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GRAND PRIZES
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
Claus von Stauffenberg
Olinda Elementary, Brea-Olinda USD
Elementary School Animation Winner
I Belong
Hugo Reid, Arcadia USD
Elementary School Audio, Podcast Winner
Betty Friedan Podcast
Olinda Elementary, Brea-Olinda USD
Elementary School Interactive Media Winner
Dungeon Master
Pearl Zanker Elementary, Milpitas USD
ELEMENTARY SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
The Elementary projects below have won Special Awards to be announced at the Festival.
6AP AI
Giovanni Friendship
The History of Legos
Echo Horizon School
Centralia Elementary School, Centralia SD
La Costa Heights Elementary,
Encinitas USD"
MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNERS
Middle School Film/Video - Fiction Winner
Puzzled
Cope Middle School, Redlands Unified School District
Middle School Film/Video Non-Fiction Winner
Norge
Flora Vista, Encinitas Union Elementary SD
Middle School Animation Winner
Alien
Quantum Academy, Escondido USD
Middle School Photography Winner
The Tree in The Twilight
Bancroft Middle School, Long Beach USD
Middle School Audio, Music Winner
Out in the Blue
Royal Oak Middle School, Charter Oak USD
Middle School Audio, Podcast
JAGWire News
Nixon Elementary, ABC USD
Middle School Interactive Media Winner
The 2026 Nobel MS Yearbook
Nobel Middle School, LAUSD
MIDDLE SCHOOOL SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
The Middle School projects below have won Special Awards to be announced at the Festival.
Seeds of Change
Portola Middle School (LAUSD)
HE WHO FIGHTS WITH MONSTERS
Benton Middle School, Norwalk-La Mirada USD
A Halloween Story
Flora Vista Elementary, Encinitas Union ESD
Puzzled
Cope Middle School, Redlands Unified School District
A Quiet Calm in Nature
Nevada City School of the Arts Nevada COE
WORMHOLE
Benton Middle School, Norwalk-La Mirada USD
HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS
High School Film/Video Fiction Winner
Santa's Never Been to My House
Windward School
High School Film/Video Non-Fiction Winner
No Small Matter
Petaluma High SChool, Petaluma City Schools
High School Animation Winner
Captcha
Burbank High School, Burbank USD
High School Photography Winner
Trees
Carmel High School, Carmel Unified School District
High School Audio, Music Winner
Purple Cargo Pants
HB Academy for the Performing Arts
High School Audio, Podcast Winner
"Little by Little" with Special Guest Charmaine Mohammed
Shadow Ridge School, Hesperia USD
High School Interactive Media Winner
Pretty Reaper Game Overview
Burbank High School, Burbank USD
HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
The High School projects below have won Special Awards to be announced at the Festival.
Unheard Voices
Alta Loma, Alhambra, Granada Hills and Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts High Schools
Find My Way
HB Academy for the Performing Arts
The Mighty Plains: a Joshua Tree Montage
Sierra Canyon School
Greatness of School Libraries
El Camino HS, Oceanside USD
Rolling with the Tides
Laguna Beach High School, Laguna Beach USD
Fangs & Firelight
Burbank High School, Burbank USD
25th
Sierra Canyon School
Phoenix
City Honors Preparatory and Marymount High Schools
Illegal
Dominguez High School, Compton USD
My Life in Puzzle Pieces
El Dorado HS, Placentia Yorba Linda USD
Limitless Potential
Diamond Technology Institute, Pajaro Valley USD
One Last Dream
Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa City High School District
Am I The Real Richard Blake
Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts
HONORABLE MENTION
UNPlural "New Home"
How to Deal with Stress and Anxiety
The impact of School Shootings, Safety in America
Nightmare
The Unknown Planet
Clocked
Where Technology Meets Sport
Plastic People
Untethered
The Shape Shifter
Us and Them
Music Recording and Editing
Storytime Podcast: Where the Wild Things Are
The Life of Fruit
Echo Garden App AI Cheating Detection Writing App
Heatwave
Gap Year
Love Makes Me Whole
Flying old
Lost in the Bamboo
Bring Back Billy
Purple Cargo Pants (Animation)
Girl's Night
Becoming Jeremy
Copacabana
On the Belt
Josh
GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
....will be announced during the event. Here's last year's winners:
Elementary School
Park Dale Lane | Encinitas Union SD
Middle School
High School
Canyon Crest Academy Envision Cinema Conservatory | San Dieguito Union HSD
Cope Middle School | Redlands USD
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