The annual FMI Awards––popularly known as “The FMIs”––are Stevenson’s answer to the Oscars! The 2025 show will take place live in the Rockland Ballroom on our Owings Mills campus on Sunday, April 13, at 7pm.
Please come and celebrate as we screen the films made by Stevenson students over the past academic year, with prizes given for best acting, directing, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, documentary and … best picture. The entire glorious affair is organized and managed by Stevenson’s FMI Club and is presented as part of Stevenson University’s ArtsAlive! program. Check out last year’s movies on our Vimeo site.
This is the list of this year’s nominees:
Best Picture:
- Alone with Everybody (Jacob Greene)
- A Dream Is a Reality (Aesah Benbow)
- Burnout (Riley Frutiger)
- Somebody Should Know (Lorenzo Richards)
Best Director:
- Burnout (Riley Frutiger)
- Conversation with Time (Quinn Bonnan)
- Somebody Should Know (Lorenzo Richards)
Best Documentary:
- Conversations with Time (Quinn Bonnan)
- Josef (Kai Cady)
- The Lives and Love of My Childhood Dogs (Hannah Sobieck)
- Stitches (Sanaa Liggans)
- White Rose Hobbies (Holt Hendershot)
Best Screenplay:
- Burnout (Riley Frutiger)
- Gone with the Knight (Austin Smith)
- Somebody Should Know (Lorenzo Richards)
Best Cinematography:
- Burnout (Skylar DeFazio)
- Runner’s High (Victor Torne)
- Slummin’ It (Ian Bair)
Best Editing:
- Burnout (Riley Frutiger)
- Dear Dae (Zev Weiskott)
- Somebody Should Know (Lorenzo Richards)
Best Actress:
- Emani Malone: One Last Time
- Shaniya Robinson: A Dream is a Reality
- Avi Williams: Time Flies
Best Actor:
- Daevante Jackson: Dear Dae
- Andrew Parker: Runner’s High
- Ethan Reed: Slummin’ It
Many thanks to our three external judges (two of whom are alums) for watching all the submissions and choosing the nominees and winners. They were: Frederick, Maryland-based filmmaker Jordan Holt, Mariam Salahvarzi (Class of 2020, returning from last year to judge again), and John Travers (Class of 2020).