CICFF

Congrats to my class from last year- their video "Hope for Technology" was the runner up in the Shortie Awards International Student News and Film Festival in June. After our success in that competition, we were invited to submit our film for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.

"The CICFF is North America's largest and most celebrated film
festival devoted to films for and by kids, and it's the only
Academy®-qualifying children's film festival in the world! (That means our
winners in the short film category can go on to compete for the
Oscars®! In 2008, the Festival featured 250 of the best films and
videos for kids from 40 countries. The Festival welcomes over 26,000 Chicago
area children, adults, and educators to hundreds of screenings. More than 100 filmmakers, media professionals & celebrities attend the Festival to lead interactive workshops with kids." CICFF

I am amazed at how much this little class project has achieved! It will be shown as part of a collection of short films by kids. Click here to see the list, or look at the screen cap below. There are a lot of different countries represented! I am SO proud of their hard work.