DOPPELGÄNGER FILM FESTIVAL 2022
On March 18th, Brahma Cinematics held its 13th annual Doppelgänger student film festival and was our first in-person presentation since 2019. DBHS students were ecstatic to share their passion and creativity with a live audience. This year we were also proud to collaborate with DBHS art teacher, Ms. Dizon, on our very first animation category, which had over ten submissions by students.
This year was considered to be one of the toughest years for judging by all accounts. Every student, at all grade levels, brought their ingenuity and talent for multiple submissions. That is why we are posting winners and nominees for each category.
Once again, REACH for Mental Health, honored our Eye Opener filmmakers with a $500 Scholarship winner. Below is a list of winners along with their submissions. Mr. Enriquez would like to thank all of the student filmmakers and the continued support DBHS staff.
Please click on links to view winning videos.
PSA/COMMERCIAL
WINNER
NOMINEES
Irene Kim, Ian Nakama, Aaron Schwarz, Sabrina Chen, and Elijah McCraw - Awkbud
Yunfei Cui, Grace Ramirez, Hector Liu, and Tom Li - Oculus Dexter
MUSIC VIDEO
WINNER
NOMINEES
Angela Liao - Epilogue - Diamonds & Toads
Angelina Yang, Adriana Malingkas, and Kora Trinh - Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow
Brahma Cinematics 2021-2022 - Marigolds
Saturday Rojas - Me and My Husband
OUT OF THE BOX
WINNER
Angelina Yang and Kyla Nikravan - Bully
NOMINEES
Owen Ma, Aaron Tsai, Cole Vargas, Charles Zhao,, and Alexander Kung - Food Fiesta
Sabrina Chen - Gomennanka Kikitakunakatta
Jaden Zhang, Andrew Liu, James hao, Anthony Lugo, and Kora Trinh - Ignored
THEATRICAL TRAILER
WINNER
Andres Romero Serpas - The Silent Patient
NOMINEES
Joy Hata and Eva Yu - The Balcony View
EYE OPENER - REACH for Mental Health $500 Scholarship
WINNER
Abby Kottke - Going Off Script // Olivia James
NOMINEES
Cole Whitman - Lanterman a Retrospective
Nathan Stillkey and Ryan Ormes - The Land of Opportunity
Katherine Villanueva - Legacy of Voltes V
SHORT FILM
WINNER
NOMINEES
Nia Ramos - Romeo and Juliet the Hip-aning
ANIMATION - In Collaboration with DBHS Art Teacher with Ms. Dizon
WINNER
NOMINEES
Jowelle Wong, Katie Choi, and Kathleen Nie - An Ordinary Day
Heather Ma and Sara Faisol - Guardian
Less Sampson and Ivy Liu - The Adventures of Jean and Flar
Sarah Luna and Katie Wang - Runaway
Jimmy Chen and David Duran - Taxes
Katherine Villanueva, Jessica Wong, Paige Kim, and Angela Liao - The Life of Birb
CATEGORIES
BEST EDITOR
Abby Kottke - Estival Lines, Fragments, and Going Off Script // Olivia James
BEST WRITER
Eva Yu - HTHAB
BEST ACTOR
Joel Nelson - The Silent Patient
BEST ACTRESS
Heather Hwang - can i b u?
John A. Rowland High School C/O 2023
BEST DIRECTOR
Abby Kottke - Estival Lines, Fragments, and Going Off Script // Olivia James