AWARDS
Here are the winning films from Film Prize Junior New Mexico 2023/2024
GRAND PRIZE- HS
Coming of Age Ceremony
Mescalero Apache High School
AUDIENCE CHOICE- HS
Hasta Que el Sol Brille
Deming High School
GRAND PRIZE- MS
Niko
Deming Intermediate School
AUDIENCE CHOICE- MS
Niko
Deming Intermediate School
Best Non-OST HS Animation
Secret of the Vase
Alta Vista Early College Highschool
Best Non-OST HS Comedy
So’yunpo Coloco
Santa Fe High School
Best Non-OST HS Documentary
Coming of Age Ceremony
Mescalero Apache High School
Best Non-OST HS Drama
Hello From a Ghost
Volcano Vista High School
Best Non-OST HS Sci-Fi
Deva Dhara
Alta Vista Early College High School
Best Non-OST HS Thriller
False Realities
Centennial High School
Best Non-OST MS Animation
Niko
Deming Intermediate School
Best Non-OST MS Comedy
Baking Bread
Tucumcari Middle School
Best Non-OST MS Documentary
Our Past, Our Future
Penasco Middle School
Best Non-OST MS Drama
The Invisible Girl
Roots and Wings Community School
Best Non-OST MS Sci-Fi
Candyworld
Albuquerque School of Excellence
Best Non-OST MS Thriller
La Vlog
Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy
OST AWARDS
Here are the winning films from the Film Prize Junior New Mexico 2023/2024 OST Program
GRAND PRIZE- HS
Withdraw
Valley High School
AUDIENCE CHOICE- HS
Withdraw
Valley High School
GRAND PRIZE- MS
We Are Still Hemish Strong
Hemish Language Immersion Pilot School
AUDIENCE CHOICE- MS
Beware
McCurdy Charter School
Best OST HS Animation
The Radioactive Lizard
Cuba High School
Best OST HS Comedy
Crondale Cares
Early College Academy / Career Enrichment Center
Best OST HS Documentary
Hornet Maskun
Highland High School
Best OST HS Drama
Ya’at’eeh Shimasani
Tohatchi High School
Best OST HS Sci-Fi
Feathers of Fate
Albuquerque High School
Best OST HS Thriller
Insecurities
Pojoaque Valley High School
Best OST MS Animation
The Serial Sleepover
Explore Academy Charter School
Best OST MS Comedy
Echoes of Enchantment
Sandoval Academy of Bilingual Education
Best OST MS Documentary
Blue Heron
McCurdy Charter School
Best OST MS Drama
Desert Ridge Enigma
Desert Ridge Middle School
Best OST MS Sci-Fi
Candyworld
Albuquerque School of Excellence
Best OST MS Thriller
Boarding School Asylum
Native American Community Academy
FOUNDERS CIRCLE AWARDS
These films were selected both by our Mentor Judges and our Film Prize Junior team for their passion and dedication to their films demonstrated during the 2024 Film Prize Junior Film Festival. Each of these films was awarded a $250 grant to reimburse costs towards production of short films for Film Prize Junior.
Storytelling with Elders
Taos Integrated School of the Arts
35,567 Yu’pik Stories
MESA/ Santa Fe Youth MAVS
Fight for Water
Penasco Middle School
A Sawbone’s Dream
Capitan High School
We Live On
The Academy for Technology And The Classics
One Click Away
Alta Vista Early College High School
Since I Left You
Deming High School
Making a Xylophone from Guns
RFK Charter High School
Native Youth Filmmakers Emergence Award
From Cranes to Fame
Taos Integrated School of the Arts
Hozho
Health Leadership High School
Virtual Festival Awards
Best HS Film
Murrau The Christmas Tree Salesman
Robertson High School
Best HS Performance
Adrian C.T. – A Day to Remember
Centennial High School
Best MS Film
Beware
McCurdy Charter School
Best MS Performance
Zayden M. – Beware
McCurdy Charter School
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FILM PRIZE FOUNDATION, INC.
Film Prize Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2012. Our mission is to promote economic development, workforce development, youth job training, art-based and entrepreneurial business development through film production, education, live and recorded music events, conferences, competitions, and festivals in the Shreveport-Bossier area. We operate six major initiatives year-round: Louisiana Film Prize, Startup Prize, Film Prize Junior, Food Prize, Music Prize, and Fashion Prize.
LOUISIANA FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION (LFEA)
LFEA is a 501(c) 6 non-profit that exists to support and promote the Louisiana film entertainment industry. Founded in 2010, LFEA has played a major role in shaping the film and television industry in the state of Louisiana. With its primary role focused on the legislative process and access to the state’s motion picture tax credit program for all levels of filmmakers, LFEA has also fostered within it’s organization an educational component focused on high school students. In 2018, LFEA created the Louisiana Student Film Festival aimed to invest in the voices of Louisiana students by empowering them to share their stories through film. The winners of the 2020 competition were announced in a live online ceremony. And in partnership with WYES-New Orleans, the winning films were broadcast on PBS and PBS-Kids.