Upper school French, Spanish & Chinese language students competed in the UCM Foreign Language Film Festival on Thursday, April 11. Barstow won 28 awards overall.
Seniors Connor Lucido, Maxwell Moore and Michael Yagan won 2nd Place for Best Overall Film across all languages with their film, 愤怒管理:美味的未来 (“Anger Management: Butter Days Ahead”).
Seniors Daniel John and James Knoflicek won eight awards for their film “La Secte,” including Best Overall French Film, Best Advanced French Film and Best Use of Language in an Advanced French Film. Juniors Miles McEachen, Carson Matula, Cale Williams, Leili Deshmukh Isaac Holmes and Joel Siegel, along with senior Mateo Mountford, won 1st Place in the UCM Flash Film Contest for their film “Roberto,” which they filmed, edited and subtitled in one hour.
See below for the full list of awards. Congratulations to all of the world language students for their hard work!
Full Awards List
“La Secte,” by Daniel John and James Knofleicek:
Best Advanced French Film
Best Advanced French Mystery
Best Overall French Mystery
Best Technical Achievement in a French Film
Best French Script, 2nd
Best Use of Language in an Advanced French Film
Best Ensemble Acting in a French Film
Best Overall French Film
愤怒管理:美味的未来 (“Anger Management: Butter Days Ahead”) by Connor Lucido, Maxwell Moore and Michael Yagan.
Best Advanced Chinese Film, 2nd
Best Technical Achievement in a Chinese Film, 2nd
Best Overall Chinese Comedy, 2nd
Best Ensemble Acting in a Chinese Film, 2nd
Best Original Chinese Film, 2nd
Best Overall Chinese Film, 2nd
Best Overall Comedy Across All Languages
Best Overall Film Across All Languages, 2nd
“Roberto,” by Miles McEachen, Carson Matula, Cale Williams, Leili Deshmukh, Mateo Mountford, Isaac Holmes and Joe Siegel
谋杀 (“The Murder”) by Olivia Taffe and Andrea Lee
往事的颤栗 (“Chills From the Past”) by Duha Azaz, Inaya Gadit and Miya Parker
傀儡师的袜子 (“The Puppet Master’s Socks”) by Rachel Jacobs
Best Intermediate Chinese Film, 2nd
Best Overall Chinese Drama, 2nd
“La gran rivalidad” by Arjun Mohan, Joel Seigel, Rishabh Sood, Daniel Wang and Jackson Williams
“¡Pescar! Por la rancho” by Tyler Bauman and Athena Platt
全部投入 (“All In”) by Kyanne Carlgren, Zoey Hrabe, Simone Huston and Maya Theobald
找不到踪迹 (“No Trace to Be Found”) by Saam Biria, Leo Karaichev, Roland Kaufman and Lex Schlesener
乌龟的故事 (“Turtles”)
El hombre de la noche by Shayan Ahmed, Carson Matula, Mateo Mountford, Cale Williams and David Williams