2021 TUHSD Film Festival

Tempe Union High School District is proud to celebrate our Film & TV program through our annual Film Festival. Film & TV students from Compadre Academy, Corona del Sol, McClintock, Mountain Pointe, and Desert Vista were tasked to create feature films. All submitted entries had to include several required elements, including pops, characters, and lines of dialogue. Students could create films on their own, or work in small teams. Students were given a week from start to finish to complete their films for submission.

Required materials included:

Required Prop (A prop that must be visible at some point during the film):

• Tape

Required Character (A character that must be mentioned by name at some point during the film):

• Taylor the essential worker

Lines of Dialogue (Must be said aloud, or made complete visible during the film):

• Nobody questions who built the pyramids in Mexico
• Let's all be unique TOGETHER

Films were ranked in 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place for Best Picture, as well as in several other categories celebrating editing, scriptwriting, and best use of required materials.

Here are the 2021 TUHSD Film Festival winners:

• 1st Place: Pitch Day – Elian Alvarez, Leah Gunter, Mason Rich from Corona del Sol
• 2nd Place: Jesse and Taylor’s Totally Epic High School Bucket List – Chandler Carlisle, Layla Reif from Corona del Sol
• 3rd Place: The Bucket List – Kayler Catron, Gavin Godinez from Desert Vista
  
  
• Best Use of Character: Code Red – Julie Johnson from McClintock
• Best Use of Prop: Medical Mayhem Tape – Maria Lopez, Marie Taylor from McClintock
• Best Use of Required Dialogue: Pitch Day – Elian Alvarez, Leah Gunter, Mason Rich from Corona del Sol
• Best Screenplay: Parenting – Shayla Mckenzie, Zoe McCollum from Mountain Pointe
• Best Editing: Pitch Day – Elian Alvarez, Leah Gunter, Mason Rich from Corona del Sol
• Best Cinematography: Bucket List – Kayler Catron, Gavin Godinez from Desert Vista
• Fan Favorite: Pitch Day – Elian Alvarez, Leah Gunter, Mason Rich from Corona del Sol

•  A big SHOUT-OUT to Sarah Jackson for her contributions to the prizes and to Isaac Easley for MCing the night!
• Thank you to our Film and TV teachers - Wayne Montes De Oca, Karen Crane, Ben Forbes, Suzanne Idler, and Norris Thomas. This group of dedicated professionals continues to give so much of their time and effort to not just this event but to their students day in and day out.