UIL State Film Festival Information

Date: Feb 22, 2024
Category: Academics

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUSTIN, TX — The 2024 UIL Young Filmmakers Festival will take place Wednesday, February 28 at the LBJ Auditorium on the campus of The University of Texas.

Students at UIL member schools submitted original works of film within four categories: Digital Animation, Documentary, Narrative, and Traditional Animation. Films were scored by a panel of judges based on originality, cinematic storytelling, and technical execution.

SCHEDULE: (Wednesday, February 28)

SESSION 1 • 10 AM-12:15 PM  •   Doors open 9:45 AM
Combined Conference (1A-3A)  Digital Animation
Click-Universal City Randolph
Dad’s Lesson on Bullying-Vanderbilt Industrial
Gone But Not Forgotten-Callisburg
Scratch-Sabine Pass
The Hero’s Journey-Wall
Trust the Door-Ackerly Sands

4A Digital Animation
Aster-Manor New Tech
Detritus-Rusk
Gloom-Springtown
Lost and Hound-Stephenville
The Perfect Dream-Sulphur Springs
When in Doubt-Manor New Tech

Combined Conference (1A-3A)  Documentary
Behind the Alley-Sabine Pass
Caiden’s Hope-Lytle
From Worthless to Worthy-Redwater
Serving Together-Apple Springs
The Corinne T. Smith Animal Center-May
The Making of D-man-Hallettsville

4A Documentary
Calamaco’s-Hudson
From Quarterback to Giving Back-Lindale
Legend-Hudson
Pray for Joe: A Story of Recovery-Lindale
The Urban Rescue Ranch-Robinson
The Way God Made Me-Lindale

SESSION 2 • 12:15 PM-2:30 PM
Combined Conference (1A-3A)  Narrative
ANHEDONIA-Nocona
Beyond the Glass Eyes-Nocona
Nightwalker-Abilene A.T.E.M.S.
No Greater Love-Atlanta
Roamin’-May
Simply Impossible-Poth

4A Narrative
Blighted-Hudson
Delivery-Wimberley
Nobody But Us-Corpus Christi Calallen
Shopping Trip-Lindale
Torn-Salado
Wonderless-Hudson

Combined Conference (1A-3A) Traditional Animation
A Crusader’s Tale-Mount Vernon
Dear Furball-Wall
Reminiscence-Lytle
The Legendary Nut-Nocona
The Sides of One Coin-Christoval
The Struggle Within-Vanderbilt Industrial

4A Traditional Animation
Compensate-Salado
I Love My Family-Stephenville
Insomnia-Lindale
Love Notes-Lindale
Shogun-key-Boerne
Snow Baby-Lindale

The Top Nobelity award for each film from 1A-3A and 4A will be screened at the end of Session 2

**Awards Ceremony: 2:30 PM-3 PM  •  Combined Conference (1A-3A)  & 4A Awards

SESSION 3 • 3:30 PM-5:45 PM  •  Doors open 3:15 PM
5A Digital Animation
Escaping Reality-PSJA North
Ignition-Lake Belton
Mystery Knight-Lake Dallas
Physical Touch-Georgetown
Soul Bound-Boerne Champion
Whale Song-Carrollton Turner

6A Digital Animation
After Dark-Humble Atascocita
Careful my Little Wolf-Mission
Eyes of the Artist-Katy Seven Lakes
Felementary-Cypress Ranch
Misfits’ Casino-Katy Seven Lakes
The Aclowntant-Katy Seven Lakes

5A Documentary
A Rivalry Turns 100 (PNG-Nederland Football)-Nederland
Dreams Unboxed-PSJA North
Healthy Mujeres-Austin LASA
One of One-Boerne Champion
The Other Sport-Comal Canyon
The Palm Awards-PSJA North

6A Documentary
Disconnected Education-Cypress Creek
Forever 14: For Joshua-Cypress Creek
God’s Dogs-A Dog’s Wish-Northside Stevens
Reformation-Richardson Lake Highlands
Ride or Die-Prosper
The 2023 Waller High School Band: Ciao Bella-Waller

SESSION 4 • 6 PM-8:15 PM
5A Narrative
CHARADE INVASION-Melissa
CO-OP-Melissa
Guayabera-McAllen
Mafioso-College Station A&M Consolidated
Parallel-Prosper Walnut Grove
Tree House-Harlingen South

6A Narrative
Culinary Catastrophe-San Antonio Johnson
Don’t You Know What Length’s I’ll Go?-Prosper
Out for Delivery-Conroe The Woodlands
Point and Shoot-San Antonio LEE
The Mirror Image-Austin Westlake
Washed Up-Fort Bend Ridge Point

5A Traditional Animation
Alarm Clock-El Paso Chapin
Distress Call-Boerne Champion
Lost and Found-Boerne Champion
Roses-Montgomery
The Hare-Ann Richards School
Tidy Up-Boerne Champion

6A Traditional Animation
Blindside-Allen
Jet’s Last Adventure-Conroe Grand Oaks
Minor Setbacks-San Antonio LEE
Mischief Tournament-Prosper
Rat Trap-Humble Atascocita
Turned Down-Allen

The Top Nobelity award for each film from 5A and 6A will be screened at the end of Session 4

**Awards Ceremony: 8:30 PM-9 PM  •  5A & 6A Awards

Admission to the festival is FREE. Parking information for the event can be found HERE.

More information can be found here: https://www.uiltexas.org/film

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