East Lansing Children's Film Festival

Youth Film Competition Winners

About the Youth Film Competition

The Youth Film Competition, a statewide competition that engages and encourages Michigan’s youth to submit films for exhibit at the Festival.  Students in grades 1 st through 12th conceptualize, create, and collaborate through the medium of film. 

Films are submitted to the Youth Film Competition by December 1.  All films received are then judged by a diverse panel of judges.  Films are rated alongside their peers in one of three grade categories, Elementary, Middle School and High School.

Film ratings are based on film quality, story, editing and if the films meets the criteria of the competition, under 12 minutes, is appropriate for all ages and is void of violent content.  Films with the highest ratings then receive awards for honorable mention, and 3 rd, 2nd and 1st place receive cash prizes.

2004 YFC Winners

Elementary School

1st Place: Animals in Space, 8 mins., Zoë Allen-Wickler, Suttons Bay
2nd Place: The Magic Pumpkin, 2:40 mins., Shelby Wakenight, Marble Elementary, East Lansing
3rd Place: The Gingerbread Man Visits Floyd Elementary, 2:40 mins., Mrs. Chartier's 2nd Grade Class, Floyd Elementary, Midland
Honorable Mention: Owners Away...Dogs Play, 6:30 mins., Dana Wessels, Suttons Bay

Middle School

1st Place: Grapes Anyone?, 1:20 mins., Aimee Plamondon, Suttons Bay Middle School
2nd Place: Battle of Telepathy, 5:32 mins., Tyler Monroe and Sbusiso Dhladhla, Riddle Middle School, Lansing
3rd Place: Responsible Role Models or Partying Parents?, 2:12 mins., Katie Ware, Riddle Middle School, Lansing
Honorable Mention: Commercial Break, 3:12 mins., Brendan O'Hara and Hans Dalton, Suttons Bay Middle School
Honorable Mention: The Snowman, 1 min., Lizzy Freed, Suttons Bay Middle School

High School

1st Place: Detour, 12 mins., Tricia Bobeda and Greg Koerner, Haslett High School
2nd Place: The Test, 4:37 mins., Matt Marek and Trevor Scott, Suttons Bay High School
3rd Place: Los Olivas, 2 mins., Brandon Farver, Adrian High School
Honorable Mention: Pancho Pete, 2:10 mins., Matt Hunday, Grandville High School
Honorable Mention: Ninja Burger: Training Film Three, 1:54 mins., Matt Davis, East Lansing High School

Special thanks to the 2004 Youth Film Competition Judges:

Debra Hart, WMMQ radio personality
Mark Adams, WLNS Director/Editor
Terry Such, Owner, Such Media
Jill Seaman, child development specialist, MSU
David Torgoff, Artist
Timothy Jeffrey, writer and filmmaker
Justine Richardson, filmmaker and web developer, MATRIX, MSU

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    300 Bailey St., East Lansing, MI 48823 Google map
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