Students from all San Dieguito Union High School District schools are invited to compete in CCA's annual 48-hour film competition, MiniCine Fest. The competition is the weekend of October 12th-14th. Forms and registration fees are due to CCA room G201 on October 3rd or 4th between 10am-5pm. The MiniCine Fest show is October 27th at 6pm. Prizes will be awarded to an overall winner and an audience choice winner. CLICK HERE for all the details, rules, and entry forms.
Envision Cinema Conservatory's 2012 film Erasing the Lines is a finalist in the Interlochen Center for the Arts Future of Cinema Film Festival (FOCFF) in Interlochen, Michigan. The film was produced by CCA students Alex Powell, Jennifer Smart, Adelyn Chan, and Richard Liu in the spring of 2012. FOCFF is for the high school film maker seeking a global community of other passionate, driven high school students in cinema -- a dedicated showcase of new filmmakers' talent. The fifth annual Future of Cinema Film Festival, November 1-3, 2012, will screen the best national and international work of high school students.
Exhibiting student filmmakers receive a $500 scholarship to the Motion Picture Arts summer program at Interlochen Arts Camp for summer 2013, and each category winner additionally receives an iPod touch and a $2000 scholarship to the same camp. The Best of Fest winner walks away with a MacBook Pro as well as one half-tuition scholarship to Interlochen Arts Academy boarding high school for the 2013-14 school year. You can watch the film Erasing the Lines at https://vimeo.com/43716943. The film was also the overall winner at the 2012 CCA Student Film Festival. The Envision Cinema Conservatory film Binary has been selected to be part of the 5th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival in New York (November 8 - 16, 2012). The film was produced by CCA students Hunter Peterson, Alex Powell, Alvin Lin, and Blake Johnston. The film was also screened at the 2012 LA Film Festival this past summer. The 2012 Imagine Science Film Committee will feature the largest selection of science films to date.
As one of the leading organizations that promotes science in film, the 5th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival will also feature special events and programs to help spark the public's excitement about science. For more details, please visit: http://www.imaginesciencefilms.org/festival/ You can watch Binary on the Envision Cinema Vimeo website at this link: https://vimeo.com/42801535. CCA Student Alex Powell and an Envision Cinema Conservatory film are nominated in an international water film competition. The film, Quotient, is one of six finalists for the 2012 Intelligent Use of Water Film Competition. Powell will attend the event on October 17th at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills where they will screen the videos and announce the winners. There is a $10,000 grand prize and the $5,000 Audience Choice prize. For more details: http://www.iuowfilm.com/
CCA Envision Cinema won five awards out of six video nominations, including the top recognition award for high school video at the 2012 San Diego County Board of Education K-12 Innovative Video in Education awards at the San Diego Civic Theater. CCA also brought home three video cameras and a check for $500. There were 400 entries county-wide. Please congratulate our Envision Cinema Conservatory students when you see them, because they all helped make these awards possible. The individual winners are:
Fiction -- Richard and Allan Duan Non-Fiction Special Achievement for Creativity -- Jacob Morrison, Jason Segal, Zac Brown Broadcast Journalism Special Achievement for Creativity -- CCA-TV Video in the Classroom Teacher Category -- Mark Raines Grand Recognition Award for High School -- Jason Segal |