The results are in, below are the nominees for the 2022 Brahma Cinematics Doppelganger Film Festival! DBHS students have been working diligently in front and behind the camera throughout the year, and this Friday, March 18, will be our first in-person film festival performance since 2019!

Students have submitted films in multiple categories, alongside our collaboration with REACH for Mental Health Awareness, which provides a $500 scholarship to the best documentary in the Eye Opener category. In addition, this year we are proud to announce the new animation category in collaboration with DBHS art teacher, Ms. Dizon.

Please attend and support your DBHS students and also enjoy a wonderful performance from Commercial Music while you're at it.

THE NOMINEES ARE...

COMMERCIAL PSA

• Awkbud - Irene Kim, Ian Nakama, Aaron Schwarz, Sabrina Chen, Elijah McCraw
• HTHAB - Eva Yu
• Oculus Dexter - Yunfei Cui, Grace Ramirez, Hector Liu, Tom Li

MUSIC VIDEO

• can i b u? - Irene Kim
• Epilogue - Diamond & Toads - Angela Liao
• Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow - Angelina Yang, Adriana Malingkas, and Kora Trinh
• Marigolds - Brahma Cinematics
• Me and My Husband - Saturday Rojas
• One Sided Love - Alina Zhang
• Wrecked - Joy Hata

OUT OF THE BOX

• Bully - Angelina Yang and Kyla Nikravan
• Food Fiesta - Owen Ma, Aaron Tsai, Cole Vargas, Charles Zhao, and Alexander Kung
• Gomennanka Kikitakunakatta - Sabrina Chen
• Ignored - Jaden Zhang, Andrew Liu, James Hao, Anthony Lugo, Kora Trinh

THEATRICAL TRAILER

• Estival Lines - Abby Kottke
• The Balcony View - Joy Hata and Eva Yu
• The Silent Patient - Andres Romero Serpas

EYE OPENER

• Going off Script // Olivia James - Abby Kottke
• Lanterman a Retrospective - Cole Whitman
• The Land of Opportunity - Nathan Stillkey
• Legacy of Voltes V - Katherine Villanueva

SHORT FILM

• Fragments - Abby Kottke
• Romeo and Juliet - Nia Ramos

ANIMATION

• An Ordinary Day - Jowelle Wong, Katie Choi, and Kathleen Nie
• Birb's Night Out - Ruth Yoon
• Guardian - Heather Ma and Sara Faisol
• The Adventures of Jean-Luc and Flar - Less Sampson and Ivy Liu
• Nightmares - Paige Kim
• Rampion - Angela Liao
• Runaway - Sarah Luna and Katie Wang
• Taxes - Jimmy Chen and David Duran
• The Life of Birb. - Katherine Villanueva, Jessica Wong, Paige Kim, and Angela Liao
• Frogg - Natalie Wu