Current and Former Maine South Students Qualify for Finals in All American Film Festival

Posted October 16, 2022 11:00 pm

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Four Maine South High School students and two recent graduates had their entries selected in the top five nationally as part of the 10th annual All American High School Film Festival.

Junior Dylan Sarany, junior Tyler DeMott, senior Riley Gibson, graduate Molly Bowe, senior Gaetano Iannotta and graduate Kostantinos Zafiriadis'entry titled, "Just Text Me," was selected in the End Distracted Driving PSA category.

The current students will be attending the film festival. A portion of the trip is being covered as part of their selection as finalists.

Recently, the students were surprised during halftime of a recent Maine South football game to be honored for the accomplishment.

The video will be screened at the AMC Empire 25 Theater in Times Square, NYC on Oct. 22 and 23. Winners will be announced at the Teen Indie Awards in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday, Oct. 23 at The Kings Theatre.

Every year the festival receives thousands of films submitted by student filmmakers from around the world. All of the Official Selections are the best of the best, and have been selected by a panel of industry judges according to the official website.

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