Alternative Films
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
Coming Up for Air | Laila Sparks | Troy Athens HS |
Picnic | Darla Matches | Middletown HS South |
Proof of Residency | Spencer Sabath | Highland Park HS |
Sleepless Night | Benjamin Turnquest | Homewood-Flossmoor Community HS |
Tempus | Amogh Thakkar | River Hill HS |
The Color of Consciousness | Matteo Zavaglia | Westminster Christian Academy |
The White Wood | Sophie Jackson (670+ miles away, NJ) | Middletown HS South |
Wake Up | Gage Brewer-Duff | Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium |
Wanderlust | Halle Sanders | Glenbrook South HS |
Animation Films
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
Ruth and Nick: A Confectionery Tale | Carter Rostron | Pembroke Hill School |
Seed | Elizabeth Lappano | Alan B. Shepard HS |
I Want Them to Know | Maura Collins | Middletown HS South |
Beauty | Lexi Ziobro | Middletown HS South |
Immersion | Stephen | Middletown HS South |
Hugo the Slime | Ryan Hoeting | Kings HS |
Shiro in the Dark | Maia Beavers | Kings HS |
Boof | Anniston Young | Kings HS |
The Homo Sapien Virus | Andrew Wang | Adlai E Stevenson HS |
Leapy Meets a New Friend | Allison Escamilla-Martinez | Kings HS |
Comedy Films
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
Flat Line | Abby Estrada | Grandin Theatre Film Lab |
Haunted Happenings | Kyra Goudsmit, Mackenzie Klein, Lucy Schene | Kirkwood HS |
Life After Death | Sophie Jackson, Maura Collins | Middletown HS South |
Mermaids Specifically | Nick Lusardi | Alpena HS |
Perso Nella Salsa | Reese Robers | Grandin Theatre Film Lab |
Redeal | Jack Raese | New Trier HS |
The Coin: A Silent Film | Owen Hollander | Signature School |
The Elf on the Shelf 2: Saving Christmas | Braedon Ryle | Randall K. Cooper HS |
The Muggers | Jeffery Wu | Troy HS |
The Unbearable Onion | Rohan Pemmasani, Rohit Pemmasani | Adlai E Stevenson HS |
Commercials
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
ACA Commercial | Owen Riley, Jack Riley, Benny Farbstein, Seth Estes, Riley Morris | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
HPTV Athletics Commercial | Ben Fitzsimons | Highland Park HS |
HipCat Records | Halle Sanders, Ian Quiles, Maddie Murokh | Glenbrook South HS |
Something for Everyone | Jessie Arlinghaus | Randall K Cooper HS |
Informational/Educational Films
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
ACA Informational Film | Owen Riley, Jack Riley, Benny Farbstein, Seth Estes, Riley Moris | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
An Ecosystem on the Line | Steven Simpson | East Stroudsburg Senior HS South |
How to Edit Your Photos | Ben Fitzsimons | Highland Park HS |
Jess Ssej’s Tips and Tricks for Virtual Learning | Jessie Arlinghaus | Randall K. Cooper HS |
Long Documentary Films
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
No Human Being is Illegal | Samuel Villagra-Stanton | John Adams HA |
Our Truth—The Diversity Alliance | Russell Yoh, Quinn Luong, Roch Parayre, Kethan Srinivasan, Ryan Ngo, AJ Sanford, Christopher Schwarting, Chase Nelson | The Haverford School |
Outspoken Narrative – Episode 6: The Arctic Refuge | Eshan Vishwakarma | John Randolph Tucker HS |
Outspoken Narrative – Episode 7: The Capitol Under Siege | Eshan Vishwakarma | John Randolph Tucker HS |
Taking a Seat for Justice: The 504 Sit-In | Thomas Huang | Winston Churchill HS |
Youth on BLM | Ayana Ahuja | The Madeira School |
Long Narrative Films
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
Angora | Galen Cunningham, Hailey Roberts | Fine Arts Center of Greenville |
Apocalypse Soon | Thomas Furman, Rae Burczyk, Miguel Kilgore, Joanna Sodke | Infinity Arts Academy |
Lifeless | Jack Raese | New Trier HS |
Lost Fortune | Braedon Ryle | Randall K. Cooper HS |
Make a Wish | Elijah Edwards | Madison Memorial / Children’s Film Academy of Madison |
Morgen Ludwig – The Stray Dog (Tedbaker) | Morgen Ludwig | Carmel HS |
Red Snow | Erik Jaman | New Trier HS |
Reflection | Ethan Erman | Mason Middle School |
The Last Resort | Braedon Ryle | Randall K. Cooper HS |
The Humanity Test | Samuel Mitchell, Lily Kaplan | Sidwell Friends School |
Middle School Films
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
60 Seconds | Seraphina Jerome | Bonnie Branch Middle School |
First Chair | Matthew Wilson | Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium |
Sky High | Sean Zielinski | Homeschool |
The Kite Genie | Luis Campos, Evan Mischnick, Wyatt Elma, Will Koester, Derek Mischnick | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
The Trusting Tree | Elizabeth Yeager, Madelyn Pergrem, Ainslee Lloyd, Amelia Eshman | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
Two Worlds | Disha Patel, Rhea Jain, Sreya Reddy, Clare Dallas, Amanda Rossetti | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
unbuntu | Konner Turner | Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium |
Music Videos
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
Black Girls Fly 2 | Tez Smith | Hope Community Best Buy Teen Tech Center |
Go | Zachery Crew, De’Quan Jones | Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium |
Orange Crush | Benjamin Turnquest, Eliana D’Astici, Gianna Smith, Adam Freeman | Homewood Flossmoor Community HS |
Penny for Your Thoughts | Jack Raese, Erik Jaman | New Trier HS |
Quite Frankly | Alexander (Xander) Hughes, Lorisa Shaffer, Morgan Minnich | Hempfield HS |
Wishful Thinking | Bridget Leary | Vernon Hills HS |
X-Ray | Martaize Smith | Hope Community |
New Stories
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
Learning Situation in District 113 | Ben Fitzsimons | Highland Park HS |
Fasnacht Day | Maguire Younes | Hempfield HS |
Public Service Announcements
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
Baking in the Bathroom | Tyler Harding | Walled Lake Northern HS |
PSA Drunk Driving | Alexander (Xander) Hughes | Hempfield HS |
Surprise | Laura Claire Walker | Hempfield HS |
Texting with Your Nose | Adam Zheng | Williamsville North HS |
The Ripple | Shannon Germaine | Clonlara School, Off-Campus Program |
You Need to Vote | Amogh Thakkar | River Hill HS |
Short Documentary
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
A Walk in the Forest | Adam Zheng | Williamsville North HS |
Black in America | Tori Wright | Homewood-Flossmoor HS |
Human Endogenous Retrovirus | Amogh Thakkar | River Hill HS |
P.E.T.S. | Andrei Thuler | Lycee Francais de Chicago |
Plastic Crisis: Our Oceans in Peril | Shannon Germaine | Clonlara School, Off-Campus Program |
Sam Brief Documentary | Ben Fitzsimons | Highland Park HS |
Seeing the Good | Elina Villemure | Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium |
Sunrises | Henry Armstrong | New Trier HS |
The Cancer Support Center: Surviving and Thriving in COVID-19 | Eliana D’Astici, Benjamin Turnquest | Homewood-Flossmoor Community HS |
This One is Mine: The Michigan Humane Society During COVID | Jessica Bryson, Julia Carroll, Olivia Griffiths | Troy Athens HS |
Short Narrative Films
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
2190 Mile | Margaret Tower | Grandin Theatre Film Lab |
A Bag’s Life | Wyatt Knoell, Malcolm Moses | The Prairie School |
A Bandit’s Yesterday | Benny Farbstein, Jack Riley, Owen Riley, Riley Morris, Gavin Lloyd, Seth Estes, Jackson Yoder, Daniel Ball | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
All Eyes on Me | Bridget Leary | Vernon Hills HS |
Bored | Hayden Melvin | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
Bullseye | Casserley Grace | Independence HS |
Bury the Truth | Arman Taheri | University School |
Curbside | Rebecca Rhodes | Shaker Heights HS |
Demand for Robots | Gretta Brown, Logan Moore | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
Dreamer | Nickolas Krueger | Rufus King IB HS |
Drip Drop | Halle Sanders, Maddie Murokh, & Carina Dickerson | Glenbrook South HS |
Her | Samuel Mitchell | Sidwell Friends School |
Impurity | Zahra Ahmed | Dekalb School of the Arts |
In Focus | Andrei Thuler | Lycee Francais de Chicago |
Night School | Eliana D’Astici, Benjamin Turnquest, Joesph Sullivan, Jason Ward, Chloe Castady, Kaisse Haynes, Gianna Smith, Jayla Watts, Lucia Malfeo, Joius Brown | Homewood Flossmoor HS |
North of Hell | Aidan Sherrill, Thomas Rex, Colin Frier | Olathe Northwest |
Pale Fire | Sam Jaccaci, Nellie Shih, Sam Taylor, Ben Jaccaci, Colin Sam, Stephen Fatuzzo | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
Phantoms | Jared Goudsmit | Kirkwood HS |
Quarantine | Seamus Mahoney | Troy Athens HS |
Sepia | Ben Janes | Evanston Township High School |
Shrouded Past | Adeline Ferolo/Paige Fahrenkrug/Théo Kelly | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
Signaled | Joseph Suarez, Sovereign Suarez | Lima Senior HS |
The Box | Daniel Ball, Austyn Phipps, Emma Robbins, Asia Kinebrew, Hayden Melvin | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
The Empty Mirror | Gianna Beaty, Gemma Uyehata, Maria Hartung, Michael Beaty, Andrew Schwind, Maria Wurth, Olivia Erb, Maria Hess, Lucas Hynfield | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
The Telescope | Eli Berliner | St. Anns School |
The Voice in the Night | Maggie Drake, Gabe Schmidt, Trevor Cebulskie, Jonah Bolander | Academy of Cinematic Arts |
The Working Man | Matteo Zavaglia | Westminster Christian Academy |
Trailers
FILM TITLE | STUDENTS | SCHOOL |
Corona Stars | Nia Amour | East Orange Recreational Center |
The Last Resort Trailer | Braedon Ryle | Randall K. Cooper HS |
Finding Innocence | Eliana D’Astici, Benjamin Turnquest | Homewood Flossmoor HS |