The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association today announced the winners of the 2025 MIPA Film Challenge.
Students were given two weeks to create a fictional short film no longer than 5 minutes that fit the theme “One World.” Films had to include a handshake and a character had to say, “Here comes the sun” at some point in the film.
Entries were judged by a panel of MIPA member advisers.
1st Place
The Hourglass Effect
Noah Johnson
Frederick V. Pankow Center
2nd Place
Here Comes the Sun
Savjoah Paul & Oliver Grayson
Roosevelt High School
3rd Place
Digital Sunrise
Nathaniel Sakmar & William MacFarland
Troy Athens High School
Honorable Mention
One World, Two People
Jackson Manoulian & Vaughn Balian
Lake Orion High School
Honorable Mention
Reunion
Pablo Amoroz, Ezra Shere, Sean Borlack & Nived Paingol
West Bloomfield High School
Honorable Mention
Trapped
Evan Mattson, Seth Jaggers, Spencer Snow & Luke Egan
Cedar Springs High School
Honorable Mention
With Love
Emiah Njoku, Alayna Hayes, Saniya Brown & Jaden Whitworth
Frederick V. Pankow Center