DAFT thanks Mary Beth Castorri for her generous donation honoring the memory of her husband and partner Ron Castorri, a Detroit-based filmmaker, producer and very proud Wayne State University film school graduate.
For further information on supporting Ron Castorri’s legacy, DAFT encourages you to support the Sky Foundation, dedicated to raising funds to advance research and increase awareness for the early detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer. Learn more about the foundation and its upcoming May 24th event at Facebook.com/SkyFoundationInc.
Today’s Audience Choice Awards are dedicated to Ron.
2 Agenda 50th Michigan Student Film Festival Emcee: Brad Galli, WXYZ Sports Anchor
10:00 AM Elementary/Junior Division Awards • Welcome / DAFT 2018 Educator-of-the-year, Roger Smith • Video Reel: Best of Show Honorees, Elementary/Junior Division • Best of Show Award Presentations • Castorri Audience Choice Award
11:30 AM Intermission • Raffle Drawing for Video Gear and DSLR Kit (all student entries are eligible)
12:30 PM Senior Division Awards • Welcome / DAFT 2018 Educator-of-the-year, Roger Smith • Video Reel: Best of Show Honorees, Senior Division • Best of Show Award Presentations • Castorri Audience Choice Award
2:30 PM Best of Show After-Glow in Crystal Gallery - Sponsored by MPI
Special thanks to Chris Weagel, DAFT’s webmaster, Ted Houser, Show Reel-Editor, Ruth Daniels of the Maple Theater, Michelle Lawton Mullen of Buddy’s Pizza, Bill Wolbrink & the staff and students at Careerline Tech Center (Holland) and the amazing team at the Detroit Institute of Arts and its magnificent Detroit Film Theatre: Elliot Wilhelm, Larry Baranski, Margaret Thomas, Matthew Breneau, Paul Bancel, Jody Huellmantel, Catherine Lauerman and the volunteer ushers. Festival Sponsors Gold Level Ben Zurawski a.k.a. The Flippist Buddy’s Pizza Cinetopia International Film Festival College for Creative Studies Detroit Institute of Arts and the Detroit Film Theatre Lawrence Technological University Mary Beth Castorri MGM Grand Detroit Motion Picture Institute Specs Howard School of Media Arts University of Detroit Mercy Wayne County Community College Silver Level 3P Printing All-Access Tags Careerline Tech Center, Holland Detroit Film Society Maple Theatre ProCam of Livonia/Chicago University of Phoenix, Detroit Campus 3 Welcome to DAFT’s Golden Anniversary!
In 1969, Detroit Area Film Teachers (DAFT) began what would become, according the American Film Institute, the first and longest-running student film festival in the country--the Michigan Student Film Festival. What began as a presenation of 8mm and 16mm films from a few schools has transformed itself repeatedly as technology has increased and costs have dropped. Now, films produced on cell phones are winning at Sundance and students can edit their DSLR-shot films at home on free editing software.
In keeping with the times, DAFT became Digital Arts, Film and Technology, a non-profit dedicated to the advancement of media education in the state of Michigan. The DAFT calendar’s flagship continues to be the Festival but it now extends its mission to support Career Tech Education teachers, offer scholarships from our four partner colleges, provide film screenings with professionals for its students and offer exciting workshops with professionals each December at its Media Student and Teacher Symposia.
Many of DAFT’s successful alumni share one favorite memory of the Festival--the thrill of seeing their work on the fabulous historic big screen of the Detroit Film Theatre. The Detroit Institute of Arts through the kind support of Elliot Wilhelm, Larry Baranski and Margaret Thomas has made the MSFF unique in the nation.
DAFT encourages all teachers and students attending today to reach out to one another after you see some great work in our Best of Show reels, but also look up some of the outstanding filmmakers in all the other award categories listed in this program.
We thank our hard-working volunteer board for Digital Arts, Film and Television as we continue to undertake exciting changes to this year’s Festival. The spirit of collaboration and constant support for our young artists could not be possible without our generous sponsors listed in this program, but also in the hope and continuous learning that goes on in the life of every true artist.
Remember, what may win first place at Cannes may not make a screening at Tribeca. So please continue to seek the best way for your amazing story to be told and don’t be afraid to ask for help! For this past half-century, DAFT salutes all parents, teachers and students dedicated to this very help.
Kevin Walsh DAFT President
DAFT Board of Directors 2017-2018 Annette Alexander-Frank: Treasurer/Grant-Writer* John Prusak: Board Member Emeritus* Michael Conrad: Board Member/Focal Point Instructor* Jason Roche: Board Member Joseph Elliott: Board Member/Focal Point Instructor Dave Serio: Board Member Nina Barlow Glover: Board Member, Bookkeeper Brian Stackpoole: Vice President* Stephany Harbison: Board Member Jamila Taylor: Board Member Ted Houser: Board Member, Community Outreach* Kathy Vander: Festival Co-Director/Board Member* Jennifer Leonard: Board Member Kevin Walsh: President/Festival Co-Director* Kurt Mayry: Board Member Jennifer Williamson: Secretary* Art McDonald: Board Member Bill Wolbrink: Board Member* Patrick Morrow: Board Member *Festival Planning Team 4 Your Host: Brad Galli Brad Galli attended Birmingham Brother Rice High School and Marquette University in Wisconsin. You can see him daily as the sports anchor on 7 Action News at 5, 6, and 11 pm on WXYZ, and at 10 pm on WMYD.
We thank Brad for his support of DAFT and his inspiring keynote address at the 2016 Media Student Symposium.
Brad earned an Emmy in 2016 for Excellence in Sports Anchoring in Michigan by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He won his first Emmy in 2014 for Excellence in Sports Reporting. Brad was also nominated for Emmy awards in 2012, 2013, and 2017. He received a Merit Award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for Best Sportscast in 2014.
Brad has worked at WXYZ since 2011 and has been inside NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, and NCAA locker rooms, interviewing top athletes and coaches at the professional, Olympic, collegiate, and amateur level. As well as interviewing stars like Mark Wahlberg, Jeff Daniels, Tyler Perry and Jay Leno.
2018 Michigan Student Film Festival Judges Special thanks to our generous lunch sponsors at our two Round 1 judging sites: Buddy’s Pizza (University of Pheonix, Southfield) and 3P Printing (Careerline Tech Center, Holland). Marco Aluia Art McDonald (Judge/Room Asst.) Paul Andrews Kathi J Moore Shelby Ayers Patrick Morrow (Judge/Room Asst.) Jasmine Baker Anthony Naiman Josephine Braun Kathryn Nelson Julie Brazen Adam Nelson (Judge/Room Asst.) Mike Conrad (Room-Leader) Tim Peterson Daniel Cooper Michael Pfaendtner (Room-Leader) Adam Cooper John Prusak Jane Dabish Len Radjewski (Room-Leader) Jeremiah Devlin-Ruelle Jason Roche (Room-Leader) Joe Elliott (Room-Leader) Dick Rockwell (Judge/Room Asst.) James Flanagan Patty Rooney Annette Frank Dave Serio Ben Friedman Lara Sfire Jody Gaber Lori Shanaman Nancy Gilliland (Judge/Room Asst.) Harper Shecter Champ Glover Heather Shovein Nina Glover (Judge/Room Asst.) Justin Skotarczyk Mary Grace Kirk Smith Alison Hacker Brian Stackpoole (Room-Leader) Casey Hampson Nicole Sullivan Stephany Harbison (Judge/Room Asst.) Jamila Taylor Ted Houser (Room-Leader) Kathy Vander – Southfield Site Coordinator Hans Ihlenfeldt Sam Vandermolen Leslye Jacobs Paul Vial Morgan Johnston Zach Vollmers Steve Julin Brenda Walker (Student Volunteer) Michael Kaufman (Room-Leader) Debra Walker Cynthia Keleman Dan Wallace Dave Kilgore Kevin Walsh – Southfield Site Coordinator Kyrah Kimbro (Student Volunteer) Anthony Ward Nicole LaDouceur-Janowicz (Room-Leader) Jake Webb Aaron Lebovic Michael Weidenhamer Jordan Lederman Jennifer Williamson (Room-Leader) Jennifer Leonard (Judge/Room Asst.) Andrea Willis Estee Lipenholtz Nick Wisniske James Marr (Room Leader) Bill Wolbrink—Holland Site Coordinator Maureen McCarthy (Judge/Room Asst.) Randy Zdrojewsi 5 Judging and Awards
Recognized by the American Film Institute as the longest-running K-12 student film festival in the nation, the Michigan Student Film Festival was founded by the non-profit DAFT (Digital Arts, Film & Television) as a showcase for Michigan students to demonstrate their skills and to network with one another and industry professionals.
The Judging Process On March 10th, first-round judging took place in twelve judging rooms (at the University of Phoenix Campus in Southfield and at Careerline Tech Center in Holland) with over 70 judges viewing entries from across the state. After each viewing, every judge completed a digital review form which will be returned to the students--rarely done in film festivals. Then the room leader facilitates a group recommendation for one of the following levels of recognition:
Merit Certificate - Commendation for undertaking and completing a media production. Honor Certificate - Cited for a higher than average level of quality in their content and/or technical achievement. Excellence Certificate - Cited for a higher than average level of quality in their content and/or technical achievement. Best of Show Certificate and Trophy - Chosen from the Excellence level to represent the best student work at the Festival screening.
Based upon the judging input and room recommendations, the top recommended 25% were sent on to the next round held on March 23rd at Specs Howard School of Digital Arts to determine the Best of Show reel for today’s screenings.
Videos honored as Best of Show in the Michigan Student Film Festival are also included in the Cinetopia International Film Festival, June 2018 in Detroit and Ann Arbor.
Scholarships: We want to thank our partner colleges for the generous support of full and partial scholarships for our students, including:
• Lawrence Technological University (Southfield) - a $2,500 annual scholarship • Motion Picture Institute (Troy) - a full one-year scholarship • Specs Howard School of Media Arts (Southfield and Farmington Hills) - a full one-year scholarship • University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit) - a $500 annual scholarship • Michigan Youth Arts Festival - 6 full scholarships for three days in May at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo • Focal Point 2018, DAFT’s summer weeklong film camp
Special Prizes: Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to offer additional prizes to be announced at today’s festival.
Poster/Program Design First Place: Madison Ristic (William D. Ford Career Technical Center, Wayne-Westland) - $200 gift card Honorable Mention: Emma Obeirne (William D. Ford Career Technical Center, Wayne-Westland) – $50 gift card Honorable Mention: Anthony Kennedy (William D. Ford Career Technical Center, Wayne-Westland) – $50 gift card
Senior Level (9 -12 grade) $250 ProCam Gift Cards for top PSA, Animation, Music Video, Experimental and News/Sports $500 Maple Theatre Award for Best Narrative Film $500 John Prusak Visionary Award for Best Documentary Cinetopia Film Festival Weeklong Passes (June 2018) for Best of Show recipients
Both Levels: Elementary/Junior & Senior Level Video Gear Raffle-Drawing during the break – all student-entries are eligible Ron Castorri Audience-Choice Award – $250 ProCam Gift Card Canon DSLR Kit Raffle-Drawing – all 20 DAFT Institutional Level Schools are eligible
6 ELEMENTARY/JUNIOR BEST OF SHOW go to pg. 30 for audience choice voting International Marble Races IMR Take On Me Solo and Ensemble News Package Other (including experimental) Music Video Documentary/Event John Burns A’kos Choinski, Alesio Ziu, Roman Muscillo, Ben Dyer Lisa Hoy, Angela Woytowich Long Meadow Elementary School (Troy) Baker Middle School - Troy School District Novi Middle School Teacher: Adam Burns Teacher: Colin Quinn Teacher: Brad Miller
Welcome to Animation Camp Magic Ruler Lil Bobcat - iPad Misuse PSA Animation Animation Public Service Announcement Students of Dearborn’s Lindbergh and DuVall Atharva Dharphale, Shaun Dantas, Alex Justice, Elementary Schools - 2017 DAFT Animation Camp Students of Dearborn’s Lindbergh and DuVall Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - Dearborn Elementary Schools - 2017 DAFT Animation Camp Matthew Yemmans, Adrian Officer Teacher: Su Doman Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - Dearborn Baker Middle School - Troy School District Teacher: Su Doman Teacher: Colin Quinn DREAM BIG Public Service Announcement Segregation Through History Dominic Barrett, Morgan Kirby, Korneel’yus Turner, Predator & Prey: Opioids’ savage Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Elina Villemure and Olivia Cantwell. effect on our community Jai-Lauryn Dearing, Owen Domzalski, Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium Documentary/Event Ashlyn Johnson, Luc Michaud, Emma Stricker Teacher: Scott A. Galeski Trojan TV Staff Pierce Middle School (Grosse Pointe) East Middle School (Traverse City) Teacher: Michelle Stackpoole Color Teacher: Jody Mackey Animation Inside the Artist’s Mind Jerry Xia, Ian Plansker, Atticus Henry Animation Pierce Middle School (Grosse Pointe) Animals Being Bros Teacher: Michelle Stackpoole Animation Students of Dearborn’s Lindbergh and The 5th grade students of Mrs. Thomas, DuVall Elementary Schools - 2017 DAFT The Bosnian War (1992-1995) Mrs. O’Rourke and Mrs. Pardington Animation Camp Documentary/Event Beverly Elementary School (Birmingham) Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - Dearborn Marcus Rampin Teacher: Anthony Fink Teacher: Su Doman Larson Middle School (Troy) Teacher: Kathryn Stanley
7 ELEMENTARY/JUNIOR EXCELLENCE NMS Interact Club News Package The Jag Report (TMZ Edition) Weekly Jag Report (Halloween) Documentary/Event News/Sports/Magazine Program News/Sports/Magazine Program Lisa Hoy, Angela Woytowich Jackson Pruitt, Devon Brown, Mya Smith, Mariah Troy Hardges, Niah Brown, Layla Baker Novi Middle School Kent, Kennedy Marshall, Rasiah Worthy, Troy Bates Academy (Detroit) Teacher: Brad Miller Hardges, Destiny Beard, Chole Webb, Zoe Taylor Teacher: Audra Butler/ Illya Tolbert Bates Academy (Detroit) Senior Citizen Luncheon News Package Teacher: Audra Butler /Illya Tolbert Documentary/Event Isabel Jedmears, Shilip Mohanty Novi Middle School Teacher: Brad Miller ELEMENTARY/JUNIOR HONOR 2017 8th Grade Girls’ Basketball - Something Interesting WNMS Behind the Scenes News Package Micro-Documentary Animation Documentary/Event Documentary/Event Indiana Jones Claire Conner, Leah Nuzman Matthew Yemmans Bates Academy (Detroit) Novi Middle School Baker Middle School - Troy School District Teacher: Illya Tolbert Teacher: Brad Miller Teacher: Colin Quinn The Fight Yearbook Club News Package Grizzel Game Huge Success in Raising Animation Documentary/Event Awareness for Opioid Addiction Ariana Sparks Isabel Jedmears, Shilpi Mohanty News/Sports/Magazine Program Bates Academy (Detroit) Novi Middle School Lauren Keeney & Kati Deplanche Teacher: Illya Tolbert Teacher: Brad Miller East Middle School - Traverse City Teacher: Jody Mackey
NMS Passing Time Commercial Other (including experimental) Amelia Kakish, Aranza Ramirez Novi Middle School Teacher: Brad Miller
ELEMENTARY/JUNIOR MERIT Bates Animation Showcase 2018 Animation Mela Binford, Kayla Caroll-Williams, Miranda Cut- ler, Marcelle Dooley, Lauren Hatten, Shunee Hay, Jada Ingram, Indiana Jones, Sydni Gurley, Serenity Moore, Ariana Sparks, Rebecca Smith, Donte Thomson-Scott, Halaya Vann, Autumn Wiliford, Kyle Wiley Bates Academy (Detroit) Teacher: Illya Tolbert
Flying Around Long Meadow Other (including experimental) Bunny Broadcasting Club Long Meadow Elementary School (Troy) Teacher: Adam Burns 8 SENIOR /BEST OF SHOW go to pg. 30 for audience choice voting Listen To The Signs Coloring Outside The Lines Interlinked Public Service Announcement Other (including experimental) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Shane Verkest Dara Geva Drew Hartley, Chase Arnett, Chlor Holderbaum, Frederick V. Pankow Center Skyline High School (Ann Arbor) Taylor Minto, Cameron Hartley Teacher: Michael Kaufman Teacher: Joseph Samulak Genesee Career Institute Teacher: Bruce Holladay Our Personas Crossroads Coyote Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Animation Walk for Water - Football William Higbie, Isha Chitre, Peter Gold Brendon Schreiber Public Service Announcement Romeo High School Austin Bonnema University Liggett School Teacher: Kelley Durand Teacher: William Higbie Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Saving Lake St. Clair Sprout Documentary/Event Animation Rachel Goodman him. Teresa Nguyen Troy Athens High School Other (including experimental) Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Adam Burns Therese Labordo, Jane Kim Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Detroit Country Day School EAS Teacher: Brett Salamin Painting the Town Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Documentary/Event Xian Castillo, Will Baker, Angel Guzman Recycling For A Future William Higbie Careerline Tech Center News/Sports/Magazine Program University Liggett School Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Brian Farstvedt, Tyler Battershell Lake Orion High School Teacher: Mark Higbie FULL/EMPTY Teacher: Roger Smith Other (including experimental) A Good Death Leila Hilf, Max Zimmerman A Homeless Man’s Untold Story Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Detroit Country Day School Documentary/Event Brian Farstvedt, Talia Summerville, John Balian, Tyler Teacher: Brett Salamin Austin Bonnema Battershell Careerline Tech Center Lake Orion High School One Drink Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Teacher: Roger Smith Public Service Announcement Maddie Miller Mobbin with the Clique Mountain Unicycling Lake Orion High School Music Video Other (including experimental) Teacher: Roger Smith Nicholas Weise, Micah Williams Richard Tharrett Lake Orion High School Henry Ford ll Highschool You Don’t Know Me. Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Joe Elliott Public Service Announcement Gabriel Varga-Sanez, Camari Garrison, Lawrence The Renegades Fighting Cancer Carter, Noah Turner, Camron Garrison, Kamyria Brown, Cece Bono, Dominic Barrett, Londie Morris, Animation News/Sports/Magazine Program Sebastian Cubillejo, Max Rakozy, Emily Cherry, Keenan Penn II, Sidney Rozzisi Elina Villemure, Hannah Stoneburner, Morgan Kirby, Korneel’yus Turner and Olivia Cantwell. Derrick McBride-Hackett, Spencer Szczepanski, Fraser High School Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium Sebastian Simon Teacher: James Flanagan Teacher: Scott A. Galeski Grosse Pointe North High School Teacher: Brian Stackpoole Athens Fringe Fest Living Without Limits Documentary Documentary/Event Worst Day Ever Rachel Goodman Noah Hudson-Peralta Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Troy Athens High School Frederick V. Pankow Center Camryn Tynan, Hailey Rizk, Connor Kanarios, Class Teacher: Adam Burns Teacher: Michael Kaufman Detroit Country Day School Teacher: Brett Salamin The Substitute Teacher Bloom Other (including experimental) Animation Skin Jake Munson, Zach Sackrider, Carter Liss Richard Unger Other (including experimental) Vicksburg High school Birmingham Groves High School Erin Brennan, Sam Gramer, Kai Rivers Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Nancy Unger Detroit Country Day School Teacher: Brett Salamin 9 SENIOR /BEST OF SHOW go to pg. 30 for audience choice voting Don’t Turn Your Windshield Into A Screen! The Gray Castle Just One Quick Text Public Service Announcement Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Public Service Announcement Christina Grandy, Colin Panoff, Noelle Lowrie Christopher L. Kaufmann Alexander Smith Troy Athens High School Hemlock High School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Adam Burns Teacher: Joshua Chase Teacher: Troy Smith
SENIOR /EXCELLENCE 20 Liters - Breakfast ANNA BLACK Public Service Announcement Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Austin Bonnema Solomon Bunce, Peter Hendricks, Nathan Leese, Ben Focht, Ian Mills, Josh Standifer, Evan Bauman Careerline Tech Center Brody Bullen. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Douglas Bevier Teacher: Bill Wolbrink 2017 Romeo Watchdog News Promo Camp Destination Shoot Documentary/Event Anxiety Documentary/Event Michela Hein, Mae Kelke, Nick Matthews, Harley Public Service Announcement Alexander Smith Haines, and Taylor Lambrecht. Kelcie Cassidy Vicksburg High School Romeo High School Western High School (Walled Lake) Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Stephany Harbison Teacher: DAndra Clark Can Thor play sports? 2017-18 RHS Parking Spots ‘Asfoura Other (including experimental) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Lauren Sexton, Andrew Justice Anna Modlinski, Alex Muzzarelli, Benny Bono, Malak Wazne, Areej Kadhim, Yasmeen Saleh, Grosse Pointe North High School Gabby Orlando, and Alex Naumovski Malak Silmi, Lydia Kuzak, Ayah Mustafa, Nayla Teacher: Brian Stackpoole Romeo High School Contejean, Fatima Abu-Omarah, Heba Samra, Teacher: Stephany Harbison Marwa Ahmed, Jenna Youness, Mariah Abro, Car Groove Sonya Chowdhury, Amar Haidar, Mehreen Pervez, Other (including experimental) A Day in the Life Maddi Carpenter-Crawford and Khadega Mo Dakota Rose Public Service Announcement Arab American National Museum Vicksburg High School Will Bowen Teacher: David Serio Jake Hubbard Teacher: Troy Smith Detroit Catholic Central High School Austin and Ally Teacher: Jennifer Teed Catfish Other (including experimental) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Natalia Asimakis, Autumn Tiseo, Raigan Towns, Coo- A Great Perhaps Allison Riley, Austin Bonnema, Ally Rogers, Caitlin per Ickes, Christian Perrino, and Walid Korkmaz Walsh, Chad Watrous Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Grosse Pointe North High School Careerline Tech Center Logan Sandstedt, Connor Harrington Teacher: Brian Stackpoole Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Beyond the Lights: Tyler Vestrand Documentary/Event Charity Week 2018 Other (including experimental) A Rose’s Will Ben Wellman, Ian Gilmour, Sam Jenkins, Micah Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Williams Kaylin Goddard, Brooke Russell John Balian Lake Orion High School Troy Athens High School Lake Orion High School Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Adam Burns Teacher: Roger Smith Birthday Christmas with BB-8 - Two Minute Edition Afraid to explain Public Service Announcement Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Music Video Anna Modlinski, Alexandria Muzzarelli. AJ Ledford Hayley Reed, Lilyana Koths, Katie Thorington Romeo High School Vicksburg High School Roosevelt High School Teacher: Stephany Harbison Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Janet Haddad 10 SENIOR /EXCELLENCE Cold Medicine Folded Your Underwear Hair Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Other (including experimental) Other (including experimental) JP DiBella, Will Harrison Austin Visser, Jakob Schmidt, Zoe Blough, Terry Camryn Tynan, Julia Stankiewicz, Dominic Sarafa Troy Athens High School Visser, Zack Sackrider Teacher: Adam Burns Detroit Country Day School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Brett Salamin Cope Teacher: Troy Smith Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Halo 6 Teaser Trailer Therese Labordo, Julia Stankiewicz, Amber Akhtar, Fortress Other (including experimental) Sophie Sarda, Rory Wagner, Zoë Neugebohr Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Sean Popa Detroit Country Day School Alex Hamilton Teacher: Brett Salamin Eisenhower High School Portage Northern High School Teacher: Josephine Braun DAFT TV show intro Teacher: Troy Smith Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Healthy Choices Quinn Robinson, Alison Riley Foster Life 2 Public Service Announcement Careerline Tech Center Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Karissa Billock, Ashley Tringali, Jake Dengate Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Cece Bono, Lawrence Carter, Elina Villemure, Romeo High School Camron Garrison, Camari Garrison, Hannah Stone- Detroit Street Care Teacher: Stephany Harbison Documentary/Event burner, Kamyria Brown, Korneel’yus Turner, Londie JP DiBella, Rachel Goodman, Katie Walter, Tiffany Morris and Ashlee-Nicole White. Henry the Salmon by carlo Yousif Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium Music Video Troy Athens High School Teacher: Scott A. Galeski Carlo (Henry, Jeb) Coxen Teacher: Adam Burns Careerline Tech Center Gallinagh PSA: It Can Happen Anywhere Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Don’t Blow Your Life Away Public Service Announcement Public Service Announcement LaTavia Lynn, Zachary Crofford, Thurston High Justin Gallinagh, Guillermo Cetina Garcia, Adam Hey, It’s Maddie School Pupillo, Rachel Southwell, Riley Humphrey Public Service Announcement Thurston High School Eisenhower High School Maddie Miller Teacher: Kara Clayton Teacher: Josephine Braun Lake Orion High School Teacher: Roger Smith Don’t Drink, Think. Public Service Announcement Germs Alex Twigg Public Service Announcement Homecoming Football Recap Hemlock High School Henry Ayrault, Cy Nardone, Galen Vernon News/Sports/Magazine Program Teacher: Joshua Chase GPTV - Grosse Pointe South Television Production Tyler Battershell Teacher: Stephen Geresy Lake Orion High School Don’t Text and Drive Teacher: Roger Smith Public Service Announcement Mustafa Ali, Asante Lucas, Riley Green, Damerius Girls with Ambition Gogoua Other (including experimental) I Need a Job West Bloomfield High School Lauren Creighton, Brianna Dungan, Maddie Miller, Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Teacher: Jennifer Williamson Gabrielle Abdelmessiah Alexander Smith Lake Orion High School Vicksburg High School Don’t Text and Drive Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Troy Smith Public Service Announcement Richard Tharrett Henry Ford ll High School Good Morning Image Teacher: Joe Elliott Other (including experimental) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Sofia Giannosa Sydney Anderson, Veronica Kozioroski Drinking and Driving Henry Ford II High School Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Public Service Announcement Teacher: Joe Elliott Teacher: Stephanie Doppke Claire Bonahoom, Bridget Estes, Maria Beacham GPTV - Grosse Pointe South Television Production Teacher: Stephen Geresy Gummis In the Moment Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Every day as a Senior JP DiBella, Brennan Parks Sofia Giannosa Other (including experimental) Troy Athens High School Henry Ford II High School Grace Guthrie Teacher: Adam Burns Teacher: Joe Elliott Grosse Pointe North High School Teacher: Brian Stackpoole 11 SENIOR /EXCELLENCE Into the Tunnel Libertatem Creare Lost Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Animation Other (including experimental) Jonathan Hulst, Drew Barker, Will Baker, Ethan Noah VanderMyde, Gabriel Houseman Toni Wilk Curtis Byron Center High School Henry Ford II High School Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Julie VanderLaan Teacher: Joe Elliott Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Life of Jim Medical challenges Inspire refugee to Inverse Public Service Announcement pursue medicine. Public Service Announcement Brian Farstvedt, Tyler Battershell News/Sports/Magazine Program Will Baker, Xian Castillo, Isaac Fifelski Lake Orion High School Mackenzie Tolitsky Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Roger Smith Anyssa Ochoa Teacher: William Wolbrink Fraser High School Teacher: James Flanagan Link Promo Public Service Announcement Is this you? Mi Carta De Suicidio by Brandon Russell Other (including experimental) Jaydin Lee, Molly Horn Music Video Joseph H. Hosler, Kyle Daniels Thurston High School Brandon Russell Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium Teacher: Kara William D. Ford Career Tech Center Teacher: Scott A. Galeski Teacher: Ashley Teffer LO-AM 02/08/18 It Doesn’t Just Stay on the Screen News/Sports/Magazine Program MMA Mishap Public Service Announcement WDBC Staff Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Gigi Bonnell, John Kyle Lake Orion High School Alexander Smith GPTV - Grosse Pointe South Television Production Teacher: Roger Smith Vicksburg High School Teacher: Stephen Geresy Teacher: Troy Smith LO-AM 02/10/18 SPECIAL EDITION Jason Brubaker’s Story Idea’s News/Sports/Magazine Program Modern Shakespeare Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) WDBC Staff Other (including experimental) Zack Dumas Lake Orion High School Rachel Goodman Vicksburg Highschool Teacher: Roger Smith Troy Athens High School Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Adam Burns LO-AM Opener Jazz: A Muscian’s True Voice Other (including experimental) Murder on Lennry Documentary/Event Maddie Miller Animation Noah Paraventi, Daniel Jones, Adam Martin, Ethan Michael Walther Lake Orion High School Jajjo, Lindsey Saylor Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Teacher: Roger Smith Eisenhower High School Teacher: Douglas Bevier Teacher: Josephine Braun LO-AM Sports Segment Opener Juice - Experimental Short Film Other (including experimental) My Last Christmas Other (including experimental) Micah Williams Public Service Announcement Mandie Berry Lake Orion High School Lauren Creighton Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Roger Smith Lake Orion High School Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Teacher: Roger Smith Lock In Keep It Separate Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Nation’s first blind state supreme court Documentary/Event Mackenzie Brodzik, Josh Burk, Anna Olson, Steph- justice has a “passion to do the right thing.” Zoe Kernohan anie Mattiello Documentary/Event Royal Oak High School Eisenhower High School Shane Verkest Teacher: Mike Conrad Teacher: Josephine Braun Frederick V. Pankow Center Teacher: Michael Kaufman Late To Work Look Up Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Public Service Announcement Never Leave an Idea Toni Wilk Andrea Garcia, Isamar Aranda, Anissa Villagomez. Animation Henry Ford II High School Romeo High School Breyanna Gebben, Mandie Berry, Teresa Nguyen Teacher: Joe Elliott Teacher: Stephany Harbison Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Bill Wolbrink 12 SENIOR /EXCELLENCE NFHS Ad Ross, Ryan Com Some Mistakes are Permanent Other (including experimental) Other (including experimental) Public Service Announcement Robert Key Ryan Patrick Ross, Sean Patrick McNally, Skylar Michela Hein, Megan Pollock, Alexandra Divito, Lake Orion High School Logan Johns Gigi Virelli, Sophia Bej, Harley Haines. Teacher: Roger Smith Vicksburg High School Romeo High School Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Stephany Harbison Paula Pasek Bird Documentary Someone Else Documentary/Event Runaway Animation Dylan Cartwright Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Lauren Labozzetta Roosevelt High School Willliam Byrd and Isabella Murphy Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Janet Haddad St. Clair TEC Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Teacher: Lesley Murphy Pieces to Pieces Sour Heist Animation Russet Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Tyler Battershell Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Shane Verkest Lake Orion High School Joelle Reich, Colleen Morris, Liam Morris, Cassie Frederick V. Pankow Center Teacher: Roger Smith Pinder, Kiki Benz Teacher: Michael Kaufman GPTV - Grosse Pointe South Television Production Teacher: Stephen Geresy Speaking of Freedom Pond Documentary/Event Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Morgan Sullivan Mike Merucci, Brennen Krygier See the Sun Music Video Royal Oak High School Detroit Catholic Central High School Teacher: Mr. Conrad Teacher: Jennifer Teed Rachel Goodman, Brennan Parks, Grant Weidman, Victoria Zarbaugh Student Connections on Organ Donations PSA - Amira Habhab Troy Athens High School News/Sports/Magazine Program Public Service Announcement Teacher: Adam Burns Cody Kernohan Amira Habhab Marysville Public Schools William D. Ford Career Tech Center Scenes from a Roadside Cemetery Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Ashley Teffer Public Service Announcement Brian Farstvedt Take Me Unofficial Music Video Lake Orion High School Music Video PSA - Don’t Do Drugs! Teacher: Roger Smith Harvey Barker Public Service Announcement Careerline Tech Center Pascal Rehm Self-Reflection Teacher: William Wolbrink Lake Orion High School Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Teacher: Roger Smith Brian Farstvedt, Kayleigh Nawrocki The Bathroom Doc Lake Orion High School News/Sports/Magazine Program Put Your Phone Away Teacher: Roger Smith Talia Summerville, Autum Mathews Public Service Announcement Lake Orion High School Jenna Gaylord Teacher: Roger Smith Sexual Assault-Standing With Sister Survivors Lake Orion High School News/Sports/Magazine Program Teacher: Roger Smith The Christmas Caper Brian Farstvedt Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Lake Orion High School Christopher L. Kaufmann Reinventing JVB Teacher: Roger Smith Hemlock High School News/Sports Magazine Teacher: Joshua Chase Rachel Goodman Shepherd Troy Athens High School Music Video The Dark Zone Pt.2 Teacher: Adam Burns Toni Wilk Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Henry Ford II High School Brendon Schreiber Robotics - Team 94 Southfield A&T Teacher: Joe Elliott Romeo High School Documentary/Event Teacher: Mrs. Kelley Durand Irvin Watson, Asia Henderson, Sandra Salmon, Sleep PSA James Voelzke, Jacob Rosen, Angel Jones, Jaylen The Day I Died Public Service Announcement Public Service Announcement Hunter, Angelo Parker Clayton Willis, Bryce Darrin, Zac Rauh, Ove Rivera Southfield High School for the Arts & Technology Lydia Oliver Oxford High School Byron Center High School Teacher: Kevin Walsh Teacher: Chaz Millard Teacher: Julie VanderLaan 13 SENIOR /EXCELLENCE The Hidden Addiction UlmerMusicVideo Viking Sports Weekly - February 13 Other (including experimental) Music Video News/Sports/Magazine Program Alex Lange Drew Ulmer, John Howell, Aiden Sheppard, Owen John Lozano Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Sheppard Marysville Public Schools Teacher: Mrs. Doppke Eisenhower High School Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Josephine Braun The Last One Warnings Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) UNCOMFORTABLE Persuaders Public Service Announcement Connor Renusch, Ethan Denk Public Service Announcement Becca Messner Daphne Martin Bloomfield Hills High School Royal Oak High School Teacher: Tina Greenlee Carlson High School Teacher: Patrick Morrow Teacher: Mike Conrad The Real Students of Advanced Film: S2E1 Underage Drinking What Will You Leave Behind? Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Public Service Announcement Michael Halferty, Owen Caster, Austin Visser Public Service Announcement Riley Kolb Maddie Miller, Brianna Dungan Vicksburg High School Carlson High School Lake Orion High School Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Patrick Morrow Teacher: Roger Smith
The Roads Are Already Dangerous Universal Smile PSA Public Service Announcement Winter Branches Public Service Announcement Other (including experimental) Rachel Goodman Savannah Srebernak, Sarah Cauvel, Samantha Micheala Nunes, Valentina Tersigni, Paula Gilaj Troy Athens High School Sklarski Romeo High School Teacher: Adam Burns GPTV - Grosse Pointe South Television Production Teacher: Stephany Harbison Teacher: Stephen Geresy Threeves Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Valentine’s Gift & Date Ideas Winter Closeup Brian Farstvedt Other (including experimental) Other (including experimental) Lake Orion High School Marissa Provost, Sydney Macker Richard Tharrett Teacher: Roger Smith Marysville Public Schools Henry Ford ll Highschol Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Joe Elliott Through The Woods DAFT Cut Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Vape: Through the Clouds of Smoke Winter Concert: Behind The Scenes Will Baker, Xian Castillo, Alex Staples, Caleb Ber- News/Sports/Magazine Program Documentary/Event ens, Taylor Deters Robert Key, Jenna Gaylord Brian Farstvedt Careerline Tech Center Lake Orion High School Lake Orion High School Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Roger Smith
Top Dawgs Jazz Band Vaultura - 2018 Final Film Woulda Coulda Shoulda Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Jack Doyle, Dani Poppe, Cade Lambert, Jackson Ben Rosier, Allyssa VanLoo, Paxton Earl, Pascal Rehm Duffy Lake Orion High School Zach Sackrider Top Dawgs Jazz Band Heritage High School Teacher: Roger Smith Vicksburg High School Teacher: Lori Duncan Teacher: Troy Smith VERYSER_CSPAN Your Choice Torched! Documentary/Event Public Service Announcement Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Meg Veryser Lucas Biernat, Lauren Sommerville, Richard Odell Kyle Kohl, Ashley Leonard, Ellie Rocheleau Royal Oak High School GPTV - Grosse Pointe South Television Production Troy Athens High School Teacher: Mike Conrad Teacher: Stephen Geresy Teacher: Adam Burns Viking Bowlers on Tourney Time Your Choices Can Affect Your Outcome True Sexual Slavery News/Sports/Magazine Program Public Service Announcement Documentary/Event Hunter Gracey, Marshal DiGiovanni, Derek Wilson, Olivia Maxwell, Janay Dawson Kit Goolsby Andrew Beesley, Tyler Hopp Southfield High School for the Arts & Technology Royal Oak High School Marysville Public Schools Teacher: Kevin Walsh Teacher: Mike Conrad Teacher: Kirk Smith 14 SENIOR /HONOR 2017 Claymation PSA Attitude Determines Altitude Chase oner - BP Animation Public Service Announcement Other (including experimental) Sylvia Thomas Anna Eschenburg, Sandy Rivas, and Ziarah Carrillo. Jakob Schmidt Carlson High School Romeo High School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Patrick Morrow Teacher: Stephany Harbison Teacher: Troy Smith
2018 Pink Out Is Personal Be on Time to School Choir: Behind the Scenes Other (including experimental) Public Service Announcement News/Sports/Magazine Program Annah Fair Michael Burns, Jack Reinhard, Tyler Moore, Theo Ian Gilmour Marysville Public Schools Billups Lake Orion High School Teacher: Kirk Smith Grosse Pointe North High School Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Brian Stackpoole 6th Hour Holiday Newscast ContaiGen News/Sports/Magazine Program Beautiful John Lozano, DJ Ledsworth, Marshal DiGiovanni, Other (including experimental) Documentary/Event Darian Schumacher Marissa Provost, Anthony Roach, Cory Churchill, Maddie Miller Alana Doner, Brendan Kolcz, Parker Hercula Henry Ford II High School Lake Orion High School Teacher: Joe Elliott Marysville Public Schools Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Kirk Smith Crying 7th Hour Holiday Newscast Beyond the Lights: Conner Wise Other (including experimental) News/Sports/Magazine Program Documentary/Event Julia Cheng Emily LaFrance, Emilee Walsh, Robbie West, Josie Ben Wellman, Ian Gilmour, Sam Jenkins, Micah Thurston High School Husson, Elyssa Miller, Zach Philp, Andrew Beesley, Williams Teacher: Kara Clayton Jolene Kruskie Lake Orion High School Teacher: Roger Smith Marysville Public Schools CULT Teacher: Kirk Smith Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Bioshock Infinite Ending EXPLAINED Tyler McGruder, Olivia Head, Hannah Hull A Change From Your Life Other (including experimental) Vicksburg High School Other (including experimental) Andrew Beesley Teacher: Troy Smith Madison Kirk Marysville Public Schools Teacher: Kirk Smith Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Dont Drink Ya Wink Teacher: Stephanie Doppke Public Service Announcement Blue Water Beat - City Manager Noah Bittenbender, Zion Bittenbender, Matt Tatay Afterparty News/Sports/Magazine Program Vicksburg Highschool Documentary/Event Mason Damman Teacher: Troy Smith Andrew Foltin, Carina Steele Marysville Public Schools Vicksburg High School Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Troy Smith Don’t Text While Driving Public Service Announcement bottle break Ja’Lynda Hathorn, D’Shawn Ford, Takaya Ferguson, All I Have NF ReMix Video Public Service Announcement Music Video Jake Davis Carlos Davis, Kristopher Larkin Anthony DiLiddo Vicksburg high school Muskegon Heights Public School Academy Eisenhower High School Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Jake Norman Teacher: Josephine Braun Boys Swim/Dive vs. Bloomfield Hills Don’t Think Twice Antoine DeKontz News/Sports/Magazine Program Public Service Announcement Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Talia Summerville Bryndolynn Budnick, Karley Hrivnak Mathew Nagy Lake Orion High School InnerLight Productions Roosevelt High School Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Joe Elliott Teacher: Janet Haddad Dramatic Changes Art Channel Trailer Cats! Music Video Documentary/Event Other (including experimental) Nathaniel Zaccagnini Jonathan Malski Morgan Preston Vicksburg High School Frederick V. Pankow Center Eisenhower High School Teacher: Michael Kaufman Teacher: Josephine Braun Teacher: Troy Smith 15 SENIOR /HONOR El Condor Pasa- Simon & Garfunkel Glide Late for School Music Video Music Video Other (including experimental) Music Video Spencer Parker Sebastian Cubillejo, Shane Gafa, Christian Perrino Olivia Head Vicksburg High School Grosse Pointe North High School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Brian Stackpoole Teacher: Troy Smith Go Outside PSA Public Service Announcement LO-AM 02/13/18 Fake It Dayton Kullman, Dylan Litvin News/Sports/Magazine Program Music Video Eisenhower High School WDBC Staff Chase Dinzik Teacher: Josephine Braun Lake Orion High School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Troy Smith Hope Against Human Trafficking Public Service Announcement Lyric Video - “Pull Up” Zoë Neugebohr Music Video Fight Underage Drinking Detroit Country Day School Public Service Announcement Teacher: Brett Salamin Zach Kratochwill Joshua Poppink, Ali Vandenbossche Eisenhower High School West Bloomfield High School Hush Teacher: Josephine Braun Teacher: Jennifer Williamson Public Service Announcement Lauren Sexton, Andrew Justice, Maggie Bowers M6 - Food Corner - Cheese Following George Grosse Pointe North High School News/Sports/Magazine Program Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Teacher: Brian Stackpoole Marshal DiGiovanni, Eva Quick Connor McBain, Lucas Bryzelak Marysville Public Schools Frederick V. Pankow Center I Am Here Teacher: Kirk Smith Documentary/Event Teacher: Michael Kaufman Jasmine Powell Detroit Country Day School Marysville Science Olympiad Ready Food Fight Teacher: Brett Salamin News/Sports/Magazine Program Other (including experimental) Brendan Horner, Allyson Williams Autumn Rose, Carl Watson III, Dakota Rose It Doesn’t Only Impact You Marysville Public Schools Vicksburg High School Public Service Announcement Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Troy Smith Anna Modlinski, Mae Kelke, Alexandria Muzzarelli. romeo high school MHS - Lost & Found Treasures Footsteps Teacher: Stephany Harbison Other (including experimental) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Hunter Gracey, Maddie Blum Jordyn Jones - Best Christmas Ever (Behind the Scenes) Mary Hepp Documentary/Event Marysville Public Schools Hartland High School Alexander Smith, Carter Liss, Carolina Gonzalez Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Kent Wabel Vicksburg High School Teacher: Troy Smith MHS Athletic Ticket Deal Forensics Documentary Other (including experimental) Documentary/Event Josie Movie Trailer Cory Churchill, John Lozano Kayleigh Nawrocki Other (including experimental) Marysville Public Schools Lake Orion High School Sophia Hall, Sabrina Hall, Zach Kratochwill Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Roger Smith Eisenhower High School Teacher: Josephine Braun News With Nick: Global Warming Freedom Of Just Drive Other (including experimental) Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Public Service Announcement Nicholas Pagonas Nick Gnass Maddie Miller Troy Athens High School Byron Center High School Lake Orion High School Teacher: Adam Burns Teacher: Julie VanderLaan Teacher: Roger Smith Newspaper Course Trailer Generous Hands Promo Kids Have Been Shooting at the Stars News/Sports/Magazine Program Documentary/Event Music Video Mae Kelke, Dean McKay Jordan Vellmure, Alyssa Jones, Dylan Cartwright Alexander Smith Romeo High School Roosevelt High School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Stephany Harbison Teacher: Janet Haddad Teacher: Troy Smith 16 SENIOR /HONOR No Matter What SnowBall God - Pretend (Ft. StayTrueOG) The Drinking Depression Public Service Announcement Music Video Public Service Announcement JP DiBella, Brennan Parks Jay Cipponeri Brian Roberts Troy Athens High School Carlson High School Vicksburg high school Teacher: Adam Burns Teacher: Patrick Morrow Teacher: Troy Smith
Norsemen News Air Societal Monster The Real Students of Advanced Film: S2 E2 Other (including experimental) Music Video Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Tyler Moore, Theo Billups, Vince Zilli Fatimah Zeni Michael Halferty Grosse Pointe North High School Detroit Country Day School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Brian Stackpoole Teacher: Brett Salamin Teacher: Troy Smith on edge Special Guest for the Holidays2 The Party Music Video News/Sports/Magazine Program Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Adrianah Tucker Hunter Gracey Will Bowen North Farmington High School Marysville Public Schools Detroit Catholic Central High School Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Sean Mcguckin Teacher: Jennifer Teed Sports Spotlight on Viking Volleyball Tourney Time - Boys Swimming One Text Could Wreck It All News/Sports/Magazine Program News/Sports/Magazine Program Public Service Announcement Kaci Chitwood John Lozano, Derek Wilson, Aaron Rogers, Emily Sofia Giannosa Marysville Public Schools Holloway, Amariah Jozefiak Henry Ford II High School Teacher: Kirk Smith Marysville Public Schools Teacher: Joe Elliott Teacher: Kirk Smith Spot the Clown Only You Can Stop the Opioid Epidemic Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Tourney Time - Viking Wrestling Public Service Announcement Calvin Johns News/Sports/Magazine Program Clayton Kipfmueller & Mo Sanders Roosevelt High School Cory Churchill, Doug Ferrier, Nick Gates, Aedan East Middle School - Traverse City Teacher: Janet Haddad Forbes, Kaci Chitwood Teacher: Jody Mackey Marysville Public Schools Stop Touching Me! Teacher: Kirk Smith Prom Season Means Proposals Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Other (including experimental) Anyssa Ochoa, Sidney Rozzisi, Sareena Dunaj, Trends Alana Doner, Larissa Marcelli, Amariah Jozefiak Mackenzie Tolitsky Public Service Announcement Marysville Public Schools Fraser High School Benjamin Buell, Benjamin Green, Noah Green Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: James Flanagan Vicksburg High School Teacher: Troy Smith Regret Student Playwright Myles Dungey Other (including experimental) and “More Than Human” Underage drinking-You’ll pass out and die Andrea Garcia, Isamar Aranda, Anissa Villagomez Documentary/Event Public Service Announcement Romeo High School Kendall Williams, Kevin Smitherman, Myles Dungey Ben Willoughby, Carter Liss Teacher: Stephany Harbison Southfield High School for Arts & Technology Vicksburg High School Teacher: Kevin Walsh Teacher: Troy Smith Signs Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Suicide PSA Entry Viking Sports Weekly - Sept. 27 Tyler Harding Public Service Announcement News/Sports/Magazine Program Self-Taught Kaylie Kilroy Nicole Will Teacher: Self-taught Eisenhower High School Marysville Public Schools Teacher: Josephine Braun Teacher: Kirk Smith Silent Film Other (including experimental) Take the Right Shot We are United Brian Proctor Public Service Announcement Public Service Announcement Carlson High School Sophie Kort, Nathan Banach, Blake McRae. Braylen Matulonis Teacher: Patrick Morrow Romeo High School Roosevelt High School Teacher: Stephany Harbison Teacher: Janet Haddad 17 SENIOR /HONOR What Ifs Suicide PSA who done it? Winter Break Public Service Announcement Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Music Video Megan Nagy, Lindsay Valentine Ashley Heyboer, Matthew Dawson, Jordan Berg, Spencer Parker Eisenhower High School Xian Castillo Vicksburg High School Teacher: Josephine Braun Careerline Tech Center Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Whisper Your Future is Next Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Winter 2017 Car Cinematic Public Service Announcement Glenn Hamby, Jayden Poole , Jordan Street. Other (including experimental) Micheala Nunes, Valentina Tersigni, Paula Gilaj. Romulus High School Zach Kratochwill Romeo High School Teacher: Mr. Flinnoia Hall III Eisenhower High School Teacher: Stephany Harbison Teacher: Josephine Braun SENIOR /MERIT All I Have NF ReMix Video Buscher, Emily Comedy I Want Banana Back Music Video Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Music Video Anthony DiLiddo Emily Buscher Collin Eager, Abbey Lafler Eisenhower High School Vicksburg High School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Josephine Braun Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Troy Smith Alvie Crew Music Video Katie Thorington Scores 1000 points Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) News/Sports/Magazine Program Drew Haddad Ciara Walker, Dylan Hughey, Angel Britt, Matt Jordan Vellmure West Bloomfield High School Osborne, Javance Phillips Teacher: Jennifer Williamson Southfield High School for the Arts & Technology Alyssa Jones Teacher: Kevin Walsh Roosevelt High School Bear for Life Teacher: Janet Haddad Public Service Announcement Cringinex Madison Hamilton Other (including experimental) Locked In - Episode 2 Roosevelt High School Owen Caster, Zach Sackrider, Spencer Parker Other (including experimental) Teacher: Janet Haddad Vicksburg High School Jaycen Lipsey, Kendall Williams, Miles Edwards, Teacher: Troy smith Duane Henderson, Christian Heard Believer Music Video Southfield High School for Arts & Technology Music Video Don’t Take Your Life in your Own Hands Teacher: Kevin Walsh Zach Kratochwill Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Eisenhower High School Tanner White, Collin Eager, Alex Harsha Magnolia Remix (Concept Music Video) Teacher: Josephine Braun Vicksburg High School Other (including experimental) Teacher: Troy Smith Dayton Kullman, Dylan Litvin Bill’s Diamonds Eisenhower High School Other (including experimental) Foot Fetish (Official Music Video) Teacher: Josephine Braun Connor Seifert, Austin Visser, Chase Young, Ben Music Video Buell, Tim Gearig, Nick Dilly Andrew Smith, The Doozers MHPSA Stop Bullying PSA Vicksburg High School Eisenhower High School Public Service Announcement Teacher: Josephine Braun Teacher: Troy Smith Ja’Lynda Hathorn, Takaya Ferguson, Antelequa Glover, Tahie Chambers, Damyea Wallace, Valery Blue Water Beat - Baseball Scholarships Hull, Hannah Courageous Persuaders Torres, Nataly Torres, D’Shawn Ford News/Sports/Magazine Program Public Service Announcement Jessica Badley, Mikayla Warner Hannah Hull Muskegon Heights Public School Academy Marysville Public Schools Vicksburg High School Teacher: Jake Norman Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Troy Smith MHS Art Review Blue Water Beat - Sperry’s Moviehouse Hypnotist Show News/Sports/Magazine Program News/Sports/Magazine Program News/Sports/Magazine Program Bailey Nichols Jacob Cole Tyler Battershell Marysville Public Schools Marysville Public Schools Lake Orion High School Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Roger Smith 18 SENIOR /MERIT MHS Musical Is Underway Potion Commotion The Thing News/Sports/Magazine Program Public Service Announcement Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Emily Kriesch, Gee Gee Carden, Bailey Nichols Zack Dumas Carina Steele Marysville Public Schools Vicksburg Highschool Vicksburg High School Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Troy Smith
Michigan Waters School Scoop - Viking Regiment Show This is NOT offensive Public Service Announcement News/Sports/Magazine Program Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Lindsay Valentine Mikayla Warner Nolan Beaty Eisenhower High School Marysville Public Schools West Bloomfield High School Teacher: Josephine Braun Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Jennifer Williamson
Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller School Scoop Features Culinary Arts Unwritten Music Video Animation Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Dylan Haywood Kaitlyn Donato Olivia Cannella, Liz Vadella Vicksburg High School Marysville Public Schools West Bloomfield High School Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Kirk Smith Teacher: Jennifer Williamson
MP2 Comedy “Internet Issues” - The Game - Daft Project What If? Skylar Johns Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Public Service Announcement Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Trenton Meeuwsen, Lucas Ambrose, Caitlin Walsh Amanda Pordon Ryan P. Ross, Sean McNally Careerline Tech Center Lake Orion High School Vicksburg High School Teacher: Bill Wolbrink Teacher: Roger Smith Teacher: Troy Smith The Reflection of a Lost Soul Winter Time Nathaniel Valdenor - Homecoming Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Other (including experimental) Assembly Robert Dedvukaj, Robert Riethmiller Ashley Reynolds, Grace Bucchare, Ardiana Berishaj Documentary/Event Detroit Catholic Central High School Romeo High School Nathan Valdenor, Eisenhower Film Staff Teacher: Jennifer Teed Teacher: Stephany Harbison Eisenhower High School Teacher: Josephine Braun The Rise of Detroit You’ve been bamboozled News/Sports/Magazine Program Narrative Film (short or feature excerpt) Pink Out Promo - ChadTough Katie Dykstra Zach Sackrider, Allyssa VanLoo, Seamus Hyman Other (including experimental) Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Vicksburg High School Cody Kernohan, Riley Schneider Teacher: Stephanie Doppke Marysville Public Schools Teacher: Troy Smith Teacher: Kirk Smith
DAFT Alumni
Save the Dates! April 29, 2018: 2 PM - Detroit Film Theatre - Special encore screening of selected Festival K-12 films July 2018: Focal Point weeklong video camp at Royal Oak High School December 7, 2018: Media Teacher Symposium at Motion Picture Institute, Troy Doug Chiang • Wayne Westland December 14, 2018: Media Student Symposium at Motion Picture Institute, Troy *Oscar Winner - Visual Effects/Art Dept. March 5, 2019: Submission deadline for Michigan Student Film Festival Film/TV Credits - Rogue One: A Star April 27, 2019: 51st Michigan Student Film Festival at the DIA’s Detroit Film Theatre Wars Story, Death Becomes Her*, Forrest Gump
19 Thank You Nettie Kravitz DAFT Alumni - Where are they Now? Doug Blush • Rochester Adams Director/Producer/Editor Film/TV Credits - The S Word, Icarus, The Hunting Ground, Chasing Coral, 20 Feet from Stardom, The Invisible War, Jim: The James Foley Story, Holy Hell, Rich Hill, The Mars Generation, Holy Hell, Wordplay, Titanic, Independence Day
As a teenager growing up in Detroit in the 1980s, the dream of being a filmmaker seemed like a complete fantasy...a world far away and impossible to image. From the great, dedicated people at DAFT, especially John Prusak and the Focal Point program, I was told that Nettie Kravitz is one of the founding members of I COULD be a filmmaker, that I should think about it not as a fantasy DAFT and is still an active member fifty years later! but as a career to work towards, and that I might have some talent to Nettie is a retired teacher, having taught English in be able to make this kind of art. Over 100 feature film and TV project Detroit Public Schools, Pontiac Public Schools and credits later, including films winning four Emmys and two Oscars, I can look back and say that DAFT and its Oakland Community College. Supporting media programs were truly the start of everything I’ve been education is just one of her passions - she is also able to do since. Thank you to the dreamers in Detroit active with the Association of University Women who said... ”yes you can”. and the National Organization of Women. She remains a fiercely funny observer of culture and media. Thanks for 50 years of support!
20 INDEX OF SCHOOLS/ENTRIES Arab American National Museum - Dave Serio The Game - Daft Project Merit Eisenhower High School - Josephine Braun ‘Asfoura Excellence Through The Woods DAFT Cut Excellence All I Have NF ReMix Video Honor Baker Middle School - Troy School District - Collin Quin Walk for Water - Football Best of Show Art Channel Trailer Honor 2017 8th Grade Girls’ Basketball - Micro-Documentary Honor who done it? Honor Believer Music Video Merit Lil Bobcat - iPad Misuse PSA Best of Show Carlson High School - Patrick Morrow Foot Fetish (Official Music Video) Merit Take On Me Best of Show 2017 Claymation PSA Honor Gallinagh PSA: It Can Happen Anywhere Excellence Detroit Bates Academy - Audra Bulter & Illya Tolbert Silent Film Honor Go Outside PSA Honor Bates Animation Showcase 2018 Merit SnowBall God - Pretend (Ft. StayTrueOG) Honor Halo 6 Teaser Trailer Excellence Something Interesting Honor UNCOMFORTABLE Persuaders Excellence Josie Movie Trailer Honor The Fight Honor Underage Drinking Excellence Lock In Excellence The Jag Report (TMZ Edition) Excellence Dearborn Lindbergh and DuVall Elementary Schools - Su Doman Lyric Video - “Pull Up” Honor Weekly Jag Report (Halloween) Excellence Inside the Artist’s Mind Best of Show Magnolia Remix (Concept Music Video) Merit Beverly Elementary School - Anthony Fink Magic Ruler Best of Show Michigan Waters Merit Animals Being Bros Best of Show Welcome to Animation Camp Best of Show Murder on Lennry Excellence Birmingham Groves High School - Nancy Unger Detroit Catholic Central High School - Jennifer Teed Nathaniel Valdenor - Homecoming Assembly Merit Bloom Best of Show A Day in the Life Excellence Suicide PSA Entry Honor Bloomfield Hills High School - Tina Greenlee Pond Excellence UlmerMusicVideo Excellence The Last One Excellence The Party Honor What Ifs Suicide PSA Honor Byron Center High School - Julie VanderLaan The Reflection of a Lost Soul Merit Winter 2017 Car Cinematic Honor Freedom Of Honor Detroit Country Day School - Brett Salamin Fraser High School - James Flanagan Libertatem Creare Excellence Cope Excellence Fighting Cancer Best of Show The Day I Died Excellence FULL/EMPTY Best of Show Medical challenges Inspire refugee to pursue medicine. Excellence Careerline Tech Center - Bill Wolbrink Hair Excellence Stop Touching Me! Honor 20 Liters - Breakfast Excellence him. Best of Show Frederick V. Pankow Center - Michael Kaufman A Great Perhaps Excellence Hope Against Human Trafficking Honor Dramatic Changes Honor A Homeless Man’s Untold Story Best of Show I Am Here Honor Following George Honor ANNA Excellence Skin Best of Show Listen To The Signs Best of Show Catfish Excellence Societal Monster Honor Living Without Limits Best of Show DAFT TV show intro Excellence Worst Day Ever Best of Show Nation’s first blind state supreme court justice ...” Excellence EAS Best of Show Downriver Detroit Student Film Consortium - Scott Galeski Sour Heist Excellence Henry the Salmon by carlo Excellence DREAM BIG Best of Show Genesee Career Institute - Bruce Holladay Into the Tunnel Excellence Foster Life 2 Excellence Interlinked Best of Show Inverse Excellence Is this you? Excellence GPTV - Grosse Pointe South Television Production - Stephen Geresy Juice - Experimental Short Film Excellence You Don’t Know Me. Best of Show Drinking and Driving Excellence Never Leave an Idea Excellence East Middle School - Traverse City - Jody Mackey Germs Excellence Someone Else Excellence Grizzel Game Huge Success in Raising Awareness for Opioid Addiction Honor It Doesn’t Just Stay on the Screen Excellence Sprout Best of Show Only You Can Stop the Opioid Epidemic Honor Russet Excellence Take Me Unofficial Music Video Excellence Predator & Prey: Opioids’ savage effect on our community Best of Show Universal Smile PSA Excellence
21 INDEX OF SCHOOLS/ENTRIES, CONT. Genesee Career Institute, continued - Bruce Holladay Lake Orion High School, continued - Roger Smith Larson Middle School (Troy) - Kathryn Stanley Your Choice Excellence Beyond the Lights: Conner Wise Honor The Best of Shownian War (1992-1995) Best of Show Grosse Pointe North High School - Brian Stackpoole Beyond the Lights: Tyler Vestrand Excellence Long Meadow Elementary School (Troy) Austin and Ally Excellence Boys Swim/Dive vs. Bloomfield Hills Honor Flying Around Long Meadow Merit Be on Time to School Honor Choir: Behind the Scenes Honor International Marble Races IMR Best of Show Can Thor play sports? Excellence Forensics Documentary Honor Marysville Public Schools Kirk Smith Every day as a Senior Excellence Girls with Ambition Excellence 2018 Pink Out Is Personal Honor Hush Honor Hey, It’s Maddie Excellence 6th Hour Holiday Newscast Honor Late for School Honor Homecoming Football Recap Excellence 7th Hour Holiday Newscast Honor Norsemen News Air Honor Hypnotist Show Merit Bioshock Infinite Ending EXPLAINED Honor The Renegades Best of Show Just Drive Honor Blue Water Beat - Baseball Scholarships Merit Hartland High School - Kent Wabel Life of Jim Excellence Blue Water Beat - City Manager Honor Footsteps Honor LO-AM 02/08/18 Excellence Blue Water Beat - Sperry’s Moviehouse Merit Hemlock High School - Joshua Chase LO-AM 02/10/18 SPECIAL EDITION Excellence M6 - Food Corner - Cheese Honor Don’t Drink, Think. Excellence LO-AM 02/13/18 Honor Marysville Science Olympiad Ready Honor The Christmas Caper Excellence LO-AM Opener Excellence MHS - Lost & Found Treasures Honor The Gray Castle Best of Show LO-AM Sports Segment Opener Excellence MHS Art Review Merit Henry Ford II High School - Joe Elliott Mobbin with the Clique Best of Show MHS Athletic Ticket Deal Honor ContaiGen Honor My Last Christmas Excellence MHS Musical Is Underway Merit Good Morning Excellence NFHS Ad Excellence Pink Out Promo - ChadTough Merit In the Moment Excellence One Drink Best of Show Prom Season Means Proposals Honor Late To Work Excellence Pieces to Pieces Excellence School Scoop - Viking Regiment Show Merit Lost Excellence PSA - Don’t Do Drugs! Excellence School Scoop Features Culinary Arts Merit One Text Could Wreck It All Honor Put Your Phone Away Excellence Special Guest for the Holidays2 Honor Shepherd Excellence Recycling For A Future Best of Show Sports Spotlight on Viking Volleyball Honor Don’t Text and Drive Excellence Scenes from a Roadside Cemetery Excellence Student Connections on Organ Donations Excellence Winter Closeup Excellence Self-Reflection Excellence Tourney Time - Boys Swimming Honor Don’t Think Twice Honor Sexual Assault-Standing With Sister Survivors Excellence Tourney Time - Viking Wrestling Honor Mountain Unicycling Best of Show The Bathroom Doc Excellence Valentine’s Gift & Date Ideas Excellence Heritage High School - Lori Duncan Threeves Excellence Viking Bowlers on Tourney Time Excellence Vaultura - 2018 Final Film Excellence Vape: Through the Clouds of Smoke Excellence Viking Sports Weekly - February 13 Excellence Lake Orion High School - Roger Smith What If? Merit Viking Sports Weekly - Sept. 27 Honor A Good Death Best of Show What Will You Leave Behind? Excellence Muskegon Heights Public School Academy - Jacob Norman A Rose’s Will Excellence Winter Concert: Behind The Scenes Excellence Don’t Text While Driving Honor Beautiful Honor Woulda Coulda Shoulda Excellence MHPSA Stop Bullying PSA Merit 22 INDEX OF SCHOOLS/ENTRIES, CONT. North Farmington High School - Sean McGuckin Roosevelt High School - Janet Haddad Modern Shakespeare Excellence on edge Honor Afraid to explain Excellence News With Nick: Global Warming Honor Novi Middle School - Brad Miller Antoine DeKontz Honor No Matter What Honor NMS Interact Club News Package Excellence Bear for Life Merit Reinventing JVB Excellence NMS Passing Time Commercial Honor Katie Thorington Scores 1000 points Merit Saving Lake St. Clair Best of Show Senior Citizen Luncheon News Package Excellence Newspaper Course Trailer Honor See the Sun Excellence Solo and Ensemble News Package Best of Show Paula Pasek Bird Documentary Excellence The Roads Are Already Dangerous Excellence WNMS Behind the Scenes News Package Honor Spot the Clown Honor Torched! Excellence Yearbook Club News Package Honor We are United Honor University Liggett School - Mark Higbie Oxford High School - Chaz Millard Royal Oak High School - Mike Conrad Our Personas Best of Show Sleep PSA Excellence Keep It Separate Excellence Painting the Town Best of Show Pierce Middle School (Grosse Pointe) - Michelle Stackpoole Speaking of Freedom Excellence Vicksburg High School - Troy Smith Color Best of Show True Sexual Slavery Excellence Afterparty Honor Segregation Through History Best of Show VERYSER_CSPAN Excellence Bill’s Diamonds Merit Portage Northern High School - Troy Smith Warnings Excellence bottle break Honor Fortress Excellence Skyline High School (Ann Arbor) - Joseph Samulak Buscher, Emily Comedy Merit Romeo High School - Stephany Harbison and Kelley Durand Coloring Outside The Lines Best of Show Camp Destination Shoot Excellence 2017 Romeo Watchdog News Promo Excellence Southfield High School for Arts & Technology - Kevin Walsh Car Groove Excellence 2017-18 RHS Parking Spots Excellence Locked In - Episode 2 Merit Cats! Honor Attitude Determines Altitude Honor Student Playwright Myles Dungey and “More Than Human” Honor Chase oner - BP Honor Birthday Excellence Crew Merit Christmas with BB-8 - Two Minute Edition Excellence Crossroads Coyote Best of Show Robotics - Team 94 Southfield A&T Excellence Cringinex Merit Healthy Choices Excellence Your Choices Can Affect Your Outcome Excellence CULT Honor It Doesn’t Only Impact You Honor St. Clair TEC - Lesley Murphy Don’t Take Your Life in your Own Hands Merit Kids Have Been Shooting at the Stars Honor Runaway Excellence Dont Drink Ya Wink Honor Look Up Excellence Thurston High School - Kara Clayton El Condor Pasa- Simon & Garfunkel Music Video Honor Regret Honor Crying Honor Fake It Honor Some Mistakes are Permanent Excellence Don’t Blow Your Life Away Excellence Folded Your Underwear Excellence Take the Right Shot Honor Link Promo Excellence Food Fight Honor The Dark Zone Pt.2 Excellence Troy Athens High School - Adam Burns Generous Hands Promo Honor Winter Branches Excellence Athens Fringe Fest Best of Show Glide Honor Winter Time Merit Charity Week 2018 Excellence Hull, Hannah Courageous Persuaders Merit Your Future is Next Honor Cold Medicine Excellence I Need a Job Excellence Romulus High School - Flinnoia Hall III Detroit Street Care Excellence I Want Banana Back Merit Whisper Honor Don’t Turn Your Windshield Into A Screen! Best of Show Jason Brubaker’s Story Idea’s Excellence Gummis Excellence Jordyn Jones - Best Christmas Ever (Behind the Scenes) Honor
23 INDEX OF SCHOOLS/ENTRIES, CONT. Vicksburg High School, continued - Troy Smith Just One Quick Text Best of Show MMA Mishap Excellence Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Merit MP2 Comedy “Internet Issues” - Skylar Johns Merit Potion Commotion Merit Ross, Ryan Com Excellence The Drinking Depression Honor The Real Students of Advanced Film: S2E1 Excellence The Real Students of Advanced Film: S2E2 Honor DAFT Covers of the past The Substitute Teacher Best of Show The Thing Merit Top Dawgs Jazz Band Excellence Trends Honor Underage drinking-You’ll pass out and die Honor Winter Break Honor You’ve been bamboozled Merit Walled Lake Consolidated Schools - Stephanie Doppke A Change From Your Life Honor BLACK Excellence Image Excellence Jazz: A Musician’s True Voice Excellence 197 7 1982 The Hidden Addiction Excellence The Rise of Detroit Merit West Bloomfield High School - Jennifer Williamson Alvie Merit Don’t Text and Drive Excellence Fight Underage Drinking Honor This is NOT offensive Merit Unwritten Merit Western High School - D’Andra Clark Anxiety Excellence William D. Ford Career Tech Center - Ashley Teffer Mi Carta De Suicidio by Brandon Russell Excellence 1983 1990 PSA - Amira Habhab Excellence
24 DAFT Alumni - Where are they Now? Dan Scanlon • Clawson HS Director/Executive Producer
Film/TV Credits: Director - Monsters University, Story Artist - Cars, Toy Story 3
DAFT Entry - Best in Show - “Andy” 1994
Growing up I was always annoying my friends, begging them to help me make films.
But then I found DAFT and discovered my people. I didn’t have to beg anyone to help me, the DAFT students had the same drive and love of making film I had.
At DAFT I wasn’t a teenage filmmaker I was a filmmaker working along side of students of all ages. I got exposure to equipment and knowl- edge I couldn’t find anywhere else. The years I spent studying film at DAFT classes and programs in high school set me up to be way ahead of the curve once I got to college. I owe so much of my career to the supportive hard working filmmakers that make up DAFT.
DAFT Alumni - Where are they Now? David Frank • Dondero HS Editor Association with DAFT: Michigan Student Film Festival honoree Focal Point Workshop attendee Student Animation Workshop participant Student Assistant Instructor for Focal Point and Art in Motion workshops
DAFT empowered me with tools and mentors that I would never be able to find on my own. DAFT taught me key aspects of filmmaking like collaboration and working quickly, but intelligently.
25 DAFT Alumni - Where are they Now? Chardell Brown • Renaissance HS Director of Media/Fiction Writer A special thanks goes out to Ben Zurawski, former Festival Best Association with DAFT: Michigan Student Film Festival honoree of Show winner who created the special commemorative flipbook Focal Point Workshop attendee for DAFT’s 50th Festival. Ben graduated from Dearborn High and Animation Camp attended DAFT workshops before heading off to Chicago where he 1998-99 Grand Prize Winner operates under the nom de plume The Flippist. I’m almost 40 years old now. I was only 17 when I first started working with DAFT. Back then, it was Detroit Area Film & Television. Ben’s story: Now, it’s Digital Arts Film & Television. DAFT is responsible for every Growing up, my dad collected all sorts of weird records, books, and creative success I’ve achieved in my life. I attended an academic high antique toys. He had so much stuff, he even had his own room for school in Detroit that had only one arts class and one instructor (Ms. Oni Akilah) who was brilliant enough to point me in the right direction. it all. I would sit with him and there was always something new and The DAFT program was at least an hour’s drive out of town at the interesting to look at. One day he brought out a Mickey Mouse time, but I made it. And because of the wisdom bestowed upon me flipbook, and I remember by John Prusak, Kathy Vander, Mrs. Frank, and everyone involved in the program. I was able to pursue my dreams, graduate from Specs being in awe of what I Howard School for Broadcast arts on a full-scholarship, assumed was somehow the College for Creative Studies, earn my masters in real magic in the palm of filmmaking at Loyola, and head the media department my hands. It sparked in me at Performing Arts Studio West, here in Inglewood, CA. Thank you, DAFT for everything you’ve done and a love of animation and continue to do for all of us. flipbooks. Here I am now, decades later...a professional FLIPBOOK MAKER!
26 DAFT Alumni - Where are they Now? Adam Cooper • WBHS Writer/Director
Film/TV Credits: The Memory Bank Association with DAFT: Michigan Student Film Festival honoree
Nothing inspires young filmmakers to go out and make films more than seeing the impressive works of their peers. At DAFT, I saw the best of the best in Detroit student filmmaking. I saw how film was celebrated and there this electricity to it. I wanted to be a part of it all and never stop.
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27 DAFT Alumni - Where are they Now? Daniel Casey • Dondero Screenwriter Film/TV Credits: Kin (2018), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), The Craft (remake, announced), Furious 9 (announced) Association with DAFT: Focal Point Workshop attendee Animation Camp My first film school experience was through Detroit Area Film & Television.
Beginning with the Student Animation Workshop in 1998, I went on to participate in the Focal Point Workshops led by Annette Frank and Dick Rockwell. Later, having put what I’d learned to good use, I sub- mitted short films to the Michigan Student Film Festival, which became the first time I’d see my work up on a big screen.
My experience with Detroit Area Film & Television was not only motivating and inspiring - it gave me access to real tools, real knowledge I’d need going forward as I prepared myself for a career in filmmaking.
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DAFT Alumni - Where are they Now? Blake Rochkind • West Bloomfield HS Agent at United Talent Agency
Association with DAFT: Focal Point Workshop attendee
DAFT, and my experience in Film & Video during my time at WBHS made an indellible impression on me. First and foremost, it took my innate love of film and entertainment and crystalized it as something to be proud of, as something worth pursuing, via a legitimizing formal ed- ucation setting. My experience writing and working on the student film EDUCATING EINSTEIN (2006), was the first significant project of any kind I had ever done entirely of my own volition, and seeing it through DAFT Covers of the past to the end was in and of itself an impactful endeavor. Writing the screenplay with two other co-writers was both a great lesson in how to find my own voice, but also in how to incorporate it and compromise for others’ to be heard as well. After high school, I went on to major in Screen Arts and Culture at the University of Michigan, interned at Focus Features in New York and Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles, which lead me to where I am today as a Video Game Agent at United Talent Agency. Suffice it to say that I would not be where I am today without my great experiences with DAFT and my high school Film & Video education with Kevin Walsh. 197 7 2000 28 29 Ron Castorri Audience-Choice Awards
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Elementary/Junior Division – Following 10:30 AM Screening
01--International Marble Races IMR 02--Welcome to Animation Camp 03--Dream Big 04--Color 05--The Bosnian War (1992-1995) 06--Take On Me 07--Magic Ruler 08--Predator & Prey: Opioids Effect… 09--Animals Being Bros 10--Solo and Ensemble News Package 11--Lil Bobcat - iPad Misuse PSA 12--Segregation Through History 13--Inside the Artist’s Mind
bit.ly/2018_DAFT_Seniors Senior Division– Following 12:30 PM Screening
01--Listen To The Signs 02--Our Personas 03--Sprout 04--Painting the Town 05--A Good Death 06--Mountain Unicycling 07--Fighting Cancer 08--Athens Fringe Fest 09--The Substitute Teacher 10--Coloring Outside The Lines 11--Crossroads Coyote 12--Saving Lake St. Clair 13--EAS 14--FULL/EMPTY 15--One Drink 16--You Don’t Know Me. 17--Living Without Limits 18--Bloom 19--Interlinked 20--Walk for Water - Football 21--him. 22--Recycling For A Future 23--A Homeless Man’s Untold Story 24--Mobbin with the Clique 25--The Renegades 26-- Worst Day Ever 27--Skin 28--Don’t Turn Your Windshield Into A Screen! 29--The Gray Castle 30--Just One Quick Text
30 2018 Michigan Media Educator Teacher of the Year Roger Smith Lake Orion High School
Roger Smith was a student in Lake Orion High School’s broadcast program in the early 90s, and after graduating from Michigan State University, he took the helm of the LOHS program in 2002. He teaches a full slate of broadcast journalism and video production classes, and his advanced students produce a daily live newscast (now in its 27th year) for the school and community.
WDBC Dragon Broadcasting students have won countless state and national awards, and this past Monday (4/23) they were inducted into the Michigan Student Media Hall of Fame. Roger has also received several individual honors, including Lake Orion High School’s Teacher of the Year (2007), Michigan Teacher of the Year semi-finalist (2008), and Courageous Persuaders’ “Courageous Leader” Award (2007 & 2012).
His program has received over a half-million dollars in grants in the past 5 years. Aside from leading the Dragon Broadcast program, you can hear him working as a PA announcer for the MHSAA at the State Finals in football, basketball, softball & baseball.
His wife Kristina is also a high school teacher. They have 2 young daughters (Alice and Natalie), and a yellow lab (Oscar...named after the Academy Awards).
DAFT sincerely thanks Roger for his dedication to his students and his community. We also appreciate his continued support of DAFT and media literacy as a respected trainer of teachers and students at our annual Media Symposia.
Previous DAFT Michigan Film Educators of the Year
2017 – Kurt Mayry, MPI 2003 - Joe Elliott, Utica Henry Ford II 2016 – Brian Stackpoole, Grosse Pointe North 2002 – Fred Attebury, retired WSU 2015 - John Wood, Detroit School of the Arts 2001 – Jamie Stewart-Laidlaw, Shrine, Royal Oak 2014 – Julie Vanderlaan, Byron Center 2000 – Elaine Shapiro, Troy 2012 – Kara Clayton, Thurston 1999 – Annette Frank, Dearborn 2011 – Chris Weagel, CMNTV 1998 – Donna Learmont, Bloomfield Hills 2010 – Tom Ludwig, Education for the Arts 1997 – Dick Rockwell, Royal Oak 2009 - Steve Julin, Media Power 1996 – Dean Cobb, Farmington 2008 - Kevin Walsh, West Bloomfield 1995 - Margaret Culver, Farmington 2007 - Vic Spicer, DAFT 1994 - Len Radjewski, Huron Valley 2006 – Randy Calcaterra, Boyne ISD 1993 - Russ Gibb, Dearborn 2005 - Kurt Doelle, Dearborn 1992 – John Prusak, William D. Ford Career Tech Center 2004 - Maureen McCarthy, SCOOP, Detroit 31