2008 Arizona Student Film Festival Award Winners

Best Overall Film

Grades 3-5: “She Saved Her Life By Quitting Smoking”
Directed by Sydney Meredith – Tesseract School

Grades 6-8: “The Fibonacci Code: A Math Mystery”
Directed by Karl Ochsner’s Pope John XXIII 6th Grade Class

High School: “Lombard”
Directed by Max Anderson – Horizon High School

College: “Romanced”
Directed by Joel Von Dauten – Arizona State University

Micro-Short Category

Grades 6-8

1st Place - “The Hall Cop”
Directed by Clark Pappas – Tortolita Middle School

2nd Place - “Maggie’s Philosophy”
Directed by Joseph Franzetti – Tesseract School

3rd Place - “Emotional Days”
Directed by Alicia Sese – Tesseract School

High School

1st Place - “Lombard”
Directed by Max Anderson – Horizon High School

2nd Place - “Fire Drill Safety”
Directed by Michael Linn – Snowflake High School

3rd Place - “Time to Give it Back”
Directed by Dallin Green – Thatcher High School

College

1st Place - “I’m Tired”
Directed by Charles Choueiri – Arizona State University

2nd Place - “On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl”
Directed by Dan Dredger – Arizona State University

3rd Place - “Last Dance”
Directed by Devin Roche – Scottsdale Community College

Short Film Category

Grades 6-8

1st Place - “The Fibonacci Code: A Math Mystery”
Directed by Karl Ochsner’s Pope John XXIII 6th Grade Class

2nd Place - “The Bulletin”
Directed by Daniel Koeth – Anderson Jr. High School

3rd Place - “Moron v. Wild”
Directed by Chad McGee – Fremont Jr. High

High School

1st Place - “El Nino De La Calle”
Directed by Rafael Gomez – Catalina Foothills High School

2nd Place - “A Subtle Type of Murder”
Directed by Kevin Lane – Barry Goldwater High School

3rd Place - “Work in Progress”
Directed by Max Anderson and Anthony Calvis

College

1st Place - “Romanced”
Joel Von Dauten – Arizona State University

2nd Place - “Bleed”
Directed by Christopher Price – Arizona State University

3rd Place - “May Cause”
Directed by Charles Choueiri, Jasmine Hobeheidar, Brad Faye – Arizona State University

Public Service Announcement Competition

Grades 3-5

1st Place - “She Saved Her Life by Quitting Smoking”
Directed by Sydney Meredith – Tesseract School

2nd Place - “Smoker vs Non-Smoker”
Directed by Drew Chester – Tesseract School

3rd Place - “Smoking AKA Lame”
Directed by Davis Labelle – Tesseract School

Grades 6-8

1st Place - “Barbie World”
Directed by Nicola Roush and the 8th Grade Class – Bella Vista Private School

2nd Place - “Teenage Anti-Smoking PSA”
Directed by Micheal Notrica – Pardes Jewish High School

3rd Place - “Be Bright”
Directed by Matthew Grodsky – Shea Middle School

High School

1st Place - “Living Filth”
Directed by Jon Trout – IQ Academy AZ

2nd Place - “Smoking Looks Just as Stupid”
Directed by Ryan Walker – New School For the Arts

3rd Place - “Smoking Kills”
Directed by Finnen Shelley – New School for the Arts

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