2011 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
ANIMATION / MUSIC VIDEO
Animation
- The Lion at Home
Bricknell Primary School Students, Hull, England; age 7-8 - See, Molly Cinnamon, Miranda Kasher
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; ages 12-13 - The Adventures of Floating Boy and Flying Girl, Jimmy Peguero, Darcy Peguero, Peter Rodriguez
Real to Reel, RAW Art Works, Lynn, MA - Eye Candy, Alexandra Miernicki
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN; age 17 - Sebastian’s Adventure, Reid Shumway, Nick Penske, Shyan Zakeri, Nathan Motulsky, Ethan Weinstein, Robert O’Brien
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; age 14 - Skywalker Scooby, DJ Charewicz
Woodstock, IL; age 12 - Liars, Hannah Christman, Shannon MacIntyre
Reel Grrls, Seattle, WA; ages 14-15 - Where’s The Money, Christopher Dierenfeldt, Gabrielle Dierenfeldt
Manhattan, KS; ages 12-15 - The Balloonist, Reid Hildebrand
Keswick, VA; age 17
Music Video
- Moonsong, Jane Urban
Fast Forward Program, Boston, MA; age 18 - Winter In India, Sreejith Nair
Forest Park, IL; age 16 - Aura, Travis Salmi
Monroe, WA; age 18 - Fun and Games, Alex Munro
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN - Happy New Year, DJ Charewicz
Woodstock, IL; age 12 - Oh les Filles!, Alex Slodkowski
Oak Park, IL; age 19 - Wrecking Ball, Guy Verge Wallace
Sydney, Australia; age 19 - Jill She Sleeps, Matthew Wolf, Zoe Brozman, Gina Matassa, Ashley Armitage, Kathleen McIntosh
The Center School, Seattle, WA; ages 16-17
COMEDY
- La La Love You, Max Sokoloff
San Francisco Art & Film For Teenagers, San Francisco, CA; age 18
*Contains adult content - Ted a Ted, Jordan Rowe, Alec Winshel
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; ages 12-14 - Stuples, Liz Rutzky
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL; age 18 - The Misadventures of Chris Landy, Bryan Scuteri
Communications High School, Wall, NJ; age 17 - Tron (Sweded), Aidan Keith-Hynes, Mitz Germershausen, Reid Hildebrand
Light House Studio, Charlottesville, VA; age 17 - A.D.D., Ryan Farmer
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL; age 18 - Awkward Hallways, Rachel Penn
Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, IL; age 17 - The_Signal.exe, Bryan Scuteri, Meghan Kaltenbach, Alex Winchell, Holland Farkas
Communications High School, Wall, NJ; age 17 - The Talent Show, Olivia Chuba, Jesse Allain-Marcus, Xochi Maberry-Gaulke, Marka Maberry-Gaulke, Danielle Strassman, Anjoum Agrama
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; ages 16-17 - Outset, Ben Fout
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL; age 20 - If Cell Phones Ruled The World, Alex Siegel
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; age 17 - Minor Setback, Joachim Pfefferkorn, Mitz Germershausen, Sam Smith, Will Jones
Light House Studio, Charlottesville, VA; ages 13-17
EXPERIMENTAL / PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Experimental
- Girl On Fire, Derek Garcia
Brooklyn, NY; age 19 - Alphabet, Bryan Brown
Communications High School, Wall, NJ; age 17 - The King: Henry Zaballos
Bay Area Video Coalition, Oakland, CA; age 17 - Oswald, Adam Eisenstein
New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL; age 17 - The Plea, Max Sokoloff
San Francisco Art & Film For Teenagers, San Francisco, CA; age 18 - Ivayla Is Cold, Sabrina Pont
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY; age 18 - On The Terrance of a Thousand Yellow Suns, Luca Balser
Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, Brooklyn, NY; age 17 - What You Become, Christopher Finn
Schenectady, NY; age 17 - Becoming Cephalopod, Ariel Aman, Katherine Nilsen, Rebecca Ramsey
Reel Grrls, Seattle, WA - Recursion, Moses Goldfarb, Sam Wolk, Riley Moffitt
The Center School, Seattle, WA; ages 16-17 - Time, Erin Smith, Margot Young
New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL; ages 16-17 - Chameleon, Amelia “Mimi” Wilson
Fast Forward Program, Boston, MA; age 18 - Opalescent, Alex Munro, Kelsey Koch
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN - The Last Supper, Matthew Wolf, Kathleen McIntosh
The Center School, Seattle, WA; ages 16-17
Public Service Announcement
- Don’t Text and Drive, Nate Smith
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN - Abusive Relationships, Free Spirit Media
Chicago, IL; ages 16-18 - Teen Moms, Free Spirit Media
Chicago, IL; ages 17-18 - Recycle Man, Wide Angle Youth Media
Baltimore, MD; ages 12-14 - Just Stop, Free Spirit Media
Chicago, IL; age 17 - Got Termites?, Noah La Barba and Trevor Hutchens
Lakewood Christian Schools, Long Beach, CA; ages 11-13
HORROR
- Alone, Chris Roewe
Los Angeles, CA - Teddy, Aidan Keith-Hynes, Caroline Bruce, Marco Duran
Light House Studio, Charlottesville, VA; ages 17-18 - Dry, Ryan Nanni
Chicago, IL; age 19 - Alone, Ethan Seneker, Samantha Jensen
Fall City, WA; age 14 - Purgatory, Matt Dunne
Tribeca Flashpoint, Chicago, IL; age 18 - Lay Me Down To Sleep, Zachary Robert Craft
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL; age 18 - Knock, Sebastian Kleppe
San Francisco Art & Film For Teenagers, San Francisco, CA; age 13
DOCUMENTARY: OUR PLANET
- Beyond Green: Paper Gardens
Manana Youth Center, Armenia; ages 13-19
- Beyond Green: Toxic Soil Busters
Worcester Roots, Worcester, MA; ages 13-19
- Beyond Green: The Cloud Factory
Open Youth Networks, Chicago, IL; ages 13-19
- Beyond Green: Image of Contamination
Say Si, San Antonio, TX; ages 13-19 - Beyond Green: Sxabue’s Umbilical Cord
Polimorfo, San Juan, Puerto Rico; ages 13-19 - Beyond Green: Hands of Love
Voiceless Children, Nairobi, Kenya; ages 13-19 - Come To The Table, Zoe Salnave
Bay Area Video Coalition, Oakland, CA; age 17
DOCUMENTARY: OUR PEOPLE
- TADAA!, Nora Kroopf, Jamie Feiler, Gabe Benjamin
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; ages 16-17 - A Story of a Mother & A Son, Ethan Schaier
Real to Reel, RAW Art Works, Lynn, MA; age 18 - Mi Manos, Walter Vargas
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA; age 18 - Ms. Fuller, MarWaun Brooks
Bay Area Video Coalition, Oakland, CA; age 17 - Poetic Justice Project, Matthew Evans
Arroyo Grande, CA; age 14 - Adrian and Alejandra, Jocelyn Ramirez
Venice Arts/California State Summer School for the Arts; Venice, CA; age 15 - Momo, David Johnson
Bay Area Video Coalition, Oakland, CA; age 17 - LGBT Teens In Chicago, Kelsey Phillips, Crystal Henderson, Jackie Taylor, Khadijah Robinson, Deja Ashford
Free Spirit Media, Chicago, IL ; ages 16-17 - Enza & Thom, Jesse Bostick
Toronto, Canada; age 15 - Scotty’s Lantern House: A Never Ending Project, Samuel Bruce, Genevieve Ward
Venice Arts, Venice, CA; age 17
DOCUMENTARY: OUR STORY
- Talking About It, Isaac Haney-Owens
BAYCAT.org, San Francisco, CA; age 19 - Bullying in School,
Wide Angle Youth Media, Baltimore, MD; ages 11-15 - Hijab, Laela Omar
Spy Hop Productions, Salt Lake City, Utah; age 16 - A Look Through My Eyes, Shalaun Nelson
Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, Brooklyn, NY; age 16 - Our Wedding, Marka Maberry-Gaulke, Xochi Maberry-Gaulke
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; age 15 - Independence in Sight, Sydney Matterson, Bonita Tindle, Julian Compagni Portis, Lauren Lindberg
Bay Area Video Coalition, Oakland, CA; ages 17-18 - Dearborn Homes: A Dialogue
Jasmine Camarillo, Brooke Gaistile, Dominique Graham, Kenya Davis, Ezell Van Allen, Michael Dean
Community TV Network, Chicago, IL; ages 15-17
DRAMA: ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
- Takeout
Tribeca Film Institute – Summer Arts Institute, NY, NY; ages 16-18 - Barfly, Rachel Clyde
San Francisco Art & Film For Teenagers, San Francisco, CA,. age 17 - Sue’s Story
First Light & The MAC, West Midlands, UK; ages 15-17 - The Lost and Found Shop, Alexander Slain
Grand Rapids, MI; age 19 - Places, Trevor Dylan Kravits
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL; age 19 - Suffocation, Gabe Benjamin, Nick Lieberman, Jacqueline Sir
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; ages 16-17 - After the Funeral, Julia Constantine, Marianna Urban
Reel Grrls, Seattle, WA; ages 16-17 - The Dog Thief, Christopher Dierenfeldt, Gabrielle Dierenfeldt
Manhattan, KS, ages 12-15 - How Could She?, Kevin Rieg
Redondo Beach, CA; age 17 - The Forest, Rachel Clyde
San Francisco Art & Film For Teenagers; San Francisco, CA; age 17 - In The Quiet Hour, Max Sokoloff
San Francisco Art & Film For Teenagers, San Francisco, CA; age 18 - Marco, Kevin Choi
Lexington, MA; age 19
DRAMA: IT’S PERSONAL
- Writer’s Block, Alex Bohs
Chicago, IL; age 20 - Reaction, Stephen Scott Scarpulla
NYU-Tisch, New York, NY; age 20 - The Math Test, Sam Rubin
San Francisco Art & Film For Teenagers, San Francisco, CA; age 17 - Mick, Mark Breedlove
Kewanee, IL; age 15 - Writer’s Block, Alex Girav
Chicago Academy for the Arts, Chicago, IL; age 15 - Thoughts of an Unsound Mind, Christian Moffitt
Munster, IN; age 20 - Blank Canvas, Hannah Sullivan
Westminster, CA; age 15 - Stationary, Jasmine Banks, Tori Dailey
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL; ages 16-17 - Cut, Molly Cinnamon, Jackie Arkush, Oliver Levitt
Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA; ages 13-16
