2023 Finalists
This was a fantastic year for festival entries. Below is the list of entries that are under consideration for one or more awards. We've broken them up into General and Special Category Finalists. Be sure to scroll all the way down to the bottom see if your project is up for an award!
Whether your project is on the list or not, please register and attend the online festival, to be held on May 20 online.
This year, we will split the festival into two sections, both using the same Zoom link:
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Elementary @ 2-3:30pm
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Secondary @ 4-6:00pm

ELEMENTARY CEREMONY
May 20, 2-3:30pm
The projects below are in the running for their Category Awards!
Click on each title below to view the project
Elementary Academic Non-Fiction Finalists
Sunset Lane Elementary
Walker Elementary School
Olinda Elementary
Elementary Academic Fiction Finalists
Irene M. Snow Elementary School &
Youth Cinema Project
Park Dale Lane Elementary
El Camino Creek Elementary
Elementary Aesthetic Fiction Finalists
El Camino Creek Elementary
El Camino Creek Elementary
Hermosa Drive Elementary
Elementary Aesthetic Non-Fiction Finalists
El Camino Creek Elementary
Paul Ecke Elementary
Walker Elementary School
SECONDARY CEREMONY
May 20, 4-6pm
Middle School Academic Fiction Finalists
La Costa Heights Elementary
Rancho Cucamonga Middle School
David A Brown Middle School
Middle School Academic Non-Fiction Finalists
Las Flores Middle School
Las Flores Middle School
David A Brown Middle School
Middle School Aesthetic Fiction Finalists
Tuffree Middle School
Quantum Academy
Tuffree Middle School
Middle School Aesthetic Non-Fiction Finalists
Harvest Park Middle School
Tuffree Middle School
Calvary Baptist Christian Academy
High School Academic Fiction Finalists
San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
Vintage High School
Burbank High School
High School Academic Non-Fiction Finalists
Canyon Crest Academy
UC Riverside ARTS
Riverside Polytechnic High School
Riverside Virtual School
La Quinta High School Creative Writing
High School Aesthetic Fiction Finalists
Summit Charter High School SCHS
Rancho Bernardo Highschool
Granada High School
Burbank High School
High School Aesthetic Non-Fiction Finalists
Burbank High School
Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART)
Burbank High School
SPECIAL CATEGORY FINALISTS
The projects below are in the running for one or more Special Awards!
Youth Cinema Project at Irene M. Snow Elementary School
San Marino Elementary School
David A Brown Middle School
Tuffree Middle School
Olinda Elementary
Beaumont High School
Hermosa Drive Elementary
La Quinta High School Creative Writing
Olinda Elementary
Echo Horizon School
Millikan High School, SEGA Pathway
Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary
UC Riverside ARTS;
Centennial High School
Hillcrest High School
Ramona High School
Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART)
Ocean Knoll Elementary
La Costa Heights Elementary
Summit Charter Highschool SCHS
Palm Springs High School FILM Pathway
Olivenhain Pioneer
Bryn Mawr Elementary
Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts (HBAPA)
Burbank High School
El Camino Creek Elementary
Burbank High School
Olinda Elementary
Beaumont High School
Las Flores Middle School
Carondelet High School
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