This March, we celebrated the 9th Annual SMCL Teen Film Festival. Teens from across San Mateo County submitted 32 entries in total. We received so many that we had to split the festival into two days - one for high school student films and one for middle school student films. These students worked incredibly hard on their films. Both festivals were a huge success with filmmakers connecting over their mutual love of filmmaking and already thinking up ideas for the next film contest.
We hope you enjoy the films as much as we did!
The Winners Are
High School
- 1st Place: A Life in Brief at 5am, opens a new window by Lena Reibstein
- 2nd Place: The Fourth, opens a new window by Jason Jung
- 3rd Place: Nighttime, opens a new window by William Yonts
- Honorable Mention for Best Animation: Through the Storm Drain, opens a new window by Danny Shrestha
- Honorable Mention for Best Documentary: Hope, opens a new window by Kaitlyn Gates
- Honorable Mention: Yellow, opens a new window by Alyssa Fouts Mercado
- People's Choice: Casual Nexus, opens a new window by Aaron Morgan
Middle School
- 1st Place: Knock Knock, opens a new window by Caden Posse
- 2nd Place: The Game, opens a new window by Ethan Man
- 3rd Place: Plastic Bags, opens a new window by Clarisse Bell
- Honorable Mention for Best Documentary: American Girl by Hayden Brown
- Honorable Mention for Best Animation: Cycle, opens a new window by Varun Avari Kapoor
- Honorable Mention for Best Collaboration: Mumbo Jombo, opens a new window by Syrus Fitch, Jett Maya, & Daniel Ferrari
- People's Choice: The Mockening, opens a new window by CJ Ward
Check out All of the Films
Photos of the festival can be viewed in this Google folder, opens a new window or on Facebook, opens a new window.
What do you think of the film submissions? Let us know in the comments.
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