• Ava S. Barton

• Cab Calloway School of the Arts

• Delaware

First Place, Narrative • Jury Award

• John R. Stillwaggon

• Howell High School

• New Jersey

Second Place, Narrative • Aspire Award

• Gabriel Werts

• East Brunswick Magnet - School of the Arts

• New Jersey

Third Place, Narrative

• Foster Barone

• Philadelphia High School for CAPA

• Pennsylvania

First Place, Experimental

• Maura Collins

• Middletown High School South

• New Jersey

Second Place, Experimental

• Vincent Hessenthaler

• Abington Senior High School

• Pennsylvania

Third Place, Experimental

• Ava S. Barton

• Cab Calloway School of the Arts

• Delaware

First Place, Documentary

• John-Paul Casella

• MOT Charter High School

• Delaware

Second Place, Documentary

• Jake Pino

• Bridgewater-Raritan High School

• New Jersey

Third Place, Documentary

• Ziggy Hensley

• Philadelphia High School for CAPA

• Pennsylvania

First Place, Animation

• Jordlyn DeLeon

• East Brunswick Magnet - School of the Arts

• New Jersey

Second Place, Animation

• Nate Green

• East Brunswick Magnet - School of the Arts

• New Jersey

Third Place, Animation

• Artem Bakatov

• Millburn High School

• New Jersey

First Place, Narrative • Jury Award

• Michelle Tang

• Metuchen High School

• New Jersey

Second Place, Narrative

• Amanda Hess

• Conestoga High School

• Pennsylvania

Third Place, Narrative

• Yuhyeon Byun

• Ridgewood High School

• New Jersey

First Place, Experimental • Aspire Award

• Caitlin Bieri

• East Brunswick Tech - School of the Arts

• New Jersey

Second Place, Experimental

• Patrick O' Hara

• Philadelphia High School for CAPA

• Pennsylvania

Third Place, Experimental

• Karston C Singleton

• Science Leadership Academy

• Pennsylvania

First Place, Documentary

• Ava Skye Barton

• Cab Calloway School of the Arts

• Delaware

Second Place, Documentary

• MHSS Film/TV Club

• Middletown High School South

• New Jersey

Third Place, Documentary

• Aryan Shah

• East Brunswick Tech - School of the Arts

• New Jersey

First Place, Animation

• Jordlyn DeLeon

• East Brunswick Tech - School of the Arts

• New Jersey

Second Place, Animation

• Ava Skye Barton

• Cab Calloway School of the Arts

• Delaware

Third Place, Animation

• Phoenix Logan

• Central Bucks High School East

• Doylestown, PA

First Place, Narrative

• Peng Guo

• George School

• Newtown, PA

Second Place, Narrative

• Ryan Kmonk

• Steeltown Entertainment Project

• Pittsburgh, PA

Third Place, Narrative

• Darren West

• Shawnee High School

• Medford, NJ

First Place, Documentary

• Noah Lipsitz

• Lower Merion High School

• Ardmore, PA

Second Place, Documentary

• Bret Queenan

• Wissahickon High School

• Ambler, PA

Third Place, Documentary

• Jennifer Ruiz-Gonzalez

• East Brunswick Tech School of the Arts

• East Brunswick, NJ

First Place, Experimental + Jury Award

• Ava Skye Barton

• Cab Calloway School of the Arts

• Wilmington, DE

Second Place, Experimental

• Maya Zeidman

• East Brunswick Tech School of the Arts

• East Brunswick, NJ

Third Place, Experimental (Tied)

• Alisha Parra

• Esperanza Academy Charter School

• Philadelphia, PA

Third Place, Experimental (Tied)

• Ava Skye Barton & Chas Seiffert

• Cab Calloway School of the Arts

• Wilmington, DE

First Place, Animation

• Emmanuel Beatty

• Roman Catholic High School

• Philadelphia, PA

Second Place, Animation

• Aldan Ortiz

• East Brunswick Tech School of the Arts

• East Brunswick, NJ

Third Place, Animation

• Sophia Consalvo

• Bridgewater Raritan High School

• Bridgewater Township, NJ

Aspire Award Recipient for Excellence in Visual & Technical Achievement

Grace Conley & Kaya Trefz

Science Leadership Academy

Philadelphia, PA

First Place, Narrative + Jury Award

Aaron Razi

Princeton Day School

Princeton, NJ

Second Place, Narrative

Jalen Ramseur Williams

CAPA

Philadelphia, PA

Third Place, Narrative

Riley Dewey

The Shipley School

Malvern, PA

Fourth Place, Narrative

Zora Bryant

Upper Dublin High School

Ambler, PA

Fifth Place, Narrative

Jasmin Carter

Big Picture Alliance

Philadelphia, PA

First Place, Documentary

GA Visual Arts Students

Germantown Academy

Ambler, PA

Second Place, Documentary

Prabhnoor Kaur

George School

Newtown, PA

Third Place, Documentary

Nidhi Patel & Maria Martinrz

East Brunswick Tech School of the Arts

East Brunswick, NJ

First Place, Experimental

Maria Martinrz

East Brunswick Tech School of the Arts

East Brunswick, NJ

Second Place, Experimental

Keeley Giblin

Middletown High School South

Middletown, NJ

Third Place, Experimental

Jack Toines

East Brunswick Tech School of the Arts

East Brunswick, NJ

First Place, Animation

Mason Dugasz

East Brunswick Tech School of the Arts

East Brunswick, NJ

Second Place, Animation

Madi Lowe

Delran High School

Delran, NJ

Third Place, Animation

Emmanuel Beatty

CAPA

Philadelphia, PA

Excellence in Visual & Technical Achievement

Grace Conley
Science Leadership Academy
Philadelphia, PA

First Place, Narrative + Jury Award

Shumpei Chosa & John Fort

George School

Newtown, PA

Second Place, Narrative

Amanda Clark

East Brunswick Technical School

East Brunswick, NJ

Third Place. Narrative

Shumpei Chosa

George School

Newtown, PA

First Place, Documentary

Noah Cohen & Mason Dickens

Springfield Township High School

Wyndmoor, PA

Second Place, Documentary

Brenden Dahl, Steven Pu, Caleb Melits & Kiran McCulloch

Germantown Friends School

Philadelphia, PA

Third Place, Documentary

Nidhi Patel & Maria Martinez

East Brunswick Technical School

East Brunswick, NJ

First Place, Experimental

Allison Riches

Hatboro - Horsham High School

Horsham, PA

Second Place, Experimental

Annie Fleisch

Howell High School

Freehold, NJ

Third Place, Experimental

Partho Gupte
Oberoi International School
Mumbai India

First Place, Narrative

Gabe Schmidt
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
Cincinnati, Ohio

2nd Place, Narrative

Cameron Wheeless
Students of Landry Walker High School
New Orleans, Louisiana

3rd Place, Narrative

Thomas Rubino
Westlake High School
Thornwood, New York

1st Place, Experimental

Quan Do
eorge School
Newtown, Pennsylvania

2nd Place, Experimental

Isabelle Berthelot
Episcopal School of Acadiana
Broussard, Louisiana

3rd Place, Experimental

Ava Young
Etobicoke School of the Arts
Toronto, Canada

1st Place, Documentary

Perry Chen
Canyon Crest Academy
San Diego, California

2nd Place, Documentary

Ana Camila Gutierrez
Perth Amboy High School
Perth Amboy, New Jersey

3rd Place, Documentary

Yoni Azulay

J.M. Barrack Hebrew Academy

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

First Place, Narrative

By Katie Mlinek

GW Carver Center for the Arts and Technology

Baltimore, Maryland

Second Place, Narrative

By George McFarlane, Hannah Panov, and Elliott McPeek

Etobicoke School of the Arts

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Third Place, Narrative

Hye-Mi Kim

Kaywon Arts High School

Bundang, South Korea

First Place, Documentary

By Callahan Bracken

Etobicoke School of the Arts

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Second Place, Documentary

By Claire Kunzier

Wissahickon High School

Ambler, Pennsylvania

By Elliot Rico

James Campbell High School

Ewa Beach, Hawaii

First Place, Experimental

By Tori Taylor

Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH)

Miami, Florida

Second Place, Experimental

By Shane Gaber and Eric Miller

Abington Senior High School

Abington, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention, Tri-State Showcase

By Dylan Strauss and Eric Tocchet

Upper Dublin High School

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention, Tri-State Showcase

By Nichole Heller

The Agnes Irwin School

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention, Tri-State Showcase

By Jake Schell and Ben Schell

Germantown Academy

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention, Tri-State Showcase

By Tristan Calvo-Studdy

The William Penn Charter School

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention, Tri-State Showcase

A middle schooler who is moody at parties to get attention is lectured by her friend.

First place finalist in the Narrative Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Katie Mlinek, GW Carver Center for Arts and Technology
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER, CINEMATOGRAPHER/DP, EDITOR

Abbie Mlinek
THE GIRL

Beth Mlinek
THE FRIEND

Claire Mlinek
THE INTRUDER 

Mackenzie Morgan
THE VOICE, MAKEUP ARTIST

Vinny Sacchetti
BOOM OPERATOR

Drew realizes something is wrong...and it might just be him.

Second place finalist in the Narrative Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Calvin Herbst
DIRECTOR, SOUND EDITOR, ASSISTANT EDITOR

Abbie Vandruff
PRODUCER, EDITOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Brent Morton
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, ACADEMIC ADVISOR

Poom Wattanapan
CINEMATOGRAPHER/DP, SOUND EDITOR, ASSISTANT EDITOR

Natalie Hodde
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Brielle Bishop
ASSISTANT CAMERA, CAMERA OPERATOR

Griffon Rubin
KEY GRIP

Andrew Read
SOUND MIXER, BOOM OPERATOR

Richardson High School
Richardson, Texas

A guy who should go to a job interview but gets cold feet on the way.

Third place finalist in the Narrative Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival.

Yanqi (Luke) Jing
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WRITER, CAMERA OPERATOR

The extraordinary story of a rare pocket of diversity in a world where the lines between black & white were firmly drawn.

First place finalist in the Documentary Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Azure Allen
DIRECTOR

A high school navy JROTC student, Stefan Olaguera, expresses his passion for shining shoes.

Second place finalist in the Documentary Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Isabella Olaguera
DIRECTOR

Stefan Olaguera
LEAD ACTOR

David Salowe
ACADEMIC ADVISOR

Communications High School
Wall, New Jersey

A short film on the struggles of a teen with bipolar disorder.

Third place finalist in the Documentary Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Cameron Hudson
DIRECTOR

Alecia Walls
LEAD ACTOR

Carmen Eulberg
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Woodinville High School
Woodinville, Washington

The story of the secret world in one child's garden...and how she discovered it.

First place finalist in the Experimental Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Rebecca Celsi
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WRITER, CINEMATOGRAPHER/DP, PRODUCTION DESIGNER, SET DECORATOR, ART DIRECTOR, SPECIAL EFFECTS, EDITOR, MANAGER, PUBLICIST, GAFFER, ANIMATOR

Grant High School
Portland, Oregon

Ben Celsi
CO-PRODUCER, COLLABORATING DIRECTOR, SOUND EDITOR, ORIGINAL MUSIC/COMPOSER, SOUND MIXER

Cleveland High School
Portland, Oregon

A result of the usage of film as a therapeutic outlet. This film is about my relationship with ambition and the pressure I feel from both myself and society.

Second place finalist in the Experimental Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Lauren Loesberg
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER

Watchung Hills Regional High School
Warren, New Jersey

An attempt to answer the question, "What is true happiness?" 

Third place finalist in the Experimental Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Jury Prize winner of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Anaiah Davis
DIRECTOR

Science Leadership Academy at Beeber
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." ~ Albert Einstein

Honorable Mention in the Narrative Category of the 2016 Film Now Festival

Troy Lustick
DIRECTOR, WRITER, LEAD ACTOR

Dino Mitchell
LEAD ACTOR

Dax Lusty
SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt Devlin
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Adam Brownstein
KEY GRIP

Michael Lorenzo
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

Nashua High School North
Nashua, New Hampshire

A couple tries to revamp their dull lives by running away from it all. One bad decision leads to the next and they end up finding a permanent solution.

Honorable Mention in the Narrative Category of the Film Now Festival

Dexter Brewer
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER, EDITOR, SOUND EDITOR

Madison Lowry
PRODUCER, WRITER, CINEMATOGRAPHER/DP

Blue Valley SW High School
Kansas City, Kansas