Date: March 19, 2010
Venue: ArcLight Cinerama Dome, 800 seats
Submissions: 150
Guest Speaker: Kathryn Bigelow in conversation with Jason Reitman '95
Judges: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), Randy Newman (Toy Story 3), Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald (Catch Me If You Can, Gladiator), festival founder Elizabeth Yale
Directors: Romina D'Alessandro and Jake Gutman
Advisers: Cheri Gaulke and Ted Walch
Back on the Bike, 4:54
Garrett Gioia, director, Orange County High School for the Arts
The Beast, 8:22, Lizzie Award for Directing
Mario Adriano, Eric Becerra, Denny Dimalanta and Michael Greenwood, directors, Providence High School
Break Away, 9:33, Lizzie Award for Story/Writing
Franchesco Ramos, director, Cleveland High School
Calamus, 11:20, Lizzie Award for Best Overall
Jonathan Jayasinghe, director, Cleveland High School
The Compact, 10:20, Lizzie Award for Acting
Grace Samson, director, Providence High School
Cupidity, 5:40
Phoebe Singer, director, Harvard-Westlake School
Edward the Eraser, 1:54
Joe Caedo & Conor Gould, directors, Providence High School
Good Neighbor, 1:38, Humanitarian Award
Cesar Cervantes, director, Bell High School
In the Beginning, 3:37
Ethan Corn (Santa Monica High School), Daniel Lachman (Las Lomas High School), Eddie Mele (Gould Academy), Sebastian Savino (Carmel High School) and Michael Stone (Brentwood School), directors, produced during NYU Tisch summer program
Love Vigilantes, 3:25, Lizzie Award for Cinematography
Libby Blood, director, El Dorado High School
Ninja Claus, 6:38, Lizzie Award for Special Effects
Arnold Aldridge, director, Homestead High School
Sleepyhead, 2:50, Lizzie Award for Editing
Patrick Correll & Matt Mendoza, directors, Chaminade
The Stand, 9:00, The Founder's Award
Olivia Chuba, director, Harvard-Westlake Summer Film Camp
Still Life, 5:11
Lee Feldman, director, Harvard-Westlake Summer Film Camp
Stop and Smell the Roses, 2:08
Harrison Litvack, director, Crossroads School
Stop. Think. Rewind., 1:24
Mattan Cohen, director, Northwood High School
Two Weeks, 4:33, Festival Directors' Choice
Brian Tran, director, University High School