Maine South student entries selected for All American Film Festival

Nine Maine South High School students had their entries chosen as official selections in the 10th annual All American High School Film Festival. These entries will compete at the festival and be screened at the AMC Empire 25 Theater in Times Square, New York City, New York, 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.

Graduates Eden Wening, Lucia Urbain and Jake Ottolino's entry titled "Ruse Burglary" was selected in the Public Service Announcement category. This project was produced for the Park Ridge Police Department as part of a career exploration experience. The video can be viewed: https://vimeo.com/673669216

Junior Tyler DeMott's entry titled "Maine South Football: The Next Season" was selected in the Broadcast Journalism Sports Feature category. The video can viewed at: https://vimeo.com/679354102

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 video can be viewed at: https://vimeo.com/726068094

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.