Oxnard Independent Film Festival Schedule

Comedy - High School Division
First Place - Lia Woodward "Dear Shakespeare" Westlake High School
Second Place - Ben Foster "Casting Call" Home School
Third Place - Jordan Stidham "Birth Defects: The Victor F. Hurley Story" Oak Park High School

Comedy - College Division
First Place - Ernie Vasquez "Contraband TV" Oxnard College
Second Place - Eric Reyes "Crazy on the iphone" Oxnard College
Third Place - Tom Kinder "Hell Date" Oxnard College

Drama - High School Division
First Place - Emeterio Cabrera, Tykael Powers & Marcos Ruelas "It's Not Worth It" Barrio Productions
Second Place - Ian Mariana "Fines Finium Vir" Foothill Technology High School

Drama - College Division
First Place - Louis Rivera "The Photo" Oxnard College
Second Place - John Motz "Tormetor" Ventura Technology Development Institute
Third Place - Carlos M. Urquieta "Mojado" Oxnard College
Honorable Mention "Trauma" Moorpark College

Experimental - High School Division
First Place - Jim Bern "Evolution" Foothill Technology High School

Experimental - College Division
First Place - Diana Reyes "Observaciones and Rantings" CSU Channel Islands
Second Place - Jose Fortanel "Project Green" Oxnard College

Horror - High School Division
First Place - Corey Kellcher & Sergio Soldana "Nightmare on 17th Street" Oxnard City Corps
Honorable Mention "OBEY" Oxnard City Corps

Horror - College Division
First Place - Jamie Cawelti "The Demon Bird" Oxnard College
Second Place - Eric Reyes "The White Room" Oxnard College
Third Place - Carlos M. Urquieta "It was an Accident" Oxnard College

Music Video - High School Division
First Place - Jordan Stidham "Down Fall" Oak Park High School
Honorable Mention "Basketball Music Video" Oxnard Recreation Department

Music Video - College Division
First Place - Carlos Macen Jr. "Love Me Too" Oxnard College
Second Place - Jose Fortanel "Action Travel (pt.2)" Oxnard College

News/Documentary - High School Division
First Place - Greg George, Bryce Vinson and James Ward "We Are Noble Men" Daniel Murphy Catholic High School
Second Place - "Tale of the Talking Tree" Barrio Productions

News/Documentary - College Division
First Place - Eric Reinig "Emily on the Move" Moorpark College
Second Place - Brenda Vasquez "Dolores Huerta Conference" Oxnard College
Third Place - Alfredo Lopez "OC FYI" Oxnard College

Special Effects - High School Division
First Place - Mauricio Jimenez, Betty Rosalez, Victor Cervantez "Earthquake" Oxnard City Corps

Special Effects - College Division
First Place - Jose Fortanel "Schrodinger's Fate" Oxnard College

Festival Theme: Hometown Cinema
For films with a sense of place, where the geography is an important part of the film.

Hometown Cinema - High School Division
First Place - Emeterio Cabrera, Tykael Powers & Marcos Ruelas "It's Not Worth It" Barrio Productions
Second Place - Lia Woodward "Dear Shakespeare" Westlake High School

Hometown Cinema - College Division
First Place - Antonia Flores "Halaco's Toxic Waste" Oxnard College
Second Place - Jose Fortanel "Unexpected Turn" Oxnard College

All Star Award
A perpetual trophy given to the high school whose entrants' earn the highest point total.
2008 Winner - Foothill Technology High School

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