Students Receive Awards at the 12th Annual International Student Film Festival Hollywood
Student filmmakers from around the world gathered as twenty two awards were presented to the top filmmakers at the 12th annual International Student Film Festival Hollywood (ISFFH)! The event took place at The Beverly Garland Theatre in North Hollywood on Sunday November 9, 2014.
Filmmakers had the opportunity to network and see the work of their peers as 63 films were screened over two days. Participants came together from around the world as far away as United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Mexico, Israel, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada and throughout the USA.
Congratulations to all of the ISFFH participants! You are the future of the industry.
ISFFH 2014 awards wereBest Junior High School PSA: Technology Improves Lives directed by Kyle Alix and Hermilio Rubio from Lakewood Christian Middle School, USA; Best Junior High School Suspense Thriller: The Follower directed by Oliver Abrams and Andy Helton from Lora Batchelor Middle School, USA; Best Junior High School Documentary: B-TV: Using Technology for Collaboration and Creativity directed by Thomas Mahan and Morgan Blackwell from Lora Batchelor Middle School, USA; Best Junior High School Comedy: The Mosquito directed by Theo Taplitz from Millikan Middle School, USA; Best High School Docu-Drama: The Waiting Game directed by Maria Alvarez from Lora Batchelor Middle School, USA; Best High School Documentary: Who am I? directed by Alia Tompkins from Oaks Christian High School, USA; Best High School Suspense Thriller: Here I Come directed by Meredith Wells from The Buckley School, USA; Best High School Psychological Thriller: Pulling directed by Andrew Robbin from San Francisco Art & Film, USA; Best High School Experimental: Another World directed by Kayla Briet from Cypress High School, USA; Best High School Drama: Shutterflies directed by Spencer Muhlstock and Hayes Walsh from Ridgewood High School, USA; Best High School Comedy: Spooky Business directed by Ernesto Dimperio and J.C. Castro from Providence High School, USA; Best High School Animation: Duck Tape directed by Andrew Torbenson from Bloomington High School North, USA; Best Foreign Language Junior High School Suspense Thriller: Stuffed Soul directed by Jan-Karel Pavlik from Umelecka Junior High School, Czech Republic; Best Foreign Language High School Psychological Thriller: The Psychopath directed by Shai Maman from Atidim High School, Israel; Best Foreign Language High School Documentary: Pium directed by Soubie Im Phillips Academy Andover, USA; Best Foreign Language High School Drama: Momentum directed by Alexander Bergmann from Freie Waldorfschule Überlingen, Germany; Best Foreign Language Animation: PLUS directed by Chun Chun Chang from Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan; Best Foreign Language Romantic Comedy: Days Apart directed by Ting-Chun Lin National Chengchi University, Taiwan; Best Foreign Language Drama: Dance! My Dream directed by Yang Hao Shih from Kun Shan University, Taiwan; Best Animation: Blue directed by Rena Cheng and Asia Lancaster from Chapman University, USA; and Best Fantasy: Theme Song Rebel directed by Luke C Patton from USC, USA; Best Drama: Limbo, directed by Ben R Johnson and Josh Demeule from Keene State College, USA.
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