MIPA announces 2021 Film Challenge winners

The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association today announced the winners of the 2021 MIPA Film Challenge.

Students were given two weeks to create a fictional short film no longer than 5 minutes that fit the theme “In Your Dreams.” Films had to include a slice of toast and a character had to say, “When you say it like that, it’s almost poetry,” at some point in the film.

Entries were judged by a panel of MIPA member advisers.

1st Place

Wake Up
Kade Dingman, Roman Blatt, William Zain & Jeremy Campione
Cedar Springs HS

Second Place

Dreamland
Jack Lumsden & Nick Eckert
Bloomfield Hills HS

Third Place

DG WZ AB WM
William Zain, Dylan Greenland, Ayden Hovanec & Aiden Brunin
Cedar Springs HS

Honorable Mention

Chase – Featuring Chase
Chase Hall, Mara Lutz, Joe Priolo & Max VanderMeulen
Cedar Springs HS

Honorable Mention

The Forest
Max Garan & Carlos McWhorter
Frederick V. Pankow Center

Honorable Mention

Nordan Gamsey
Nathan Schihl, Alexis Christ & Joshua Walters
Frederick V. Pankow Center

Honorable Mention

In Your Dreams
Jamison Mlynarek & Addison Mlynarek
Grosse Pointe North HS