Awarded annually by the Vice-Provost, Graduate Studies on the recommendation of the Graduate Supervisor, Film Studies program, to the graduate student in Film Studies who has shown the greatest promise during their first year in the M.A. program. The recipient will be selected on the basis of the student’s overall academic profile. Endowed in 2001 by Prof. Zuzana Pick. Prof. Pick was hired in 1976 when the Film Studies program was established and wishes to acknowledge her colleagues and initiators of the program, Prof. Christopher Faulkner, Prof. Peter Harcourt, Prof. Mark Langer, Prof. Patrick MacFadden and Prof. George McKnight. Revised 2025.