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

Announcing the 2008 Angelus Semi-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 Semi Finalists - ANIMATION

• Abridged
  Arjun Rihan - USC
  
  
• Animal Instincts
  Cameron Edser - Bond University (Australia)
  
  
• Chicken Cowboy
  Stephen Neary - NYU
  
  
• Crema Suprema
  Ellenora Ventura - Sheridan College (Canada)
  
  
• Edmund
  Steve Umbleby - Columbus College of Art and Design
  
  
• Fossil Fools
  Max Groff - Art Center College of Design
  
  
• Gallery Girl
  Andrew Marshel - USC
  
  
• Plain and Simple
  Merrin Marra - Columbia College, Chicago
  
  
• Sebastian's Voodoo
  Joaquin Baldwin - UCLA
  
  
• Snapshots
  James Mullins - Savannah College of Art and Design
  
  
• A Sheep on the Roof
  Remy Schaepman - Institute of Saint Genevieve (France)
  
  
• Starsearcher
  Adam Brown - Ryerson University (Canada)
  
  
• Superhero Training Center: Cultural Awareness Day
  Yun-Ling Lee - Carnegie Mellon University
  
  
• Token Hunchback
  Timothy Reckart - Harvard University
  
  

2008 Angelus Semi Finalists - DOCUMENTARY

• As We Forgive
  Laura Winters Hinson - American University
  
  
• Circles of Confusion
  Phoebe Tooke - San Francisco State University
  
  
• Familiar Voices
  Danny Mendoza - New York University
  
  
• Jessie's Dad
  Rebecca Goldman Boaz Dvir - University of Florida
  
  
• The Ladies
  Christina Voro - New York University
  
  
• The Nakuru Slums
  Dan Montgomery and Kaz Radwanski - Ryerson University (Canada)
  
  
• Questions of Art
  Zach Jankovic - University of Colorado at Boulder
  
  
• Roz and Joshua
  Charlene Music - Stanford University
  
  
• Sh'mal World
  Laureen Ricks, Michelle Friedline - University of Florida
  
  
• A Trapped Wing
  Karina Kharchenko - Loyola Marymount University
  
  
• Unattached
  J.J. Adler - Columbia University
  
  
• Under a Storybook Sky
  May Lin Au Yong - Stanford University
  
  
• Uprooted
  Juan Mejia - University of California, Santa Cruz
  
  
• What Are You?
  Chinisha Scott - City University of New York
  
  
• You Wanted to Make A Film?
  Gali Weintraub - Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv
  
  

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

• 15-40
  Christian Bagger - AFI
  
  
• The Aviatrix
  Toddy Burton - University of Texas at Austin
  
  
• August 15th
  Xuan Jiang - California Institute of the Arts
  
  
• Beyond the Fences
  Julie Custer - Chapman University
  
  
• Borderline
  Sam Lembeck - USC
  
  
• The Boundary
  Julius Onah - NYU
  
  
• Bread Alone
  Brandon Adams - Chapman University
  
  
• Broken Girl
  Jen Kleiner - AFI
  
  
• By Night
  Julia Schwarz - University for Film & Television (Germany)
  
  
• Chiles
  Tyrone Huff - Chapman University
  
  
• Choices
  Matthew Jones - Biola University
  
  
• Communion
  Markus Kirschner - Columbia University
  
  
• Coons
  Chris Cloyd - USC
  
  
• The Crossing
  Katrin Magrowitz - London Film School
  
  
• A Day's Work
  Rajeev Dassani - USC
  
  
• Deface
  John Arlotto - Art Center College of Design
  
  
• Deserted
  Nils Tim - AFI
  
  
• In the Name of the Son
  Harun Mehmedinovic - AFI
  
  
• Latter Day Fake
  Jolie Hales - Chapman University
  
  
• Les Vulnerables
  Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt - Columbia University
  
  
• Letting go of Raina
  Victoria Maturo - USC
  
  
• Light Years
  Richard Martin - USC
  
  
• Longshots
  Kate Buhrmaster - Columbia University
  
  
• Loon
  Sabi Lofgren - USC
  
  
• Lucy A Period Piece
  Julie Sagalowsky - UCLA
  
  
• My Dad Ralph
  Nicholas Wong - Ryerson University (Canada)
  
  
• Old Days
  Matthew Shapiro - NYU
  
  
• On the Line
  Reto Caffi - Academy of Media Arts (Germany)
  
  
• Open Your Eyes
  Susan Cohen - American Film Institute
  
  
• The Orphan
  Bryan Nest - Chapman University
  
  
• Negotiations
  Ethan Cushing - Chapman University
  
  
• Nifo Oti
  Sheena Kipu - Loyola Marymount University
  
  
• Paradigm Shift
  Jon Barr - Temple University
  
  
• Pie N Burger
  Clare Sera - Act One: Writing for Hollywood
  
  
• Premature
  Rashaad Ernesto Green - NYU
  
  
• Rabia
  Muhammad Ali Hasan - Chapman University
  
  
• Red Wednesday
  Nazanin Shirazi - University of Texas at Austin
  
  
• The Replacement Child
  Justin Lerner - UCLA
  
  
• Short Term 12
  Destin Cretton - San Diego State University
  
  
• Still Water
  Elina Fessa - Columbia University
  
  
• Small Change
  Anna McGrath - Victorian College of the Arts (Australia)
  
  
• Swimming
  Diane Lisa Johnson - USC
  
  
• Vacation
  Huy Chau - Columbia University
  
  
• Whirlybird
  Danielle Corches - Columbia College Chicago
  
  
• My Wooden Dog
  Natalia Babinski - Krzysztof Kieslowski's TV and Film Institute (Poland)