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Long Drama Program One:
Maikafer
Chris Hergert
Age 17
A young Jewish woman tries to escape Nazi Germany during 1941.
Lenore
Anna Corcoran
Age 18
A young woman beings to read the "Tales of Edgar Allen Poe," and has the idea to write her own haunting tale. The film asks: just how far would you go to bring somebody back from the dead?
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Long Drama Program Two:
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The New Blood
Nathaniel Greene
Age 19
A fan of the classic horror film "A Nightmare on Elm St." learns the true meaning of being a fan when he receives an unfriendly visit by his idol.
Sweet Nights
Bridget Collins
Age 16
The story of Mary, an innocent teenager spending the night or the first time at her new friend Courtney's, house. She realizes she is in over her head and will experience a night of terror.
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Long Drama Program Three:
Culture Shock
Youth Sounds Production
Bay Area Video Coalition
In this short narrative set to Chopin, a lonely young man sets out to make a video for a contest by taping attractive young women in public. Along the way, he discovers that beauty is more than skin deep.
The Race to Outrun
Multiple Filmmakers
Spy Hop Production
When a man feels so uneasy in the world, he can't help but change it to fit him.
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Long Drama Program Four:
Eternal High
Bryce Mackie
Age 17
An adolescent boy's view as he tries to escape the emptiness he feels in life through drugs.
Oasis
Jacob Mendel
Age 17
Two young friends spread an anti-depressant they discovered in chemistry class, Oasis, throughout their suburb and consequently begin to question how one truly reaches happiness and if, in fact, "ignorance is bliss."
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Long Drama Program Five:
Scream At Me
Lennel Davis, Derrek Jones, David Badesch, Ashley Hill, Natasha Johnson
Ages 17-18
Chicago Vocational Career Academy
A young man tries to stay focused on his education while his two street hustling friends encourage him to stay loyal to the game. After getting shot, the young man realizes there is more to life and strives to stay on the top. But when things take a turn for the worse, what will he choose - his friends or his future?
No Limits
Patsy Marin, Aracely Hermosillo, Karla Vadira
Ages 16-18
In Progress Production
No Limits tells a story faced by many young people in the community of Carbondale, Colorado. A story of peer pressure, life decisions, and the desire to grow up perhaps a little too fast.
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Long Drama Program Six:
Nothing to Fear
Daniel Cusworth
Age 17
This film follows a young man's search for meaning in friendship and love.
Eighteen Down
Benjamin Kegan
Age 18
Eighteen Down is a glimpse into the final moments of high school. The main character, Will, finds himself suffering from premature nostalgia as his girlfriend leaves him dateless for his senior prom.
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