Students from Nogales High School were awarded 10 prizes at the 2023 Southern Arizona High School Film Festival.
Of the 10 awards given to NHS students, four were first-place prizes. In addition, student filmmakers from Nogales captured the “Best in Show” award.
The Southern Arizona High School Film Festival is a venue to showcase films produced by regional high school students enrolled in a CTE film and TV class.
This year, more than 120 films were submitted by students at 12 different schools. The prizewinners from NHS were:
• First place, Fiction: “Don’t Look,” by Aram Martinez and Santiago Martinez
• First place, Original/Licensed Music Video: “Moments,” by Chiara Saturno and Maiquel Avilas
• First place, Non-Original Music Video: “Couples Therapy,” by Ana Paula Juarez
• First place, Documentary: “Next To The Border Wall,” by Jose Gonzalez
• Second place, Animation: “Frog,” by Bersais Quintero
• Second place, Fiction: “My Other Self,” by Bersais Quintero
• Second place, Original/Licensed Music Video: “PiePiePiePie,” by Jian Tatil and Diego Duenas
• Second place, Non-Original Music Video: “Punk Tactics,” by Bersais Quintero
• Second place, Documentary: “Young Murals: The WildLife Mural,” Jose Antonio Leon
• Third place, Non-Original Music Video: “Frontin,” by Evelyn Fuentes
