World Language Filmmakers Win Awards at Festival
Upper school world language students won multiple awards at the 19th annual Foreign Language Film Festival at the University of Central Missouri on Thursday, April 16.
Students submitted short films that were scripted and acted entirely in French, Spanish and Chinese. Congratulations to the award winners, listed below:
Senior Syd Westphal and junior Shya Zeldin won eight awards for their movie, “Un mes
Después”:
- Best Advanced Spanish Film, second place
- Best Advanced Spanish Comedy, first place
- Best Overall Spanish Comedy, first place
- Best Technical Achievement in a Spanish Film, third place
- Best Spanish Script, second place
- Best overall Spanish film, second place
- Best overall comedy across all languages, first place
- Best overall film across all languages, second place
Freshman Miya Parker, senior Inaya Gadit and junior Emily Nguyen won seven awards for their
film, 過夜 (“The Sleepover”):
- Best Advanced Chinese Film, second place
- Best Chinese Mystery, first place
- Best Chinese Script, second place
- Best Use of Language in an Advanced Chinese Film, first place
- Best Overall Chinese Film, second place
- Best Overall Mystery Across All Languages, first place
- BEST OVERALL FILM ACROSS ALL LANGUAGES, third place
Juniors Ali Wood and Emily Smith won eight awards for their film, “El acto”:
- Best Advanced Spanish Film, first place
- Best Advanced Spanish Drama, first place
Best Overall Spanish Drama, first place
- Best Technical Achievement in a Spanish Film, first place
- Best Ensemble Acting in a Spanish Film, first place
- Best Spanish Script, first place
- Best Overall Spanish Film, first place
- Best Overall Drama Across All Languages, first place
Juniors Rex Parker, Lex Schlesener, and Saam Biria won four awards for their film,
下次祝你好运 (“Better Luck Next Time”):
- Best Advanced Chinese Film, first place
- Best Chinese Drama, first place
- Best Technical Achievement in a Chinese Film, first place
- Best Overall Chinese Film, first place
Juniors Quincy Stribling and Rex Parker won four awards for their film, 花
(“Flower”):
- Best Advanced Chinese Film, third place
- Best Chinese Drama, second place
- Most Original Chinese Film, second place
- BEST OVERALL CHINESE FILM, third place
Freshmen Mei-Mei Payne, Leila Block, and Miya Parker won three awards for their film, 另一個時空的我 (“The Other Me”):
- Best Elementary Chinese Film, first place
- Best Use of Language in an Elementary Chinese Film, first place
- Best Overall Chinese Mystery, second place
Senior Ezra Jacobs won three awards for his film, 一个好朋友 (“A Good Friend”):
- Best Chinese Comedy, first place
- Most Original Chinese Film, first place
- Best Chinese Script, first place
Sophomore Chase Johnson and freshman Jacob Dummermuth won three awards for their film, 再一次机会 (“Another Chance”):
- Best Elementary Chinese Film, third place
- Best Ensemble Acting in a Chinese Film, second place
- Best Chinese Script, first place
Sophomores Lilly Simpson and Juniper Sterrett won two awards for their film, 夏洛特的天使 (“Charlotte’s Angels”):
- Best Intermediate Chinese Film, first place
- Best Use of Language in an Intermediate Chinese Film, first place
Sophomores Naeema Banday and Dylan Freiden won two awards for their film, 原地打转 (“Spinning In Place”):
- Best Elementary Chinese Film, second place
- Best Ensemble Acting in a Chinese Film, first place
Junior Charlotte Turner and sophomore Anya Stanojevic won two awards for their film, “La mente aterrador del Sr. Monsturo”:
- Best Advanced Spanish Comedy, second place
- Best Ensemble Acting in a Spanish Film, second place
Senior Aun Hathiari won an award for his film, 长江灵药 (“The Elixir of Long River”):
- Best Intermediate Chinese Film, second place
Senior Sarah Villacorta won an award for her film, 跋山涉水 (“Up Mountains... Across Rivers...”):
- Best Technical Achievement in a Chinese Film, second place
Seniors Darin Goodman and Ethan Jiang won an award for their film, 人质 (“Hostage”):
- Best Chinese Comedy, second place
Freshman Keiran Vu won an award for his film, 晚间新闻 (“The Nightly News”):
- Best Intermediate Chinese Film, third place
Juniors Ivan Caballero-Vierya, Shya Zeldin, Sarim Rashid, Mohammad Abu bakr, Adi
Rastogi, Tarun Mettapalli, Grayson Passinisi and Gus Georgie won first place
in the UCM Flash Film Contest this year for their untitled Spanish language film. Flash Film contestants are given only one hour to write, film, edit, subtitle and premiere a short film on the day of the film festival.
