Derek Freese Youth Media Film Festival
NEWS
And The 2018 Awards Go to….
Best Documentary: Needles & Threads - Alyssa Abreu with Moises Vargas and Anisa Hamilton
Best Editing: Unreality - Sage Levine
Best Experimental/Animation: Kebabbed - Kelsey O'Keefe, Leah Bohner, Claire Harrington, Lauren Palmadesso, Samantha Vuotto
Best Cinematography – Unreality - Sage Levine
Best Fiction: Message in a Bottle: Point of View Project - Juliana Santamauro
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Best Female Filmmaker: Sweet-Ish Fish - Toria Pater, Olivia Parauda, Keeley Giblin, Courtney Voehl, Colleen Kelly, Mitose McHugh
Congratulations to all the winners!!!
And The 2017 Awards Go to….
Best Documentary: Dalyla - Alexis Cerezo
Best Editing: For the Love of Self Love - Nick Palazzolo
Best Directing: How to be Bad - Vicky Lee
Best Experimental/Animation: The Six of Us - Daisy Moffat
Best Cinematography – Maddie
Best Fiction: Sock Monster - Toria Pater and Courtney Voehl
Congratulations to all the winners!!!
And The 2016 Awards Go to….
Best Fiction: Extraordinary - Bernadette Torres
Best Documentary: Protect & Serve – Aniya Wolfe, Jada Childress, Roger C , Simone D ,Stephen Rucker, Aaliyah Malik-Khan, Josh Mitchell
Best Experimental/Animation: Invasive Species - Kristin Middleton
Best Cinematography: Domar: To Tame - Benjamin Ades
Best Editing: Castle Park - Jaime Gonora, Max Amar, Liv Hanewald, Bernadette Torres
Best Female Filmmaker: Painted Cranes - Maria Dragone
Best from the Audience: Protect & Serve – Aniya Wolfe, Jada Childress, Roger C , Simone D ,Stephen Rucker, Aaliyah Malik-Khan, Josh Mitchell
Congratulations to all the winners!!!
And The 2015 Awards Go to….
March 20th, 2015
Best Fiction: Remake - Anya Dunaif and Alexandra Theodosopoulos
Best Documentary: Society's Coloring Book: Conversations Around Shadeism & Colorism – University Community Collaborative
Best Experimental/Animation: Galatea – Christina Yee
Best Cinematography: Recycled Design – Benjamin Ades
Best Editing: Recycled Design – Benjamin Ades
Best Female Filmmaker: Galatea – Christina Yee
Best from the Audience: Remake - Anya Dunaif and Alexandra Theodosopoulos
Congratulations to all the winners!!!
Our 2015 Festival Program
February 9th, 2015
Narrative
Remake - Anya Dunaif and Alexandra Theodosopoulos
Project One - Aden Suchak
Sink or Swim - Kai Dougan, Fiona MacIntosh, Maxwell Wilson
Sketcher - Alec Dakin, Josh Komitzky, Ryan Elefante
This Side Up - Jack Beiderman
Documentary
Recycled Design - Benjamin Ades
Society's Coloring Book: Conversations Around Shadeism & Colorism - Brandon, Brianna, Chanel, Destiny,Levar, Kendall, Diaka, Dontae, Katherine, Kabbeh, Sandy, Raymundo, Yisela, Patrece, Leana
Urban Youth and Police Harassment - James, Melvin, Andre, Kayla, Aryiannah, Isaiah, Tobias, Kani
We Are Heroes - Dimitri Hill, Eliot Pearson , Kelsey Augusti, Litgrown Stafford, NaKyiah Warren Nysha Williams, Samuel Mark, Shamia Mark, Tiffany Green, Tyreke Dorsey, Jabria Alston Yacine Toure, Sama Mizaan, Artisha Griffin
Experimental/Animation
Daydream - Jimi Sol Eisenstein
Galatea - Christina Yee
Life is But a Suite - Tom Fama
And The 2014 Awards Go to….
February 27th, 2014
Best Fiction: The Nuclear Family - Robert Newman, Jay Shapiro
Best Documentary: Inside the Ring – Imani Peterkin
Best Experimental/Animation: Mannequin – Austin Hassier, Kyeerah White, Dominique Rayam
Best Cinematography: Inside the Ring – Imani Peterkin
Best Editing: The Pursuit of Passion – Micheal Bonner, Da’el Clapperton, Danielle Clapperton, Trevor Hale, Tahir Juba, Ykitta Martin
Best Female Filmmaker: Strength – Star Cummings
Best from the Audience: The Audition – Nadia Fradkin
Congratulations to all the winners!!!
Our 2013 Festival Program
February 19th, 2013
1. Pennypack Nature Montage– Matt Gurbarg
2. Not So Imaginary– Rachel Chase
3. Shutter– Matt Gurbarg, Leo Chalhoub
4. For the Time Being– Willaim Sokoloski, Jamar Stewart, Leah Cohen
5. Deep Down– Isaiah Hoban Halvorsen, Kaila Lafferty, Oona Lowe
6. Nuclear Waste– Anna Brancaccio
7. Dream House– Ana Krafchick
8. Sunlight- Kenji Takada, Isaiah Hoban Halvorsen, Darienne Clarke
9. My Phoenix- Diana Julien & Press Pass TV
10. Each One, Teach One, Haiti 2012– Press Pass TV
11. Make It Happen– Nicole Steele, Terry Dobbins, Akil Hamm, Leon Young
12. Sundown- Vann Fulfs, Jacob Scott, Bryan Quandt
13. At Your Age- Delilah Wells
14. Unbroken- Cooper Rickards, Marlene Anderson, Adhem Morsi
15. The Champ- Victoria Youngblood
16. What is Love?– Madalina Albu
17. The Number– Ana Krafchick
18. My Little Brony- Vann Fulfs, Bryan Quandt, Taylor Martin
19. Melting Opera- Anna Brancaccio
20. White Rice- Laura Brown
21. Framed: Youth In The News– Press Pass TV
22. 2D4U- Garrett Scheliga
23. Impact- Mack Wright, Jacob Scott, Kenton King
24. How Great I Am– Ryan Callahan
25. Painted Love– John General
26. Great Mimes Think Alike- Michael Vitz-Wong