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May 12, 2009 | Arts and Entertainment
 

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Student films chosen for Sundog fest

More than 30 short films by students from the Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus areas have been chosen for the Sundog 6 Regional Film Festival and Competition on Saturday, May 16, in Yellow Springs.

Internationally recognized filmmaker and Sundance Festival judge Julia Reichert, commercial video producer David Markey and animator-media art teacher Paul Bohart viewed 81 entries from 13 schools before choosing those that will be screened.

Selected films were made by 39 students from Fairborn, Kettering Fairmont, Stivers, Yellow Springs, Kings, Grove City, Cincinnati Country Day, Centerville, Bellbrook and Wilmington high schools and McKinney Middle School in Yellow Springs.

Winners will be announced and $2,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded after the films are shown at 2 p.m. at the Little Art Theatre, 247 Xenia Ave. in Yellow Springs. Admission is free and open to the public.

Businesses, organizations or individuals interested in sponsorships should contact Sundog director Melina Elum at (937) 767-7224 or yshs_melum@k12server.mveca.org.

Students whose work was chosen for the festival are: Kylie Holmes of Wilmington High School, Chelsea Laberman of Fairborn High School; Mike Odgen, Trevor Sloan, Daniel Middlestetter, Christina Stoner, Joseph Craven, Ellie Brombaugh, Aaron Derr, Tyler Schmall and Christina Sherwood of Kettering Fairmont, Alexander Reynolds, Philip Mercurio, Veronia Easley and Prentiss Haney of Stivers High School for the Arts, Nicky Sontag, Kelly Miller, Lawrence Harmon, Leon Reichert, Amelia Shaw, Ashanta Robinson and Nindy Silvie of Yellow Springs High School, Katie Paddock, Brandon Lalli, Matt Koerbel, Andy Ash, Cameron Dethy, Sam Kreps, Colin Walker and Seth Wooten of Kings High School, Jacob Hardman, Roland Newsome and Emma Peifer of McKinney Middle School, Colin Hopkins of Grove City High School, Rainor Tangvald of Cincinnati Country Day High School, Erika Gruner of Centerville High School and Drew Phipps of Bellbrook High School.

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