On Thursday, March 6, two short films produced by El Dorado High School students were official selections at the prestigious SCREEN Film Festival, held at the historic Aero Theater in Santa Monica. The films included “Monster Hunters,” created by Kale Wood (\u201825), Jaston Lopez (\u201825), Ruby Schultz (\u201825), River Santiago (\u201825), Karina Bier (\u201825), and Josh Eady (\u201825), as well as\u00a0Dear Mom and Dad<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>directed by Tahlia Pompel (\u201824)
Furthermore, the most significant announcement of the week came from the 2025 Orange County Film Festival (OCFF), which revealed its official nominees and selections. The following productions from El Dorado High School received nominations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Best Independent Film:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Commercial:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Documentary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Short Film:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Music Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best PSA (Public Service Announcement):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Cinematography:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Editing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Score:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Sound Design:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Actor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Production Design:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Producer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Director:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Broadcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Orange County Film Festival continues to recognize outstanding achievements in student filmmaking, and the accomplishments of El Dorado High School\u2019s Advanced Video Production students underscore their dedication and talent in the field of cinematic arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" El Dorado High School\u2019s Advanced Video Production students have experienced an outstanding film festival season, earning numerous accolades and recognition for their creative and technical…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":31837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1177],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-31809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school","tag-el-dorado-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.pylusd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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