Cinema Culturas Storytelling and Film Student Competition seeks to encourage and enhance K-12 students’ 4 C’s of 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration and Communication. Cinema Culturas expands on this learning model by incorporating two additional C’s in its educational program: Culture and Community. Our organization’s key tenets of diversity and inclusion are observed through fun and educational forums for all students to participate via storytelling and visual dynamics of film, and having both local and global communities come together to support students. We want the youth of today to be resilient dreamers, and for all of us to create a promising and inclusive future with every story they imagine.
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WINNERS
Early Elementary School Students from 1st to 3rd grade
1st Place: Anastasia Shinkarenko (Belyaeva) - Attack of the Furry Fish
2nd Place: Brianne Ourn - Plant Hero
2nd Place: Luciana Radaelli - The Rainbow Girl
3rd Place: Sofía Mirghafouri Herrera - My Heroine
3rd Place: Ella García - Dad Hero
3rd Place: David Sánchez - Mi Héroe
Upper Elementary School Students from 4th to 6th grade
1st Place: Vinh Ly Biggs - Noodles!
2nd Place: Elizabeth Pudussery - Vaccine for DDTILC
2nd Place: Eva Limones - The Power of the Mirror
3rd Place: Josué López - Spiderman
3rd Place: Lauren Stuart - Little Girls Today, Black Woman Tomorrow
Middle School Students from 7th to 9th grade
1st Place: Kien Ly Biggs - Rebuild
2nd Place: Michelle Wan - Everyday Hero
2nd Place: Melody Diaz - The Library's Hero
3rd Place: Logan Tan - Symphony of Fate
3rd Place: Emmanuel Pudussery - When Your Lights Turn Off
High School Students from 10th to 12th grade
1st Place: Xuan-Ly Anh Biggs - Zero is a Superhero
2nd Place: Juliet Paiz - The Artist's Touch
2nd Place: Magnolia Hyon - Thank you Mrs. Lupsaui
3rd Place: Iris Hyon - You look like a rainbow
Music Category - Original Score
1st Place: Kien Ly Biggs - Rebuild
2nd Place: Michelle Wan - Everyday Hero
3rd Place: Xuan-Ly Anh Biggs - Zero is a Superhero
Upper Elementary School Students from 4th to 6th grade
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Middle School Students from 7th to 9th grade
WINNERS
High School Students from 10th to 12th grade
FINALISTS
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Early Elementary School Students from 1st to 3th grade
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Rusty fisher
"Rust Hero"
Artistic Theme
Desert Rock Academy
3rd Grade
Apple Valley
USA
Yancarlos Ramírez Elenes
"Mundo Men"
Artistic Theme
César Chávez Elementary School
2nd Grade
Coachella
USA
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3
Osmara Yazmín Pablo Hernández
"¿Cómo era antes?l"
Artistic Theme
3rd Grade
Tampico
Mexico
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Ramón Jesús Ramírez Olvera
"Súper Héroe Científico"
Scientific Theme
Colegio Bilingüe San Luis A.C.
2nd Grade
Sonora
Mexico
Upper Elementary School Students from 4th and 6th grade
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Dax Fisher
"The Hero"
Artistic Theme
Desert Rock Academy
5th Grade
Apple Valley
USA
6
David Mateo Elizalde López
"Un Héroe de Cuatro Patas"
Artistic Theme
Cobach I: Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta
5th Grade
Nogales
Mexico
7
Renata Caeli García López
"Alexa conta el cáncer"
Artistic Theme
Primaria Héroes de Baja California
5th Grade
Ensenada
Mexico
8
Alejandro Blanco González y Noa de los Reyes Botrel
"Nora, a very capable girl"
Artistic Theme
Taller Telekids
5th Grade
Seville
Spain
Middle School Students from 7th to 8th grade
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Ha Yeon Jung
"Schoolyard"
Artistic Theme
Geoje Elementary School
7th Grade
Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea
10
Karla Avila Herrán
"Héroes Fantásticos"
Artistic Theme
Secundaria General Arqueles Vela
7th Grade
Queretaro
Mexico
11
Joshua David Garza
"Superhero C"
Artistic Theme
KIPP Pueblo Unido
7th Grade
Pico Rivera
USA
High School Students from 10th to 12th grade
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Christofer Imannol Duarte Gallardo
"Héroes de la vida real"
Artistic Theme
Cobach I: Lic. Alberto Flores Urbina
12th Grade
Obregon City
Mexico
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Hanna Peresztegi
"Just a slice of bread"
Artistic Theme
Kőbányai Szent László High School
12th Grade
Budapest
Hungary
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King Smith
"A Day in the Life of Plastic Bottle"
Artistic Theme
Jasper County High School
11th Grade
Georgia
USA
15
Duke Smith
"The Apple-ing"
Science Theme
Jasper County High School
12th Grade
Monticello
USA
16
Yuchi Zhang
"The Decision"
Artistic Theme
Shangai Starriver Bilingual High School
11th Grade
Shangai
China
17
Alberto Montull
"An island in the middle of the sea "
Artistic Theme
IES Valadares
11th Grade
Vigo
Spain
COMPETITION JURY
Carlos Cortés Navarrete
OSCAR, BAFTA and CAS winner for Best sound on his work in the feature film El sonido del metal (2019) Carlos completed his audio engineering studies at the Recording Workshop in Ohio, USA. He began his career as an engineer touring with different bands throughout the US and his sound design career began working in theater with SAVIA and YOGAMI, which were presented at the Festival de I'Imaginaire in Paris, France.
Dan Zlotnik
Dan Zlotnik was born in Genova, Italy. He spent his childhood in Buenos Aires Argentina. At the age of 23, he moved to Mexico City. For 10 years he did over 180 shows a year, all around the world with different Pop Artists, Jazz groups, and different kind of musicians and music. He has been a saxophone player, producer and arranger for over 200CDs, six of Those CDs won Latin American Grammys, and 3 won the American Grammy. He has worked as a film and tv composer in HBO and Netflix, Amazon, and many movies. In 2016 he was nominated for the ARIEL award (by the Mexican Film Academy) for the score of The Thin yellow line (produced by Guillermo del Toro) And in his spare time, he composes music for different performances and mapping shows with visual artists and choreographers from the US, Europe, and Japan.
Ricardo Villarreal
Is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He co-directed and produced the inspiring film “Ride with Larry” and directed “The Dominguez”, a documentary about one family who shaped the history of California. He wrote and self-published the book “Gracias África” about his experiences as an international humanitarian-aid volunteer in the slums of Kibera in Kenya. He is an avid literature reader passionate about historical novels, classic literature, and Latin American contemporary works. He studied Communication Sciences at Tec de Monterrey in Mexico and has an MBA from the University of Tampa. He lives in Oceanside California.
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Brenda Lorenzi
Brenda Lorenzi is co-owner of Sunwest publishers of Inland Empire Magazine, a nationally recognized regional magazine serving the Inland Empire now in its 43rd year of publishing and Tastes Of Italia Magazine, a recipe oriented food magazine distributed nationally and internationally.
Brenda is also co-owner of Lorenzi Estate Wines which opened a tasting room in Temecula wine country in November of 2013.
Albert Lee
Cinema Culturas’ media specialist, is a professional videographer and photographer who has focused on honing his visual aesthetic acuity. Having participated in the casting process of models/actors, storyboarding, editing and other production areas, he has the full range of experience in pre-production, production, and post-production for video and photography. One of Albert Lee’s specialties is video and photography lighting: both constant and strobe, both daylight and artificial.