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2025 Finalists
With six new categories under consideration this year, it was a great year for festival entries. Below is the list of entries that are nominated for one or more awards. They are broken up into Elementary and Secondary Finalists. Be sure to check the entire page to see if your project is in the finals for an award!
Whether your project is on the list or not, please register to attend the festival, to be held on May 17 LIVE in person at Hollywood High School and online.
This year, we will split the festival into two sections:
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Elementary starts @ 10:30am
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Secondary starts @ 12:30pm
The festival will also be streamed online. Watch this page or the homepage for the link. But in-person is a unbeatable experience.
Explore Historic Hollywood
Because the festival is at the historic Hollywood High School, there are many attractions nearby. Across the street is the iconic Mel’s Drive-In. Within walking distance is the famous TCL Grauman's Chinese Theater (with the concrete handprints). The Ghiradelli Soda Fountain, next to the El Capitan Theater, is also nearby, as is Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. We hope to see you in Hollywood, May 17!
Photograph: Courtesy CC/Flickr/Tim Wang
Photograph: Robert Mora
ELEMENTARY CEREMONY
May 17, 10:30am
Hollywood High School | 1521 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
The projects below have been nominated for Category Awards or Special Awards!
NOTE: This is not our program order - we like to mix it up!
Click on each title below to view the project
Elementary Film/Video - Fiction Finalists
Youth Cinema Project | Latino Film Institute
Youth Cinema Project | Latino Film Institute
Mission Estancia | Encinitas Union SD
Elementary School Film/Video - Non-Fiction Finalists
La Costa Heights | Encinitas Union SD
La Costa Heights | Encinitas Union SD
La Costa Heights Elementary | Encinitas Union SD
El Camino Creek | Encinitas Union SD
Elementary School Animation Finalists
Mission Estancia | Encinitas Union SD
Park Dale Lane | Encinitas Union SD
Flora Vista | Encinitas Union SD
Elementary School Interactive Media
Flora Vista | Encinitas Union SD
SPECIAL AWARD FINALISTS
The projects below are nominated for Special Awards and will be included in the Elementary Ceremony
NOTE: This is not our program order - we like to mix it up!
Granada Elementary | Los Angeles USD
La Costa Heights | Encinitas Union SD
Ocean Knoll | Encinitas Union SD
Youth Cinema Project | Latino Film Institute
Mission Estancia | Encinitas Union SD
Olivenhain Pioneer | Encinitas Union SD
Mission Estancia | Encinitas Union SD
SECONDARY CEREMONY
May 17, 12:30pm
Hollywood High School | 1521 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Middle School Film/Video - Fiction Finalists
Youth Cinema Project | Latino Film Institute
Youth Cinema Project | Latino Film Institute
Cope Middle School | Redlands USD
Middle School Film/Video Non-Fiction Finalists
El Camino Creek | Encinitas Union SD
Las Flores Middle School | Capistrano USD
Las Flores Middle School | Capistrano USD
Middle School Animation Finalists
El Camino Creek | Encinitas Union SD
El Camino Creek | Encinitas Union SD
Nobel Middle School | Los Angeles USD
Middle School Photography Finalists
Thurston Middle School | Encinitas Union SD
Royal Oak Middle School | Charter Oak USD
Aptos Community Youth Program | Aptos Junior High
Middle School Music Finalists
Nobel Middle School | Los Angeles USD
St. Anne School
St. Anne School
Middle School Interactive Media Finalist
Nobel Middle School | Los Angeles USD
High School Film/Video Fiction Finalists
Freestyle Academy | Mountain View-Los Altos UHSD
Canyon Crest Academy Envision Cinema Conservatory | San Dieguito Union HSD
Grant High School | Los Angeles USD
High School Film/Video Non-Fiction Finalists
John F. Kennedy Architecture/Digital Design/Filmmaking Magnet HS | Los Angeles USD
Petaluma High School | Petaluma City Schools
Woodside Priory School
High School Animation Finalists
Menlo-Atherton High School | Sequoia UHSD
Canyon Crest Academy/Envision Cinema Conservatory | San Dieguito Union HSD
Burbank High School | Burbank USD
High School Photography Finalists
Carmel High School | Carmel USD
Buena Park High School | Fullerton Joint UHSD
Gretchen Whitney High School | ABC USD
High School Music Finalists
San Diego School of Creative & Performing Arts | San Diego USD
Mira Mesa High School | San Diego USD
Madison Park Academy High School | Oakland USD
High School Interactive Media Finalist
Millikan High School SEGA | Long Beach USD
SPECIAL AWARD FINALISTS
The projects below are nominated for Special Awards and will be included in the Secondary Ceremony.
NOTE: This is not our program order - we like to mix it up!
John F. Kennedy Architecture/Digital Design/Filmmaking Magnet HS | Los Angeles USD
Laguna Beach High School | Laguna Beach USD
Petaluma High School | Petaluma City Schools
Nobel Middle School | Los Angeles USD
Canyon Crest Academy/Envision Cinema Conservatory | San Dieguito Union HSD
Freestyle Academy | Mountain View-Los Altos UHSD
Las Flores Middle School | Capistrano USD
St. Anne School
El Camino Creek | Encinitas Union SD
Desert Hot Springs HS | Palm Springs USD
Freestyle Academy | Mountain View-Los Altos UHSD
Valencia High School | William S. Hart UHSD
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