The Cheryl Simon Writing Award is an award distributed at the Dawson Film Festival each semester to celebrate the outstanding written works of Dawson students published in Subtext.
Selected by the Subtext editorial committee and evaluated by a faculty jury, papers nominated for the Cheryl Simon Award stand out with their incisive analysis, strong prose, and meticulous research. Join us in celebrating the best of our students’ analytical prowess at the Dawson Film Festival and contribute your own perspectives to Subtext!
ISSUE 3 – Fall 2024
winner
Dorothée Gingras-Bernardin with Anthropocentrism in Grizzly Man and La Pieuvre
Written for Magdalena Olszanowski’s Cinema and Communications: Selected Topics course
nominees
Lily Greenspoon and Gabriella Kouri with Parasite and The Menu on Anti-Capitalism
Written for Magdalena Olszanowski’s Cinema Styles course
Lea Safaryan with Metropolis: A Searing Critique of Inequality Through Contrast
Written for Justine McLellan’s Cinema Styles course
ISSUE 2 – Winter 2024
winner
Imogen Prince with Do the Right Thing Love/Hate Scene Analysis
Written for Kim Simard’s Explorations in Cinema and Communications class
nominees
Eva Sivilla and Noa Druker with Cinematic Transformations: Exploring the Evolution of Violence in Film Narratives
Written Michael Filtz’s Cinema Styles course
Elliot King with Love without Borders: The Parental Relationship Between Theodore and Samantha in Spike Jonze’s Her
Written for Justine McLellan’s Cinema Styles course
ISSUE 1 – Fall 2023
winner
Lou Tremblay with The Rise of Feminist Horror
Written for Justine McLellan’s Explorations in Cinema and Communications
nominees
Clarisse Boutin with Spectatorship Theory’s Relation to Genre Films
Written for Cheryl Simon’s Film Theory course
Alexandrina Sandu with An Exploration of National Identity: New German Cinema
Written for Cheryl Simon’s Film Theory course
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