YDA Sets New Record at the All American High School Film Festival

The Youth Documentary Academy has always fared well at the annual All American High School Film Festival. But this news is unprecedented. From our 2019 class of graduates, we submitted ten films to the festival. ALL TEN FILMS were officially selected and we’ve been given a heads up that at least two of our films have been nominated for the Best of Fest. This means that two of our films, out of hundreds, have been shortlisted for the very top prizes. We continue to be so proud of the young people that come through our program. The festival started this weekend and there are a number of ways you can access films (from All Access passes at $100/each or individual film tickets for $12/each.)

Learn more at https://www.hsfilmfest.com

The following films were selected for inclusion in the festival:

Kallista Palapas – I’LL BE THERE

Koya Lockwood – WOLF

Hannah Duran – HANNAH’S HOME

Madison Goddard – RIGHT OF MIND

Casey Gurtler – OUT OF THE BOX

Mak de la Cruz – GORGEOUS

Corynn McAfee – MY DAD

Reece Loomis – DO YOUR PART

Noah Anderson – ANYONE ELSE

Caleb Nyseth – DROPOUTS, DRUGGIES, and DRUNKS

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