Bareesta
Asiana Spaw, 17
Culver Academies, Culver, IN
2024 TEEN SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Nominees & Winners
The new generation of teen filmmakers has a cinematic pulse on the modern world. With entries from local teens to international students, this year’s short films venture into experimental worlds, dramatic scenes and investigative realms with thrills, chills, laughs and gaffs. Plus animation! And all of these stories are unified by the maverick spirit of the teen filmmaker.
Join us for a fun-filled evening at our 2024 Teen Short Film Competition Award Night to celebrate these emerging youth artists and this year’s short film nominees and winners.
2024 Teen Short Film Competition
Nominees & Winners
The new generation of teen filmmakers has a cinematic pulse on the modern world. With entries from local teens to international students, this year’s short films venture into experimental worlds, dramatic scenes and investigative realms with thrills, chills, laughs and gaffs. Plus animation! And all of these stories are unified by the maverick spirit of the teen filmmaker.
Join us for a fun-filled evening at our 2024 Teen Short Film Competition Award Night to celebrate these emerging youth artists and this year’s short film nominees and winners.
Comedy
WINNER: An Average Documentary
Anders Hammereberg, 17
Boulder TEC, Fairview High School, Boulder, CO
The Haunted House
Nate Posthumus, 17
Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO
Animated
Dreamer
Piotr Kaźmierczak, 17
Legnicka Akademia Filmowa, Poland
Twenty Twenty Three
Chengyu Li, 17
Beachwood High School, Beachwood, OH
WINNER: Rabid Love
Noah Lazar Abraham, 17
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, NY, NY
Currently Unavailable
Documentary
WINNER: Between Two Worlds
JaRon Fowler, 17
Boulder TEC, Boulder, CO
Please Don’t Stand While I’m Falling
Kyle Ward, 17
John Marshall High School, San Antonio, TX
Currently Unavailable
From Stage to Screen
Phoenix Dorninger, 17
Boulder TEC, Boulder, CO
Drama
Love is a Losing Game
Trinity Reign Roberts, 17
Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO
WINNER: A+
Trinity Reign Roberts, 17
Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO
The Repetition Effect
Rachel Koziel, 18
Nederland Middle Senior High, Nederland, CO
Experimental
Souvenir
Lou Rohde, 17
Boulder TEC, Boulder, CO
Open Space
Nicolai Trainor, 18
Boulder TEC, Boulder, CO
WINNER: Butch
Owen Broghammer, 17
Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO
Thriller
WINNER: Baby Blues
Maria Fernanda Mendoza, 17
Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO
Misophobia
Mallorie Solem, 17
Boulder TEC, Boulder, CO
Currently Unavailable
P4
Miller Chetwynd, 17
Denver School of the Arts, Denver, CO
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