Calif. Student Filmmakers In 2017 All American High School Film Festival

The AMC in New York City's Time Square will show off nearly 200 young Californian Filmmakers in the 2017 All American High School Film Festival. The official selections were announced on Thursday. The film festival takes place in New York City, starting on Saturday, October 7 through Sunday October 8.

"The All-American High School Film Festival (AAHSFF) is the premier destination for talented high school filmmakers and media arts enthusiasts from around the world," a spokesperson for the event said. The mission of the festival is to provide "immersive education with a profound impact, connecting the filmmakers of the future with the rewards, respect and recognition they deserve."

Students from cities across California will be recognized in the showings which last all day Saturday and Sunday (see filmmaker and schedule list below).

High schools from the following cities in California are represented:

Belmont, Berkeley, Bonita, Brentwood, Burbank, Burlingame, Camarillo, Canyon Country, Carlsbad, Castaic, Coronado, Culver City, Danville, Encino, Escodnido, Fallbrook, Fremont, Folsom, Fullerton, Glendale, Idyllwild, Irvine, Lafayette, Lakeside, Livermore, Los Angeles, Milpitas, Modesto, Monrovia, Northridge, Novato, Oakland, Orange County, Orange, Pacific Palisades, Palo Alto, Palos Verdes, Petaluma, Placentia, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, Sacramento, San Clemente, San Diego, San Francisco, San Gabriel, San Jose, San Leandro, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Santa Rosa, Saratoga, Sherman Oaks, South Pasadena, Stevenson Ranch, Studio City, Tarzana, Temecula, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Valencia, Visalia, Walnut Creek, Woodland Hills and Yorba Linda.

Those young filmmakers who attend will get to attend workshops and panels, check out the latest gear at the tech showcase and walk the IMAX "Blue Carpet" at The Teen Indie Awards.

"Each year, in the heart of New York City, we present the world's largest high school film festival," the festival spokesperson said on their website. "We offer a grand stage for the next generation of talented filmmakers where they can: screen their amazing creations, learn from top industry professional, connect with the latest technology, explore myriad higher education opportunities, receive scholarships and technology prizes, and perhaps most importantly, create a community of shared passions and lifelong relationships."

Showings will take place Saturday and Sunday.Here are showtimes of California's finalists. Tickets for a full day passcost approximately $75 according to the site.

Use (control+F) to find your high school filmmaker

Saturday, October 7th

Loop 1 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 13, Floor 4

Reed Martin and Timothy Zhang, Broadcast Journalism, "CCA-TV 6-14-17", Carlsbad, CA

Jessica Stossel, Experimental, "Slush Puppy Love" , Irvine, CA

Kyle Tisdale, Drama , "Coming Home", Valencia, CA

Loop 2 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 14, Floor 5

Britton Thomas, Comedy, "Not My Type of Painting", Sacramento, CA

Owen Moss, Middle School, "The Heroic Knight", Tarzana, CA

Austin Varco, Experimental, "Til Death Do Us Apart", Bonita, CA

Loop 3 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 15, Floor 5

Sammy Lamb, Experimental, "Bye & Love Drew Blood", Canyon Country, CA
Matthew Monteleone, Drama, "Foggy Day", Valencia, CA

Christina Yin, Animation, "The Cycle of Life", Danville, CA

Loop 4 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 16 Floor 5

Kellan Watts, Middle School, "The Interview", Studio City, CA

Ethan Paisley, Drama, "Playing The Game", Novato, CA

Sabrina Pineda, Experimental, "To Live In Color", San Diego , CA

Kyle Kim, Drama, "Jameson", Fullerton, CA

Loop 5 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 17 Floor 5

Aiden Glikmann and Ben Fuller, Comedy, "The Stall", Woodland Hills, CA

Leyah Barris, Drama, "August Beach", Encino, CA

Callyn Histed and Matthew Monteleone, Experimental, "Circles", Valencia, CA

Theo Taplitz, Middle School, "Goodbye Sam", Sherman Oaks, CA

William Harrison, Kevin Haug, Nick Knezevich and Zack Pikhart, Comedy, "Plug", Burbank , CA

Loop 6 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 19 Floor 6

Jacob Vaus, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "The Grove", Poway, CA

Sunny Keller, Middle School, "iPocalypse", Sherman Oaks, CA

Katy Laliotis, Melanie An and Campbell Moore, Refinery29 "2020", "An Inside Look at Planned Parenthood", San Diego , CA

Clayton Pierce, Documentary, "Students Against Bigotry", Berkeley, CA

Kendall Huff and Rachel Simurda, PSA, "Pacific Marine Mammal Center PSA", Orange County, CA

Loop 7 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 20 Floor 6

Hannah Ackles, Documentary, "A Voice Without a Choice", Carlsbad, CA

Emily Kitzmiller, PSA, "Everything: Why Citizens Should Know Their U.S. Constitution", Thousand Oaks, Ca

Tyson Traner, Action Sports, “No Parents No Rules”, Fallbrook, CA

Andy Huey, Jostens "For What I Stand", "We Love You No Matter What", Santa Rosa, CA
Baxter Chelsom, Middle School, "Lost", Studio City, CA
Dylan Santa Cruz, Drama, "Tapes", Castaic, CA

Dylan Santa Cruz and Grace Gallagher, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "OCT_28_1996.m4v", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 9 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 22, Floor 6

Haley Diaz, Emily Ervolina, Will Simmons and Katia Soulliere-Vogt, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "My Name Is Sonya", Burbank, CA

Chris Lee, Kieran McGroarty and Ada-Nicole Sanger, Music Video, "Had Me At Hello", Burbank, CA

Loop 10 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 23, Floor 6

Madison Lin, Drama, "Dear Vcitoria", OAKLAND, CA

Jacob Adivi, Ben Schaffer, Rene Servin and Faiz Shamji, PSA, "The Test", Los Angeles, CA

Stacey Chen, Experimental, "I Once Tried to Store Away the Past", Saratoga, CA

James Labuda, Middle School, "Full Circle", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 11 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 24, Floor 6

Braden Swope, Drama, "Dreaded Rose: The Empty Shoe" - Episode 1", Orange County, CA

Thomas Wade, Daniel Goodman, Theo Trombley, Reed Martin and Shinwoo Kim, Comedy, "Trisha", Carlsbad, CA

Loop 12 - 9:30 am to 11am

Theater 25, Floor 6

Shirley Sui, Drama, "Please", Idyllwild, CA

Austin Ramey, Roberto Pino, Keith Conner,Max Grossbard, Timothy Zhang and Will Hillard, Music Video, "Trust", Cardiff, CA

Loop 13 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 13, Floor 4

Robert Carillo, Taylor Chavez and Danyae Souther, Animation, "Imaginarium", Modesto, CA

Jack Nordstrom, Comedy, "PUGET SOUND", Pacific Palisades, CA

Ella Warner, Middle School, “Joya Mia”, Sherman Oaks, CA

Chris Lee, Drama, "The Tangerine Hotel", Burbank, CA

Loop 14 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 14, Floor 5

Kaitlin Chau, Kiana Nguyen and Lauren Quan, Fall Out Boy Music Video, "Young & Menace", San Diego, CA

Loop 15 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 15, Floor 5

Ryan Porter and Gianni Boyadjian, Comedy, "Stub", Orange County, CA

Alyssa Goh, Experimental, "Who I Am (Baby Steps)", Fullerton, CA
Darian Kiang, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "Polarized", Santa Monica, CA
Kerry Cooper, Middle School, "Bananza", Pacific Palisades, CA

Loop 16 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 16, Floor 5

Alina Foley, Experimental, "Denial", Sherman Oaks, CA

Loop 17 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 17, Floor 5

Chelsea Eisen, Comedy, "A Witch's Tail", Los Angeles, CA

Ben Clark and Adam Linssen, Documentary, "Si Supieras (If You Knew)", San Diego, CA

Loop 18 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 19, Floor 6

Naja Butler, Samrina Vasani and Sophia Villatoro, PSA, "American Girl", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 19 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 20, Floor 6

Matthew Sutton, Drama, "The Desert", San Jose, CA

Jared Press, Comedy, "the Player", Santa Monica, CA

Jason Yamamoto, Drama, "Escape", Torrance, CA

Loop 20 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 21, Floor 6

Tom Teller, College Narrative , "Icarus", Orange, CA

Ceylan Carhoglu, College Doc , "Gardeners of the Forest", Orange, CA

Loop 21 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 22, Floor 6

Noelle Betz, Drama, "Circling", Rancho Bernardo, CA

Sequoia Sherriff, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "Nai·ad", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 22 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 23, Floor 6

Jierel Almario, Drama, "Five", Sacramento, CA

Loop 23 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 24, Floor 6

Gillian McFerren and Callyn Histed, Experimental , "Doublespeak", Valencia, CA

Austin Coombs-Perez, Experimental, "In Your Room", Culver City, CA
Ariana Batiste, Michelle Jeon, Lauren Song and Teresa Suh, PSA, "Ve", Los Angeles, CA

Nolan Trifunovic, Drama, "Blanks", Northridge, CA

Loop 24 - 11:10am to 12:50pm

Theater 25, Floor 6

Ada-Nicole Sanger and Samantha Shigematsu, Drama, "An Apple a Day", Burbank, CA

Loop 25 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 13, Floor 4

Justin Tager, Drama, "2017", Los Angeles, CA

Lincoln Lillywhite, Documentary, "Profile of War", Visalia, CA

Loop 26 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 14, Floor 5

Tiffany Lin, Experimental, "Senza", Fremont, CA

Jack Yuster, Animation, "Straw", Stevenson Ranch, CA

Loop 27 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 15, Floor 5

Adam Gorny, Documentary, "The Heidelberg Project: 30 Years of Creativity", Placentia, CA

Loop 28 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 16, Floor 5

Victoria McJunkin and Mason Frost, Experimental, "[ 2 ]", Fremont, CA

Cassie Chang, Drama, "For Juni", Orange, CA

Howard Kung, Animation, "A Tour of Downtown San Diego", Escondido, CA

Loop 29 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 17, Floor 5

David Donghyun Kim, Drama, "Finn", Glendale, CA

Loop 30 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 19, Floor 6

Cal Thacher, Comedy, "Picnic Perfect", San Francisco, CA

Chelsea Eisen, Comedy, "Daisy Head Mayzie", South Pasadena, CA

Loop 31 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 20, Floor 6

Justin Marlow, Music Video, "You Know I'm No Good", Burbank, CA

Ethan Paisley, Drama, "Indelible", Petaluma, CA

Loop 32 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 21, Floor 6

Sabrina Chang, Experimental, "The City", Milpitas , CA

Eric Stephenson, Drama, "My Girl", Lakeside, CA

Loop 33 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 22, Floor 6

Kentayvion Jospeh Bush and Trevor Gibson, Drama, "World's Best School Psycologist", San Diego, CA

Caroline Soderstjerna, Animation, "The Tail of Two Chameleons", San Diego, CA

Loop 34 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 23, Floor 6

Ved Narayan, Documentary, "the hopeful", Folsom, CA

Adrian Delcan, Drama, "Beginnings", Orange County, CA

Marco Bizio and Zara Kaye, Drama, "Anthropology", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 35 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 24, Floor 6

Andie Huff, Music Video, "Watch It Break", Camarillo, CA

Loop 36 - 3pm to 4:30pm

Theater 25, Floor 6

Austin Locke, Comedy, "Device From Above", Pacific Palisades, CA

Adam Nussbaum and Ben Clark, Documentary, "Plessy v. Ferguson: Tipping the Scale", Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Loop 37 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 13, Floor 4

Ben Thorson-Brourman, PSA, "Feminism PSA", Brentwood, CA

Justin Park, Sophie Levy and Wilder Short, Drama , "Petals of a Dahlia Flower", Los Angeles, CA

Martin Matar & Sarah Simpson, Experimental, "A Hawk Flies Overhead", Glendale, CA

Loop 38 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 14, Floor 5

Phil Elliston, II and D'Arion Curry-Matthews, Documentary, "Statement of Truth", San Francisco, CA

Kai Armstrong, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "Within", Monrovia, CA

Ally Walsh, Drama, "Bench Mark", Santa Monica, CA

Shibo Zhao, Drama, "Wake Up", Santa Monica, CA

Loop 39 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 15, Floor 5

Luke Mullen, Drama, "Me, My Phone & I", Santa Barbara, CA

Loop 40 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 16, Floor 5

Jonah Mazer, Drama, "30 Miles Down South", Calabasas, CA

Xenia Bernal, Becca Frischling, Kyle Reims, Dora Schoenberg, Nicole Soussana, Benji Ticker and Carina Yiu, Documentary, "Peace by Piece: The Story of Harry Davids", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 41 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 17, Floor 5

Vitina Benson, Experimental, "Looking In (Short Film)", Santa Rosa, CA

Ben Frauman and Rae Kanoa, Music Video, "Give", Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Rae Kanoa, Refinery29 "2020", "This Is 2017", Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Rae Kanoa, Experimental, "Saudade", Rancho Palos Verdes , CA

Loop 42 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 19, Floor 6

Zoe Larkin, Drama, "Project Eliane", Walnut Creek, CA

Loop 44 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 21, Floor 6

Angel Hoyang, Documentary, "From Farm to Cup", Los Angeles, CA

Isabel Mansour, Documentary, "Jason Feddy", Orange County, CA

Tyler Chae-Banks, Gabriel Gaurano, Nate Goodman and Timothy Zhang, Documentary, "Akira", San Diego, CA

Nepal Arslan, Experimental, "The Seven Qualities", San Diego, CA

Loop 45 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 22, Floor 6

Olivia Bautista and Eun Seo Choi, Documentary, "Querer es Poder: The Will and the Way", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 46 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 23, Floor 6

Nolan Woodward, Experimental, "HAIR", San Diego, CA

Loop 47 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 24, Floor 6

Dylan Reiss, Documentary, "Luke", San Luis Obispo, CA

Loop 48 - 4:40pm to 6pm

Theater 25, Floor 6

Ethan Jacobson and Harrison Pyros, Drama, "Anya", Burbank, CA

Kiele Head, Olivia Miller, Maddy Watkins, Austin Decker, Siobhan Moher and Grace Blair, Documentary, "We Are Women Not Objects", San Leandro, CA

Grace Gallagher, Drama, "The Missing Piece MD1", Los Angeles, CA

Sunday, October 8th

Loop 49 - 10am to 11:50am

Theater 19, Floor 6

Narek Tashchyan, Animation, "Not this time brother", Burbank, CA

Aaron Rohrer, Music Video, "Home", Camarillo, CA

Austin Coombs-Perez, Drama, "The Life of Davie", , Culver City, CA

Will LaZebnik, Comedy, "The Paper", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 50 - 10am to 11:50am

Theater 21, Floor 6

Henry Dafoe and Ben Thorson-Brourman, Drama , "The Changeup", Brentwood, CA

Loop 51 - 10am to 11:50am

Theater 22, Floor 6

Nico Fulton Lavachek, Comedy, "Summer Citrus", Coronado, CA

Kanika Vora and Kate Smails, Documentary, "The Olympic Spirit", Saratoga, CA

Kat Decelles, Riley Brown, Carly Kotas and Shyann Anaya, Experimental, "The Lightning Cape", Carlsbad, CA

Loop 52 - 10am to 11:50am

Theater 23, Floor 6

Lena Reibstein, Drama, "Jealousy", Redwood City, CA

Loop 53 - 12:00pm to 1:50pm

Theater 19, Floor 6

Kelly Fitzgerald, Milena Mooradian, Cameron Protzman, Elizabeth Beshlikyan and JJ Totah, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "Goodnight", Burbank, CA

Scott Nguyen, Drama, "Love Pops", San Jose, CA

Isabel Mansour and Adrian Delcan, PSA, "Make Connections: Exercise", Orange County, CA

Isabel Mansour, Jackson Massey and Scarlet Baker, PSA, "Friendship Shelter", Orange County, CA

Noelle Betz, Experimental, "Unmedicated", Poway, CA

Loop 54 - 12:00pm to 1:50pm

Theater 21, Floor 6

Lauren Kim, Documentary, "Long-Haired Warriors", Los Angeles, CA

Jack Lattin and Jonli Keshavarz, Drama, "Prom King", Lafayette, CA

Adam Taryle, Nicole Soussana, Liora Rabizadeh, Sarah Yadegari and Ma'ayan Waldman, Documentary, "Lost Angeles: A City Without a Home", Los Angeles, CA

Hannah Chung, Documentary, "Dear Moms", San Gabriel, CA

Loop 55 - 12:00pm to 1:50pm

Theater 22, Floor 6

Marlon Fu, Documentary, "The Water in Nepal Project", Belmont, CA

Jacob Vaus, Drama, "Surf City", Poway, CA

Jillian Sanders, Experimental, "The Party", Sherman Oaks, CA

Riley Brown, Shyann Anaya, Carly Kotas and Kat Decelles, Drama, "The Longer You Wait" , Carlsbad, CA

Loop 56 - 12:00pm to 1:50pm

Theater 23, Floor 6

Katherine Laliotis, Jackie Tullie, Campbell Moore, Will Hillard and Austin Ramey, Drama, "In Retrograde", San Diego, CA

Ana Varela, Animation, "Soul", Burbank , CA

Sebastian Chapela and Sam Cook, Drama, "Nadir", Palo Alto, CA

Loop 57 - 2pm to 3:50pm

Theater 19, Floor 6

Jonah Cho, Documentary, "Isa and the Girl Pioneers of Guatemala", Los Angeles, CA

Kiyanti Schlank, Drama, "PENPALS", Los Angeles, CA

Justin Baraona, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "GOING ORGANIC", San Jose, CA

Connor Sweeney, Jostens "For What I Stand", "After Thoughts", Livermore, CA

Loop 58 - 2pm to 3:50pm

Theater 21, Floor 6

Adam Gorny, Drama, "Je Suis Humain", Yorba Linda, CA

Jeffery Chen, Documentary, "The Plastic Bottle Controversy- Explained", Burlingame, CA

Abrielle Marsden, Animation, "The Little Raindrop", Burbank, CA

Madeleine Arundale, Animation, "Fox and Bear", San Clemente, CA

Vitina Benson, Documentary, "Evoke", Santa Rosa, CA

Lora Supandi, Drama, "8,972 Miles", Temecula, CA

Loop 59 - 2pm to 3:50pm

Theater 22, Floor 6

Jacque Rabie, Drama, "Evelyn's Little Crush", Brentwood, CA

Andie Huff, Experimental, "The Remembering", Camarillo, CA

Isaiah Ferguson, Animation, "Inauguration Day", Burbank, CA

Dylynn Abbey, Experimental, "Till' Death do us Part", Valencia, CA

Cosette Moskowitz Comedy, "Can Man", Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Abigail Relatado, Drama, "DIVE", Troy, CA

Mia Nelson, Documentary, "Refuge and Resistance: The Music of Guatemala", Los Angeles, CA

Jimmy Dallara and Gabriel Capito, Drama, "Complete Me", Santa Rosa, CA

Theo Taplitz, Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy, "Dybbuk", Los Angeles, CA

Loop 60 - 2pm to 3:50pm

Theater 23, Floor 6

Leilauni Acevedo, Animation, "Clean Up", Burbank, CA

Isabel Mansour, Comedy, "The Kill Jar", Orange County, CA

Tana Carrillo, Maxi Coulter, Crystal Kober, Amia McCombs and Adrianna Ortega, Broadcast Journalism, "A Helpful Herd of Environmental Heroes", Burbank, CA

Michael Sarkisian, Samantha Shigematsu and Emily Velandia, Music Video, "Thai Iced Tea", Burbank, CA

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