Filmmakers Sweep Festival Awards

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
  • 1st Place in UCM Flash Film Contest
 
谋杀 (“The Murder”) by Olivia Taffe and Andrea Lee
  • Best Elementary Chinese Film
  • Best Use of Language in an Elementary Chinese Film
 
往事的颤栗 (“Chills From the Past”) by Duha Azaz, Inaya Gadit and Miya Parker
  • Best Elementary Chinese Film, 2nd
  • Best Overall Chinese Mystery
 
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
  • Best Advanced Spanish Comedy

“¡Pescar! Por la rancho” by Tyler Bauman and Athena Platt
  • Best Advanced Spanish Comedy, 2nd
 
全部投入 (“All In”) by Kyanne Carlgren, Zoey Hrabe, Simone Huston and Maya Theobald
  • Best Advanced Chinese Film, 3rd

找不到踪迹 (“No Trace to Be Found”) by Saam Biria, Leo Karaichev, Roland Kaufman and Lex Schlesener
  • Best Elementary Chinese Film, 3rd

乌龟的故事 (“Turtles”)
  • Best Intermediate Chinese Film, 3rd

El hombre de la noche by Shayan Ahmed, Carson Matula, Mateo Mountford, Cale Williams and David Williams
  • Best Advanced Spanish Drama, 3rd
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