Student Environmental Short Film Festival : Past Winners
2007
Hands on the Future
Whale Sharks of Holbox
Sharks: Gods or Villains
Honorable Mentions
A Fenceline of Hope
by filmmakers Emalyn Lopez and Matteo Reyes
Kibbles 'n Bears
by Stefanie Misztal, Producer and Editor; and Sharon Pieczenik and Rick Smith, Directors
The River
by filmmakers Andrea Bloom, Joe Grimme, Mindy Hirsch, and Joe Maloney
"Don't Trash Your Papers" and "Don't Trash Your Plastics" (animations)
by 20 Paint Branch High School students: Claudia Alfaro, Heather Applewhite, Mario Araya, Sarah Chang, Emily Dematatis, Rachel Fricke, Andrew Heskett, Molly Hubscher, Ti Ti Huynh, George Kamau, Shoaib Khan, Erika Long, Jyna Maeng, Kebba Marenah, Hector Neira, Ruby Park, Sophia Park , Rajna Swaminathan, Joel Uchidi, and Albert Valencia. Student Samantha Myers served as the narrator.
Chesapeake Bay (animation)
by Brigid Maher's American University Motion Graphics class: Sam Aguirre, Zach Copeland, Cyler Penninton, Gerardo Rodriguez, Troy Russell, Daniel Suarez, Melissa Sullivan
2006
FeelingFuelish
Nowhere to Run
Perilous Progress - Risking the Last Refuge of the Mono Titi
Watershed
2D Animation for the Patuxent Research Refuge
3D Film for the Patuxent Research Refuge
(The Art Institute of Washington, Arlington, VA, 2006, 3 minutes each)
Created by the Animation Production Team at The Art Institute of Washington
Preview of Environmental Investigators
(Washington, DC, 2006, 15 minutes)
Directed and filmed by students at Eastern Senior High School. Produced by Bill
Finnegan, Tamarack Media. Coordinated by Envrionmentors, a program of the National
Environmental Education and Training Foundation.
In addition, two special presentations produced by Free Range Graphics were screened: The Meatrix, which reveals the dark side of the modern American meat industry, and Grocery Store Wars, showing the benefits of organic produce.