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MIPA announces 2025 Film Challenge winners
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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
