Film)
Shelby Hagerdon
Screenplay (Produced) (Over 20 pages) – Award of Achievement
Between the Lines
Shelby Hagerdon
Screenplay (Unproduced) (Over 20 Pages) – Award of Excellence
The Salvages
Carrsan T. Morrissey
Screenplay (Unproduced) (Over 20 Pages) – Award of Achievement
Until the Music Fades
Kevin Isaacson
Screenplay (Unproduced) (Under 20 Pages) – Award of Achievement
Watching
Dave Stuck
Script Writing (Produced) (Under 20 Pages) – Award of Excellence
RIVIERA
Jason Fragale, Christopher Fragale
Script Writing (Produced) (Under 20 Pages) – Award of Achievement
TJ – A Waterworks Park Mystery
Dave Stuck
Student Production (K-12) – Award of Excellence
What Once Was
Abrianna Hilson
Student Production (K-12) – Award of Achievement
(Un)alarmed
Logan Westin
Student Production (K-12) – Honorable Mention
Ring
Luke Garcia
Student Production (Undergraduate) – Award of Excellence
The Way It Was
Nate Kaiser and Jake Heelein Loras College Media Studies
Student Production (Undergraduate) – Award of Achievement
DUCKED
Michael D. Allen
Student Production (Undergraduate) – Award of Achievement
Penny Road
Chase Alexander Guerdet
Student Production (Undergraduate) – Award of Achievement
Why Not Me?
Matthew Williams, Loras College Media Studies
Student Production (Undergraduate) – Honorable Mention
A Profile of the Maquoketa River Watershed
Andrew Senneff
Supporting Actor – Award of Achievement
Shut The Box
Cam Everett
Supporting Actress – Award of Excellence
Rot
Linnea Sumner
Supporting Actress – Award of Achievement
The Tower
Jenna Greve
TV News Feature or Series – Award of Excellence
Alex Jackson Trial
Eric Benson & Kevin Thorn Bus-Stop Productions
Visual Effects (Mechanical) – Award of Excellence
Reveille
Mike Burch, Doug Strong
Voice Over Narration – Award of Excellence
Ahead of Their Time
Dick DeAngelis
2023 NOMINEES
ACTOR, ACTRESS, SUPPORTING ACTOR, SUPPORTING ACTRESS
DIRECTION, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
EDITING, VISUAL EFFECTS, LIGHTING
PRODUCTION
LIVE ACTION
DOCUMENTARY
SCREENPLAY
ANIMATION
ART DIRECTION
EPISODIC OR WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEO
ORIGNIAL MUSIC SCORE
TV NEWS FEATURE OR SERIES
COMMERCIALS, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS