Billboard promoting the 2008 Angelus Student Film Festival is displayed above Family Theater Productions on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

Announcing the 2008 Angelus Finalists!

Thank you to everyone who entered. And we want to express our gratitude for your patience and compassion as the jury's ballots were tabulated. So much talent out there—it was a difficult time! Thanks for sharing your passion and creativity with us. We wish we could have named more!

— Monika Moreno, Director

ANIMATION | DOCUMENTARY | LIVE ACTION (Comedy, Drama, Narrative & other)

2008 Angelus Finalists - ANIMATION

• A Sheep on the Roof
  Remy Schaepman - Institute of Saint Genevieve (France)
  
  
• Abridged
  Arjun Rihan - USC
  
  
• Chicken Cowboy
  Stephen Neary - NYU
  
  
• Sebastian's Voodoo
  Joaquin Baldwin - UCLA
  
  
• Token Hunchback
  Timothy Reckart - Harvard University
  
  

2008 Angelus Finalists - DOCUMENTARY

• As We Forgive
  Laura Winters Hinson - American University, Washington, DC
  
  
• The Nakuru Slums
  Dan Montgomery and Kaz Radwanski- Ryerson University, Toronto
  
  
• Roz and Joshua
  Charlene Music - Stanford University, CA
  
  
• Unattached
  J.J. Adler - Columbia University, NY
  
  
• Under a Storybook Sky
  May Lin Au Yong - Stanford University, CA
  
  
• Uprooted
  Juan Mejia - University of California, Santa Cruz
  
  

2008 Angelus Finalists – LIVE ACTION (Comedy, Drama, Narrative)

• 15-40
  Christian Bagger - American Film Institute, CA
  
  
• Broken Girl
  Jen Kleiner - American Film Institute, CA
  
  
• By Night
  Julia Schwarz - University for Film & Television, Munich, Germany
  
  
• Chiles
  Tyrone Huff - Chapman University
  
  
• Deface
  John Arlotto - Art Center College of Design
  
  
• In the Name of the Son
  Harun Mehmedinovic - American Film Institute, CA
  
  
• Longshots
  Kate Buhrmaster - Columbia University, NY
  
  
• Old Days
  Matthew Shapiro - New York University
  
  
• On the Line
  Reto Caffi - Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany
  
  
• The Replacement Child
  Justin Lerner - University of California, Los Angeles
  
  
• Small Change
  Anna McGrath - Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia