50th Festival Winners!
- A free Canon DSLR camera kit for Detroit Catholic Central High School--drawn from all school memberships (link to Membership levels)
- All entries were eligible for festival drawings of free professional gear
- $250 ProCam gift cards for category winners (PSA, music video, etc.)
- $500 cash prize from the Maple Theatre for best narrative film to Drew Hartley, Chase Arnett, Chlor Holderbaum, Taylor Minto and Cameron Hartley for "Interlinked" from the Genesee Career Institute
- $500 cash prize best documentary--the 3rd annual John Prusak Visionary Award to William Higbie of University Liggett for "Painting the Town"
- Partial scholarship to College for Creative Studies to Becca Messner of Royal Oak High School
- Partial scholarship to Lawrence Technological University to Hunter Valtema of Careerline Tech Center (Holland)
- Full one-year scholarship to Specs Howard School of Media Arts to Brianna Bossler of Careerline Tech Center (Holland)
- Full one-year scholarship to the Motion Picture Institute to Conner McBain of L'Anse Creuse North High School
Best of Show
From the 330+ entries received for the 50th Michigan Student Film Festival, the following films were selected as "Best of Show" and screened at the DIA's Detroit Film Theatre on April 28, 2018.
Grade Level Title Category Special Awards Student Names School
Senior A Homeless Man's Untold Story Documentary/Event Austin Bonnema Careerline Tech Center
Senior You Don't Know Me. Public Service Announcement Gabriel Varga-Sanez, Camari Garrison, Lawrence Carter, Noah Turner, Camron Garrison, Kamyria Brown, Cece Bono, Dominic Barrett, Londie Morris, Elina Villemure, Hannah Stoneburner, Morgan Kirby, Korneel'yus Turner and Olivia Cantwell. Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium
Senior FULL/EMPTY Other (including experimental) Leila Hilf, Max Zimmerman Detroit Country Day School
Senior Fighting Cancer News/Sports/Magazine Program Keenan Penn II, Sidney Rozzisi Fraser High School
Senior EAS Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Xian Castillo, Will Baker, Angel Guzman Careerline Tech Center
Senior The Substitute Teacher Other (including experimental) Jake Munson, Zach Sackrider, Carter Liss Vicksburg High school
Senior Don't Turn Your Windshield Into A Screen! Public Service Announcement Christina Grandy, Colin Panoff, Noelle Lowrie Troy Athens High School
Senior Crossroads Coyote Animation Best Animated Film Brendon Schreiber Romeo High School
Senior Coloring Outside The Lines Other (including experimental) Dara Geva Skyline High School (Ann Arbor)
Senior Walk for Water - Football Public Service Announcement Austin Bonnema Careerline Tech Center
Senior Bloom Animation Richard Unger Birmingham Groves High School
Senior Athens Fringe Fest Documentary/Event Rachel Goodman Troy Athens High School
Senior Worst Day Ever Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Camryn Tynan, Hailey Rizk, Connor Kanarios, Class Detroit Country Day School
Senior him. Other (including experimental) Therese Labordo, Jane Kim Detroit Country Day School
Senior The Renegades Animation Sebastian Cubillejo, Max Rakozy, Emily Cherry, Derrick McBride-Hackett, Spencer Szczepanski, Sebastian Simon Grosse Pointe North High School
Senior Interlinked Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Maple Theatre Best Narrative Film Drew Hartley, Chase Arnett, Chlor Holderbaum, Taylor Minto, Cameron Hartley Genesee Career Institute
Senior The Gray Castle Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Christopher L. Kaufmann Hemlock High School
Senior Just One Quick Text Public Service Announcement Alexander Smith Vicksburg High School
Senior Sprout Animation Teresa Nguyen Careerline Tech Center
Senior Listen To The Signs Public Service Announcement Best PSA Shane Verkest Frederick V. Pankow Center
Senior Living Without Limits Documentary/Event Castorri Senior Audience Choice Award Noah Hudson-Peralta Frederick V. Pankow Center
Senior A Good Death Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Brian Farstvedt, Talia Summerville, John Balian, Tyler Battershell Lake Orion High School
Senior Mobbin with the Clique Music Video Best Music Video Nicholas Weise, Micah Williams Lake Orion High School
Senior Mountain Unicycling Other (including experimental) Richard Tharrett Henry Ford ll Highschool
Senior One Drink Public Service Announcement Maddie Miller Lake Orion High School
Senior Our Personas Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) William Higbie, Isha Chitre, Peter Gold University Liggett School
Senior Painting the Town Documentary/Event Prusak Visionary Award for Best Documentary William Higbie University Liggett School
Senior Skin Other (including experimental) Best Experimental Video Erin Brennan, Sam Gramer, Kai Rivers Detroit Country Day School
Senior Recycling For A Future News/Sports/Magazine Program Best News/Sports Feature Brian Farstvedt, Tyler Battershell Lake Orion High School
Senior Saving Lake St. Clair Documentary/Event Rachel Goodman Troy Athens High School
Elem - Junior Animals Being Bros Animation The 5th grade students of Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. O'Rourke and Mrs. Pardington Beverly Elementary School
Elem - Junior International Marble Races IMR Other (including experimental) Castorri Elem/Junior Audience Choice Award John Burns Long Meadow Elementary School (Troy)
Elem - Junior Welcome to Animation Camp Animation Students of Dearborn's Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - 2017 DAFT Animation Camp Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - Dearborn
Elem - Junior Color Animation Jerry Xia, Ian Plansker, Atticus Henry Pierce Middle School (Grosse Pointe)
Elem - Junior DREAM BIG Public Service Announcement Dominic Barrett, Morgan Kirby, Korneel'yus Turner, Elina Villemure and Olivia Cantwell. Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium
Elem - Junior Inside the Artist's Mind Animation Students of Dearborn's Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - 2017 DAFT Animation Camp Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - Dearborn
Elem - Junior The Bosnian War (1992-1995) Documentary/Event Marcus Rampin Larson Middle School (Troy)
Elem - Junior Segregation Through History Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Jai-Lauryn Dearing, Owen Domzalski, Ashlyn Johnson, Luc Michaud, Emma Stricker Pierce Middle School (Grosse Pointe)
Elem - Junior Take On Me Music Video A'kos Choinski, Alesio Ziu, Roman Muscillo, Ben Dyer Baker Middle School - Troy School District
Elem - Junior Lil Bobcat - iPad Misuse PSA Public Service Announcement Atharva Dharphale, Shaun Dantas, Alex Justice, Matthew Yemmans, Adrian Officer Baker Middle School - Troy School District
Elem - Junior Solo and Ensemble News Package Documentary/Event Lisa Hoy, Angela Woytowich Novi Middle School
Elem - Junior Magic Ruler Animation Students of Dearborn's Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - 2017 DAFT Animation Camp Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - Dearborn
Elem - Junior Predator & Prey: Opioids' savage effect on our community Documentary/Event Trojan TV Staff East Middle School (Traverse City)
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