2022 – 2023
Summer Film Camp
FILM: ACCEPTANCE
Official Entry: 2022 San Diego Art Film Festival
Winner: 2022 Chicago Filmmakers Awards
Official Entry: 2022 Vegas Shorts
Official Entry: 2023 Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2023 Dublin World Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2023 Art Film Spirit Awards
Official Entry: 2023 Dubai Independent Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2023 Denver Movie Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Winner: 2023 Austin Filmmaker Awards
Official Entry: 2023 The Vero Beach Wine + Film Festival
FILM: FAILLITE
Official Entry: 2022 Cannes Int’l Cinema Festival
Official Entry: 2022 Int’l Manhattan Film Awards
Official Entry: 2022 Vegas Shorts
Official Entry: 2023 Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2023 Dublin World Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2023 Art Film Spirit Awards
Official Entry: 2023 Denver Movie Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2023 Austin Filmmaker Awards (Semi-Finalist)
2021 – 2022
Summer Film Camp
FILM: INTERNET
Official Entry: 2021 New York Flash Film Festival
Winner: 2022 Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival
Official Entry: 2022 Philadelphia World Film Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Palm Springs Movie Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Seattle Movie Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Rotterdam Independent Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival (QT-Finalist)
Winner: 2022 13th Arlington Int’l Film Festival
FILM: GRANDPA’S GHOST
Official Entry: 2022 San Diego Shorts (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Rotterdam Independent Film Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival (QT-Finalist)
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Sr. High School
FILM: WRITTEN WRONG
Winner: 2022 FFI Annual Screening, 1st Place Sound, 3rd Place Screenplay, 3rd Place Lighting
BEST HAIKU FILM: LITTLE BIRD
John A. Ferguson SHS
FILM: REWIND THIRTY
Winner: 2022 FFI Annual Screening, 3rd Place Poster, 3rd Place Sound, 2nd Place Screenplay, 3rd Place Cinematography, 1st Place Lighting, 2nd Place Editing, Best Male Actor
Official Entry: 2022 Miami short Film Festival
Official Entry: 2022 Santa Monica Film Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Brussels World Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Chicago Filmmakers Awards
Official Entry: 2023 Milan Arthouse Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2023 Atlanta Movie Awards (Semi-Finalist)
FILM: THE HONOR ROLL BOYS
Winner: 2022 FFI Annual Screening, Best Narrative Film, Best Director, 2nd Place Poster, 2nd Place Sound, 1st Place Screenplay, 1st Place Cinematography, 1st Place editing, 2nd Place Lighting
Official Entry: 2022 Miami short Film Festival
Official Entry: 2022 Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Santa Monica Film Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Chicago Filmmakers Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Prague Underground Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Winner: 2022 Hollywood Int’l Golden Age Festival
Official Entry: 2023 Milan Arthouse Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2023 Atlanta Movie Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Miami Lakes Educational Center
FILM: THE LIFE OF NOBODY
Winner: 2022 FFI Annual Screening, 1st Place Poster, 2nd Place Screenplay, 2nd Place Cinematography, Best Female Actor
BEST MICRO FILM: DIZZY DREAMING
2020 – 2021
Summer Film Camp
FILM: REALITY CHECK
Official Entry: 2020 Miami Short Film Festival
Winner: 2020 The Quarantini Monthly Film Festival
Winner: 2020 Hollywood’s Monthly Film Festival
Official Entry: 2021 Fantastic Festival of Los Angeles
Official Entry: 2021 Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
Official Entry: 2021 Phoenix Shorts
Official Entry: 2021 San Francisco Indie Short Festival
Official Entry: 2021 Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills
Official Entry: 2021 Florida Shorts
Official Entry: 2021 Vancouver Independent Film Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 Rotterdam Independent Film Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 Paris International Short Festival (Finalist)
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Sr. High School
NARRATIVE FILM: ASTORIA
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, Best Narrative Film, Best Director, 3rd Place Poster, 2nd Place Sound, 2nd Place Screenplay, 2nd Place Cinematography, 1st Place Lighting, Best Female Actor
Winner: 2021 Hollywood Golden Age Film Festival
Official Entry: 2021 Stockholm Short Festival (Semi-Finalist)Winner: 2021 Sydney Indie Short Festival
Official Entry: 2021 Dallas Movie Awards Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 Tokyo Shorts (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 Niagara Falls International Short Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Winner: 2022 LA Independent Film Channel Festival
Winner: 2022 Phoenix Shorts, Ontario
Official Entry: 2022 Sicily Art Cinema Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Dubai Independent Film Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Toronto Film and Script Awards
Official Entry: 2022 Intl Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Paris International Short Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Vienna Indie Short Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Palm Springs Movie Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Palm Springs Shorts (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 San Diego Shorts (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Philadelphia World Film Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Atlanta Movie Awards ( Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Seattle Movie Awards( Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Rotterdam Independent Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Roma Shorts (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Hong Kong Indie Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Berlin Short Awards(Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival (QT-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Milan Arthouse Film Awards
Official Entry: 2022 The Vero Beach Wine + Film Festival
Official Entry: 2022 Munich Short Film Awards (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Arlington Int’l Film Festival
Winner: 2022 Sydney Indie Short Festival
NARRATIVE FILM: SHIFTED
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, 3rd Place Cinematography,2nd Place Editing
BEST HAIKU FILM: PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY
John Ferguson Sr. High School
NARRATIVE FILMS: BREAKING ENTERTAINMENT
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, 1st Place Cinematography, 3rd Place Screenplay, 1st Place Sound Recording
Winner: 2021 Dallas Movie Awards Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Winner: 2021 Tokyo Shorts (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival (QT-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2022 San Diego Shorts (Finalist)
NARRATIVE FILM: CONTROL
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, Honorable Mention
NARRATIVE FILM: DAISY
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, 1st Place Editing
NARRATIVE FILM: EXPIRATION DATE
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, 3rd Place Lighting
NARRATIVE FILM: TEMPUS MORTIS
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, Best Male Actor, 1ST Place Screenplay, 2nd Place Poster
Official Entry: 2022 Palm Springs Shorts (Semi-Finalist)
BEST SHORT FILM: RED
Westland Hialeah Senior High School
NARRATIVE FILM: A GIFT FOR YOU
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, 2nd Place Lighting, 3rd Place Sound Recording
Official Entry: 2022 Palm Springs Shorts (Semi-Finalist)
NARRATIVE FILM: TRAPPED
Winner: 2021 FFI Annual Screening, 1st Place Poster, 3rd Place Editing
2019 – 2020
Summer Film Camp
FILM: GREY
Official Entry: 2020 Bonita Springs Int’l Film Festival
Official Entry: 2020 LittleBig Children’s Film Festival (International: Kazkahstan)
Summer Film Camp
FILM: VIVA LA REVOLUTION
Official Entry: 2020 Sunshine City Film Festival
Official Entry: 2020 San Bernardino Valley College International Student Film Festival
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Sr. High School
NARRATIVE FILM: NEXT OF KIN
Winner: 2020 FFI Annual Screening, Best Narrative Film, Best Narrative Film Poster, Best Sound, 3rd Place Screenplay, 3rd Place Cinematography, 3rd Place Editing, 2nd Place Lighting, Best Female Actor
Winner: 2020 Best Shorts Competition
Winner: 2021 Phoenix Shorts
Official Entry: 2021 San Francisco Indie Short Festival
Official Entry: 2021 Orlando International Film Festival
John Ferguson Sr. High School
NARRATIVE FILM: GOT WELL SOON
Winner: 2020 FFI Annual Screening, Best Editing, 2nd Place Screenplay, 2nd Place Cinematography, 3rd Place Sound, 3rd Place Lighting, Best Director, Best Male Actor
NARRATIVE FILM: GIVING UP THE GHOST
Winner: 2020 FFI Annual Screening, 3rd Place Narrative Film Poster, Best Lighting
Westland Hialeah Senior High School
NARRATIVE FILM: SHE’S A RAINBOW
Winner: 2020 FFI Annual Screening, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, 2nd Place Editing, 2nd Place Narrative Film Poster, 2nd Place Sound
Winner: 2020 Best Shorts Competition
Official Entry: 2021 Fantastic Festival of Los Angeles
Official Entry: 2021 Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
Official Entry: 2021 The D.C. Independent Film Forum
Official Entry: 2021 Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills
Official Entry: 2001 Breckenridge Film Festival
Official Entry: 2021 Rotterdam Independent Film Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 Paris International Short Festival (Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 Florida Shorts (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 Madrid Arthouse Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Official Entry: 2021 NATAS Suncoast Chapter (EMMY Nominee)
2018 – 2019
Summer Film Camp
FILM: A-N-N-A
Official Entry: 2019 Los Angeles CineFest (semi-finalist)
Official Entry: 2019 Central Film Festival (finalist)
Official Entry: 2019 Imagination Lunch Box Inter’l Children’s Film Festival
Official Entry: 2019 Kids First Film Festival
Official Entry: 2019 Arlington International Film Festival
Official Entry: 2019 Boynton Beach Film Festival
Official Entry: 2019 Key West Film Festival
John Ferguson Sr. High School
NARRATIVE FILM: STRAIGHT-ISH
Winner: 2019 FFI Annual Screening, Best Narrative Film, Best Screenplay, Best Sound, Best Lighting, Best Female Actor, 3rd Place Cinematography, 3rd Place Editing
Official Entry: 2020 Sunshine City Film Festival
Official Entry : 2020 Louisiana LGBTQ+Film Festival (virtual)
Official Entry: 2020 Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival (virtual)
Official Entry and Semi-Finalist: 2020 Student Los Angeles Film Awards
MUSIC VIDEO: RUMINATION, Best Music Poster: THE RINGWALD JAM
Young Men’s Preparatory Academy
NARRATIVE FILM: DEED
Winner: 2019 FFI Annual Screening, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing,
Best Lead Male Actor, 2nd Place Screenplay, 2nd Place Sound, 3rd Lighting
MUSIC VIDEO: SATISFIED, Best Music Video
Official Entry: 2019 Los Angeles CineFest (semi-finalist)
Westland Hialeah Senior High School
NARRATIVE FILM: BROKEN
Winner: 2019 FFI Annual Screening, Best Narrative Film Poster
Winner: 2019 FFI Annual Screening, Best Narrative Film Poster, 3rd Place Screenplay, 2nd Place Cinematography, 2nd Place Editing 3rd Place Sound, 2nd Lighting
MUSIC VIDEO: TALK
2017 – 2018
Summer Film Camp
FILM: TUNED IN
Official Entry: 2018 Los Angeles CineFest (semi-finalist)
Official Entry: 2018 Best Shorts Competition, Winner: Award of Recognition: Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Official Entry: 2018 Miami Independent Film Festival
Official Entry: 2018 Do It Your Damn Self National Film Festival!
Official Entry: 2018 The Vero Beach Wine + Film Festival
Young Men’s Preparatory Academy
SILENT FILM: THE MASKED MAN
NARRATIVE FILM: GRANDMA WILSON
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, 2nd Place Narrative Film Poster
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, Cinematography, Editing
TV SPOT: TACTICAL SHOES
Westland Hialeah Senior High School
SILENT FILM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, 2nd Place Silent Film Poster
SILENT FILM: LOST
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, Best Silent Film
NARRATIVE FILM: PRIMO
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, Best Narrative Film
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, Best Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Lighting, Lead Male Actor, Director
Official Entry: 2019 Arlington International Film Festival
TV SPOT: C. JORDEN’S CLINIC
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, Best TV Spot
Miami Lakes Educational Center
SILENT FILM: HEART STRINGS
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, 1st Place Silent Film Poster
Official Entry: 2019 Central Film Festival
Official Entry: 2019 Breckenridge Film Festival
SILENT FILM: HUSH LITTLE BABY
NARRATIVE FILM: SKIN DEEP
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, 1st Place Narrative Film Poster
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, Best Screenplay, Cinematography , Editing, Sound, Lighting
NARRATIVE FILM: EL NOVIO
Winner: 2018 FFI Annual Screening, Best Screenplay , Sound, Lead Female Actor
TV SPOT: DIVERSE DANCE STUDIO
TV SPOT: BLAST
2016 – 2017
Summer Film Camp
FILM: THE PRODUCTION
Official Entry: 2017 Los Angeles CineFest (semi-finalist)
Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: JAMIL and the BACKPACK
Winner: 2017 FFI Annual Screening, Best Director, Screenplay, Editing, Sound, and Lead Male Actor
FILM: TAKE a KNEE
TV COMMERCIAL: THE SMART HAT
Winner: 2017 FFI Annual Screening, Best TV Commercial
Miami Lakes Educational Center
FILM: LAURA
Official Entry: 2018 The Vero Beach Wine + Film Festival
Official Entry: 2017 Miami Short Film Festival
Winner: 2017 FFI Annual Screening, Best Film, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Lighting and Lead Female Actor
FILM: SUICIDAL
Winner: 2017 FFI Annual Screening, Best Cinematography and Lighting
FILM: THE GIFT
Winner: 2017 FFI Annual Screening, Best Silent Film
TV COMMERCIAL: LOST
TV COMMERCIAL: NAZZLES
Westland Hialeah Sr. High School
FILM: CODE RED
Winner: 2017 FFI Annual Screening, Best Lighting and Sound
FILM: THE OTHER PHASE of SUCCESS
Winner: 2017 FFI Annual Screening, Best Screenplay and Editing
Young Men’s Preparatory Academy
FILM: THE RISE OF THE FALLEN
Winner: 2017 FFI Annual Screening, Best Cinematography
FILM: THE TRADE
TV COMMERCIAL: MAGIC COMB
TV COMMERCIAL: WAR FIST
2015 – 2016
Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: OFF TEMP
FILM: THE CANDIDATE
Official Entry: 2017 Woodstock Film Festival
Official Entry: 2017 Semi-Finalist LA CineFest
Winner: 2017 Best Shorts Competition, Award of Merit
Official Entry: 2016 Miami Short Film Festival
Winner: 2016 FFI Annual Screening, Best Film, Director, Cinematography, Editing, Screenplay, Sound, Lighting and Lead Female Actor
TV COMMERICAL: PLAYBACK
Booker T. Washington Sr. High School
FILM: WHAT ARE YOUR DESIRES?
Official Entry: 2017 Comicpalooza Film Festival
Winner: 2016 FFI Annual Screening, Best Experimental Film
FILM: A FOOL’S HEART
Winner: 2016 FFI Annual Screening, Best Cinematography, Editing, Screenplay, Sound and Lead Male Actor
TV COMMERICAL: COACH BALL
Young Men’s Preparatory Academy
FILM: ROOM 1208
Winner: 2016 FFI Annual Screening, Best Cinematography and Screenplay
TV COMMERICAL: GRAND THEFT SECURITY
Winner: 2016 FFI Annual Screening, Best TV Commercial
TV COMMERICAL: COCO CHAI
Miami Lakes Educational Center
FILM: WISH
Winner: 2016 FFI Annual Screening Best Lighting and Editing
Summer Film Camp
FILM: COUNTDOWN
Official Entry: 2016 Bonita Springs Intl. Film Festival
Official Entry: 2016 DC Independent Film Festival
Official Entry: 2016 Flamingo Film Fest, FAU
2014 – 2015
Summer Film Camp
FILM: S–Laughter (It’s French)
Official Entry: 2015 DC Independent Film Festival
John Ferguson Sr. High School
FILM: UNDERGROUND ARTIST
WINNER: 2015 Annual Screening Best Cinematography, Editing, Screenplay, Lead Female and Male Actors
Winner: 2015 FLIFF Honorable Mention: Narrative
Official Entry: 2015 KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Official Entry: 2015 International Family Film Festival
Official Entry: 2016 Miami Independent Film Festival
Official Entry: 2016 Bonita Springs Intl. Film Festival
Official Entry: 2016 Depth of Field International Film Festival
Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: MATCH.KOM
WINNER: 2015 Annual Screening Best Film, Screenplay, Sound Recording, Lead Female and Male Actors
Winner: 2015 FLIFF Honorable Mention: Narrative
Official Entry: 2015 Miami Short Film Festival
Official Entry: 2015 International Family Fun Festival
Official Entry: 2015 Los Angeles CineFest!
Official Entry: 2016 Miami Independent Film Festival
Official Entry: 2016 Bonita Springs Intl. Film Festival
Official Entry: 2016 KIDS FIRST! Film festival
Winner: 2016 Best Shorts Competition, Award of Merit
Official Entry: 2016 Depth of Field International Film Festival
Westland Hialeah Sr. High School
FILM: THE OUTCAST
WINNER: 2015 Annual Screening Best Lighting
South Miami Sr. High School
FILM: SIMPLE STEPS
WINNER: 2015 Annual Screening Best Cinematography and Editing
Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Art
FILM: A PART OF HER STORY
WINNER: 2015 Annual Screening Best Director, Sound Recording, Lighting and Editing
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Sr. High School
FILM: CURIOSITY AT BEST
WINNER: 2015 Annual Screening Best Lighting
2013 – 2014
Summer Film Camp
FILM: BEING DINO BOY
Coral Reef Sr. High School
FILM: MAD WORLD
Winner: 2014 FFI Annual Screening Best Film, Director and Editing
Winner: 2014 Best Shorts Competition, Award of Merit
Official Entry: 2015 Arlington International Film Festival
Felix Varela Sr. High School
FILM: ONE FOR ONE
Winner: 2014 FFI Annual Screening Best Lighting
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School
FILM: SORRY BRAH
Winner: 2014 FFI Annual Screening Best Cinematography and Editing
William H. Turner Technical Arts HS
FILM: WHO ARE YOU, REALLY?
Winner: 2014 FFI Annual Screening Best Cinematography and Screen Play
Miami Lakes Educational Center
FILM: HARMONIC
Winner: 2014 FFI Annual Screening Best Lighting and Editing
Robert Morgan Educational Center
FILM: COMMERCIALS UNPLUGGED
Winner: 2014 FFI Annual Screening Best Screen Play
MOCA After -School Program
FILM: JARRED
Winner: 2014 FLIFF 3rd Place Bronze Award
2012 – 2013
Summer Film Camp
FILM: FRAUDS
Winner: 2013 FFI Annual Screening Best Sound
South Dade Sr. High School
FILM: SILENCE
Winner: 2013 FFI Annual Screening Best Film, Directing, Screenplay and Editing
Official Entry: 2014 Do It Your Damn Self National Film Festival
Winner: 2014 The IndieFEST Film Awards, Award of Merit: disability issues
Official Screening: 2015 ALL KIDS INCLUDED FESTIVAL
Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: THE JANITOR
Winner: 2013 FFI Annual Screening Best Cinematography, Editing and Sound
North Miami Sr. High School
FILM: VANISHED
Winner: 2013 FFI Annual Screening Best Cinematography and Editing
South Miami Sr. High School
FILM: GONE
Winner: 2013 FFI Annual Screening Best Cinematography, Editing and Sound
Official Entry: 2014 Student Art Festival [STARTFEST]
Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts
FILM: THE WINNER
Winner: 2013 FFI Annual Screening Best Editing
Miami Central Sr. High School
FILM: DORM 969
2011 – 2012
Summer Film Camp
FILM: THE HOST
CINERAMA Saturday’s
FILM: THE PURR
Winner: 2012 FFI Annual Screening, Best Film, Director, Cinematography, Screenplay, Editing, Lighting
Winner: 2012 Yosemite Film Festival Sierra Award
Official Entry: 2012 The Education Channel (IFF)
Official Entry: 2012 FLIFF Certificate of Merit
Winner: 2014 Amelia Island Film Festival Student Film Festival Competition 1st Place
Coral Gables Sr. High School
FILM: THE MENTAL CASE
Hialeah Miami Lakes Sr. High School
FILM: SERVES UP
Winner: 2012 FFI Annual Screening, Best Cinematography, Editing, Lighting, Sound
John Ferguson Sr. High School
FILM: I SELL CHOCOALTES
Official Entry: 2012 The Education Channel (IFF)
Winner: 2012 FFI Annual Screening, Best Director, Cinematography, Screenplay, Lighting, Sound
Winner: 2012 Best Shorts Competition
Official Entry: 2012 FLIFF Certificate of Merit
Official Entry: 2014 Amelia Island Film Festival Student Film Festival Competition
Miami High School
FILM: THE TIME IS NOW
North Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: THROUGH THE LENS
Winner: 2012 FFI Annual Screening, Best Editing
South West Sr. High School
FILM: THE VAULT
Official Entry: 2012 The Education Channel (IFF)
Official Entry: 2012 FLIFF Certificate of Merit
Official Entry: 2014 Amelia Island Film Festival Student Film Festival Competition
2010 – 2011
Women’s Park G.E.M. Program
FILM: ANCESTRAL VOICES
Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School
FILM: MIAMI WAVES
Booker T. Washington Sr. High School
FILM: TWISTED CRUSH
Felix Varela Sr. High School
FILM: THE FINAL CHAPTER
Official Entry: 2011 The Education Channel (IFF)
Winner: 2011 Yosemite Film Festival, John Muir Gold Award
Robert Morgan High School
FILM: TRAPPED
Official Entry: 2011 The Education Channel (IFF)
South Miami Sr. High School
FILM: MEGA-BAD
Turner Tech High School
FILM: SECOND CHANCE
Official Entry: 2011 Miami Short Film Festival
2009 – 2010
City of Miami Summer Film Camp
FILM: DANCE FOR A DAISY
Coral Gables Sr. High School
FILM: THE CLEANUP
Official Entry: 2010 Miami Short Film Festival
Hialeah Miami Lakes Sr. High School
FILM: CRY OF THE COBRA
John Ferguson Sr. High School
FILM: THE BIG BREAK
Official Entry: 2010 The Education Channel (IFF)
Winner: 2010 Yosemite Film Festival, John Muir Gold Award
Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: CHICKENMAN
Miami Lakes Educational Center Sr. High School
FILM: DEADLY REJECTION
R.W. Reagan Sr. High School
FILM: PICKLES
2008 – 2009
City of Miami Summer Film Camp
FILM: PETER PAN’S HOOKS REVENGE
Booker T. Washington Sr. High School
FILM: PINEAPPLE X
Coral Reef Sr. High School
FILM: JACOB’S COMPASS
Miami Carol City
FILM: GUILTY AS TESTED
North Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: BRAIN JUICE
Winner: 2009 FLIFF
Honorable Mention Narrative
South Miami Sr. High School
FILM: VIRTUAL BANDALITY
South West Sr. High School
FILM: FINAL ENCORE
Winner: 2009 Yosemite Film Festival, John Muir Gold Award
Official Entry: 2009 Miami Short Film Festival
Official Entry: 2010 The Education Channel (IFF)
Certificate of Merit: Writing 2010 FLIFF
2007 – 2008
City of Miami Summer Film Camp
FILM: BOP IT OUT
Miami Children’s Museum Film School
FILM: BROADWAY CAN’T SHINE AS BRIGHT AS YOU
Official Entry: 2008 Miami Children’s Film Festival (MCM)
Barbara Goleman Sr. High School
FILM: DON’T DROP BY
Official Entry: 2008 Miami Short Film Festival
Official Entry: 2009 The Education Channel (IFF)
Miami Job Corps
FILM: STARGAZERS
Miami Southridge Sr. High School
FILM: EXIT
South Dade Sr. High School
FILM: BAD BISHOPS and BLUNDERS; A tale of extreme street chess.
Official Entry: 2009 The Education Channel (IFF)
Winner: 2009 FLIFF
Honorable Mention Narrative
Miami Central Sr. High School
FILM: PLAN B
2006 – 2007
Miami Children’s Museum Film School
FILM: THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
Winner: 2007 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Actress, Best Actor
Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: AUDITION
Official Entry: 2008 The Education Channel (IFF)
Miami-Edison Sr. High School
FILM: FAMILY IS LIFE
Official Entry: 2008 Miami Children’s Film Festival (MCM)
Miami-Jackson Sr. High School
FILM: HORROR HIGH
Felix Varela Sr. High School
FILM: LEARNED BEHAVIOR
2005 – 2006
Miami Children’s Museum Film School
FILM: THE BOOK
Winner: 2006 Miami Children’s Film Festival
Best Film Middle School
Robert Morgan High School
FILM: TWISTED FATE
Winner: 2006 Miami Dade Mayor’s Office of Film & Entertainment
Student Filmmaker Award Presented
to “Sepabra Brathwaite”
Official Entry: 2008 The Education Channel (IFF)
Turner Tech High School
FILM: BROTHER’S KEEPER
Winner: 2006 Miami Dade Mayor’s Office of Film & Entertainment
Student Filmmaker Award Presented to “Ainkosi McCray”
Official Entry: 2007 The Education Channel (IFF)
Miami Northwestern High School
FILM: A NEW LOVE
Winner: 2006 Miami Dade Mayor’s Office of Film & Entertainment
Student Filmmaker Award Presented to “Marcus Issac”
Winner: 2006 Ft. Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival
High School Film Competition, Best Florida Film
Winner: 2007 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Cinematography
Official Entry: 2007 Romance In A Can Film Festival
Official Entry: 2007 M.I.K.E.
Official Screening: 2007 The Miami Lakes 4th Annual Young Filmmakers Film Premiere
Official Entry: 2007 The Education Channel (IFF)
2004 – 2005
Miami Children’s Museum Film School
FILM: THE KIDNAPPING
Coral Reef Sr. High School
FILM: SAFE
Official Entry: 2005 Miami Short Film Festival
Official Entry: 2005 Daytona Beach Film Festival
Official Entry: 2006 The Education Channel (IFF)
Official Entry: 2006 Awards Reel DIYDS Film Festival
Ferguson High School
FILM: UNAUTHORIZED
Winner: 2006 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Cinematography, Best Actress
Official Entry: 2006 The Education Channel (IFF)
Dr. Michael Krop Sr. High School
FILM: D76
2003 – 2004
Miami Children’s Museum Film School
Miami Sunset Sr. High School
FILM: DISGRUNTLED
Winner: 2005 Ft. Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival
Honorable Mention Best Direction
Official Entry: 2005 The Education Channel (IFF)
Holmes G. Braddock Sr. High School
FILM: FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS
Felix Varela Sr. High School
FILM: PERSONAL WITNESS
AGAPE FIU North Campus Middle & High School
FILM: FAMILY PROBLEMS
Winner: 2005 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Cinematography
2002 – 2003
Miami Children’s Museum Film School
Miami Palmetto Sr. High School
FILM: DOOR REVOLVER
North Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: WATCH
Hialeah High
FILM: TELLTALE HEART
2001 – 2002
Miami Children’s Museum Film School
Miami Sr. High School
FILM: A PAGE BETWEEN TWO HEARTS
Miami Coral Park Sr. High School
FILM: DREAM ROAD
North Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: INITIATION
Winner: 2003 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Cinematography
Hallandale High School (Broward)
FILM: 911
Winner: 2002 Do It Your Damn Self National Film Festival, Best Narrative
Dillard High School (Broward)
FILM: THE PARDONER’S TALE
Winner: 2002 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Actress, Best Cinematography
Piper High School (Broward)
FILM: FINAL DRAFT
Winner: 2002 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Original Music
2000 – 2001
Miami Children’s Museum Film school
Miami Sr. High School
FILM: DEADLY GAMES
Dr. Michael M. Krop Sr. High School
FILM: STOLEN
Winner: 2001 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Actor, Best Story and Best Film
North East High School
FILM: THE EXPERIMENT
Winner: 2000 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Actress, Best Cinematography and Honorable Mention
1999 – 2000
Miami Children’s Museum Film School
Miami-Edison Sr. High School
FILM: ALL’S FAIR
Winner: 2000 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Original Music and Honorable Mention
Miami Northwestern Sr. High School
FILM: BORN TO DIE
Winner: 2000 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Cinematography
Miami-Jackson Sr. High School
FILM: BROKEN PROMISES
Winner: 2000 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Story and Best Actress
Miami Sr. High School
FILM: TERRIFIED
Winner: 2000 Miami Children’s Film Festival, The Hitchcock Award
1998 – 1999
Nautilus Middle School
FILM: THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
William H. Turner Technical Arts High School
FILM: DON’T GIVE UP
Winner: 1999 Do It Your Damn Self National Film Festival, Best Narrative
Booker T. Washington Middle School
FILM: WHAT IS ART?
Winner: 1999 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Middle Editing
Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: THE TAKING
Michael M. Krop Sr. High School
FILM: THE RENAISSANCE AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE
Miami-Edison Sr. High School
FILM: MURDER HIGH
Miami Northwestern Sr. High School
FILM: ONE LOVE
1997 – 1998
Miami Beach Sr. High School
FILM: DON’T LEAVE ME
Winner: 1998 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Music
Norland Middle School
FILM: THE FARMER AND THE COWMAN
Winner: 1998 Miami Children’s Film Festival, Best Middle School
1996 – 1997
Allapattah Middle School
FILM: KEVIN AND NICKY
Winner: 1998 Do It Your Damn Self National Film Festival, Honorable Mention
Winner 1997 National Children’s Film Festival, Best Middle School
Miami-Sunset Sr. High School
FILM: OUT BY THE BARRENS EXTENSION
1995 – 1996
New World School of the Arts Sr. High School
Coral Reef Sr. High
1994 – 1995
Miami Killian Sr. High School
Miami Carol City Sr. High School
1993 – 1994
Miami Springs Sr. High School
Braddock G. Homes Sr. High School
1992 – 1993
Miami Killian Sr. High School
North Miami Sr. High School
