Third Annual Phantoscope Indiana High School Film Festival featuring the work of teen filmmakers from all across Indiana. Student filmmakers from Lowell to Evansville and all parts in between will have their works shown on the big screen.
The Applesauce Affair a film by Jordan Nelson & Taylor Robinson of Noblesville , their first project together received Best Screenplay honors, after finishing in the finalist of top films. Screenplay by Austin May and Jordan Nelson.
Every year, high school students around Indiana are encouraged to submit their films for judging and showing at the festival. The top ten films are selected by a panel of judges, and then shown at the screening night. Before the screening was a panel discussion with professional filmmakers and those involved in the film industry.
Tonight there was a great panel that included Zack Parker (long-time filmmaker from Richmond who has produced two feature films), the Herbert brothers (who created a Superbowl commercial that recently won $1 million in a contest!), Erin Newell (the director of the statewide film initiative Film Indiana), and Krista Hoffmann- Longtin (who has been involved in Indiana film stuff for some time now).
Official 2009 Festival Finalists:
15 Seconds of Fame
Case Marsteller, Plainfield High School, Plainfield
Applesauce Affair, The Winner: Best Screenplay
Jordan Nelson, Taylor Robinson, Austin May, Noblesville High School, Noblesville
Audition, The Winner: Best Actor
Drew Varvel, Bethesda Christian School, Brownsburg
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Criss Beyers, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington
Doggone It
Drew Varvel, Bethesda Christian School, Brownsburg
First Love Winner: Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing
Alex Bohs, William Henry Harrison High School, West Lafayette
Five Faces of Allison Winner: Best Actress
Lynn Morrow, Centerville High School, Centerville
Glance
Brian McGuffog, Hamilton Southeastern High School, Fishers
In Search of Captain Kidd
Caleb Baechtold, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington
Monster in the Closet
Criss Beyers, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington
Universal Health Care: Top Priority
Caleb Baechtold, Bloomington High School South, Bloomington
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