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60th Annual Winners Page

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The festival was held on May 23, 2026, 11:30am - 2:30pm

Mark Taper Auditorium | LA Central Library | 630 W 5th Street, LA, CA 90071

GRAND PRIZES

Middle School

Quantum Academy, Escondido USD

High School

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Burbank High School, Burbank USD

Elementary School

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Olinda Elementary, Brea-Olinda USD

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And the two Book Creator from Kami Scholarship winners:

Imaginative Lens

Storyscapes Creator

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Cope Middle School, Redlands Unified School District

HB Academy for the Performing Arts

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ELEMENTARY WINNERS

The projects below won Category or Special Awards!

Elementary Film/Video - Fiction Winner

La Costa Heights | Encinitas Unified School District

Elementary School Film/Video - Non-Fiction Winner

Olinda Elementary, Brea-Olinda USD

Elementary School Animation Winner

Hugo Reid, Arcadia USD

Elementary School Audio, Podcast Winner

Olinda Elementary, Brea-Olinda USD

Elementary School Interactive Media Winner

Pearl Zanker Elementary, Milpitas USD

Best Elementary Documentary

La Costa Heights Elementary, Encinitas USD"

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Echo Horizon School

Class Act Award

Centralia Elementary School, Centralia SD

MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNERS

Middle School Film/Video - Fiction Winner

Cope Middle School, Redlands Unified School District

Middle School Film/Video Non-Fiction Winner

Flora Vista, Encinitas Union Elementary SD

Middle School Animation Winner

Quantum Academy, Escondido USD

Middle School Photography Winner

Bancroft Middle School, Long Beach USD

Middle School Audio, Music Winner

Royal Oak Middle School, Charter Oak USD

Middle School Audio, Podcast

Nixon Elementary, ABC USD

Middle School Interactive Media Winner

Nobel Middle School, LAUSD

Art Direction

Benton Middle School, Norwalk-La Mirada USD

Wellness

Flora Vista Elementary, Encinitas Union ESD

Middle School Information & Media Literacy

Portola Middle School (LAUSD)

Best Science Fiction

Benton Middle School, Norwalk-La Mirada USD

Photography Portfolio

Nevada City School of the Arts Nevada COE

HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS

High School Film/Video Fiction Winner

Windward School

High School Film/Video Non-Fiction Winner

Petaluma High SChool, Petaluma City Schools

High School Animation Winner

Burbank High School, Burbank USD

High School Photography Winner

Carmel High School, Carmel Unified School District

High School Audio, Music Winner

HB Academy for the Performing Arts

High School Audio, Podcast Winner

Shadow Ridge School, Hesperia USD

High School Interactive Media Winner

Burbank High School, Burbank USD

Park Adventures

Laguna Beach High School, Laguna Beach USD

Park Adventures

Sierra Canyon School

The Greatness of School Libraries

El Camino HS, Oceanside USD

High School Media & Information Literacy

Alta Loma, Alhambra, Granada Hills and Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts High Schools & Girls' Voices Now

Best Music Documentary

Sierra Canyon School

Best Game Design

Burbank High School, Burbank USD

Best Autobiography

El Dorado HS, Placentia Yorba Linda USD

Immigrant Voices

Dominguez High School, Compton USD 

Best Psychological Thriller

Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts

Best Storytelling

Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa City High School District

Best Biography

Diamond Technology Institute, Pajaro Valley USD

Best Documentary

City Honors Preparatory and Marymount High Schools

HONORABLE MENTION

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Nightmare
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Us and Them
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Lost in the Bamboo
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