Palm Beach Intl Film Festival

 Michael Duncan Clarke and Film Students 

Wednesday, April 25-----The Palm Beach International Film Festival in collaboration with the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission annually produces the highly acclaimed Student Showcase of Films (SSOF). This student only event has become known as the most prestigious competition for Florida student filmmakers. The juried statewide competition recognizes outstanding high school and college students by presenting over $25,000 in cash awards, prizes and scholarships in four film categories: Feature/Short, Animation, PSA/Commercial and new this year, a Music Video competition. The competition also includes awarding a $5,000 Burt Reynolds scholarship to two Palm Beach County high school seniors, a screenwriting competition and a $1,000 poster competition open to middle and high schools. The Student Showcase of Films awards ceremony was held on Tuesday night at the Palm Beach Community College’s Lake Worth Campus, Duncan Theatre.

2007 STUDENT SHOWCASE OF FILMS WINNERS

Feature / Short Awards - College

Inner Sight
Erika Bagnarello
Florida State University

Rundown
Patrick Alexander
Florida State University
 

American Deluxe
Aaron Brownlee
University of Central Florida
 

Feature / Short Awards - High School

The Will
Debra Siew
G-Star School of the Arts

City of Dreams
Stephan Tirado
South Tech High School
 

In Transit
Marie T. Zielinski
G-Star School of the Arts
 

Commercial / PSA

West Palm Beach Public Library
Grant Yansura
A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts

Music Video

Dirty Jeans
Danny Daneau
University of Central Florida

Animation

Stop the Madness
Jason Harder
Design and Architecture Senior High School

Sandy Mandelberger, Festival Online Dailies Editor