FMST Critical Essay Awards
| Student Name | Paper Title | Year | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liya Hughes SC '24 |
"Bridging Cultures Through Animation: Exploring the Tension and Intersection of East Asian and Western Values in Contemporary Animated Features" | 2024 | First Place |
| Rocio Guay SC '25 |
"Bong Joon-ho and Transnational Flow Through Auteurism" | 2024 | Second Place |
| Josephine Low SC '27 |
"The Boy Who Swallowed a Star: Transformational Synthesis in Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)" | 2024 | Third Place |
| Anastasia Lewis SC '24 |
"Demystifying the Voice of AI" | 2024 | Honorable Mention |
| Mal Pietsch SC '24 |
"Blazing New Paths: The Physicality of Fire in Animation" (Script) | 2024 | Honorable Mention |
|
Rachel Lapides SC '23 |
"AIDS and Time Travel: 12 Monkeys and Philadelphia" | 2023 | First Place |
|
Jake Rothman SC '23 |
"2001: A Jeanne Dielman Odyssey (or, Passivity and Agency in Safe)" | 2023 | Second Place |
|
Ben Rotko SC '25 |
"Kamen Rider Black Sun: Tokusatsu’s Past, Present, and Future" |
2023 | Third Place |
|
Ellie Tsapatsaris SC '24 |
"From Theater to Thriller: The Evolution of Horror Television" | 2023 | Third Place |
|
Brooks Richon HC '21 |
"Foucauldian Gazes in the School, the Prison, the Port: Mädchen in Uniform, Un Chant d'amour, Querelle" |
2021 | Co-Winner |
|
Chili Shi SC '22 |
"Maria Braun and the Formulation of a Nation" | 2021 | Co-Winner |
|
Isabelle Titcomb SC '22 |
"The Politics of Yesterday Girl" | 2021 | Honorable Mention |
