The official selections for the 2015 High School Film Festival, taking place October 9-11 in New York City, have been announced. These include a hefty helping of animated entries. Congratulations are in order for these young filmmakers, and we encourage you to visit hsfilmfest.com for information on attending the screenings and see which of your local students have been included in the entire program.
The animated projects selected are:
- Stage Fright by Alex Gilmour (Dallas, TX)
- The Slug Apocalypse: Special Edition by Alexander Garza (Glendale, CA)
- Luminosity by Alexia Salingaros (San Antonio, TX)
- Parched by Alexis Banda (Humble, TX)
- The Monster Within by Angela Soyeon Chon (Studio City, CA)
- Never Say Goodbye animated music video by Ariel Desler (Plantation, FL)
- Synesthesia by Brooke Johnson (Aledo, TX)
- The Heart by Christian Colwell (Midlothian, VA)
- Elliot by Dennis Kim (Seoul, S. Korea)
- Stitch Garden by Elain Morales & Ahdenae Khodaverdian (Sherman Oaks, CA)
- Destiny Key by Evelyna Nazari (Burbank, CA)
- Trick or Treat by Georgina Cahill (Greenwich, CT)
- Light of Life by Hamna Malik (Punjab, Pakistan)
- Pepper Oni by Hunter Wu (Cerritos, CA)
- In the Shadows of Monsters by Isaac Friedman (Nashville, TN)
- The Jolly Adventures of the Men Who Travelled in Time by Iver Jensen (Norland, Norway)
- Magic Marker by Jack McCaffrey (McLean, VA)
- Rabbit Trick by Jack McCaffrey (McLean, VA)
- The First Monday of Summer by John Chigas (Acton, MA)
- Curt Lowens: A Life of Changes by Justin Binder, August Blum, Robert Carlson, Levi Glaser, George Khabbaz, Kayla Mossanen & Tammy Shine (Los Angeles, CA)
- Your Face by Ken Asada (Westport, CT)
- A Jarring Encounter by Kris Theorin (Landenberg, PA)
- Science Project by Kristen Broderick (Burbank, CA)
- The Climb by Lauren McKinley (Ridgewood, NJ)
- Bi-Polar by Lily Lizotte (Los Angeles, CA)
- Dooble – The Small Winged Quail by Marcus Emery (Saratoga, CA)
- The Death of the Green Dragon by Max Wehner (Fullerton, CA)
- A Smashing Good Time by Megan Mathison (Arcadia, CA)
- Bishop Presents … The Brilliant Resilient by Nell Hensey (Ennis, Co. Claire, Ireland)
- Burger Barn by Oziel Esparza (Irving, TX)
- Theft by Taher Gawad (Windermere, FL)
- Okay, Bubbie by Tariq Harris (Newark, NJ)
- Full Circle by Tiffany Lin (Fremont, CA)
- Tick Tock by Tiffany Shin (Los Angeles, CA)
- The Drop by Tyler Knapp (Snelville, GA)
