Brahma Cinematics is excited to present DBHS with its 14th annual Doppelganger Film Festival on Friday, March 24th at 6:00 PM. Filmmakers have been working diligently in front and behind the camera throughout the year to create their personal projects.
Students have submitted films in multiple categories: Short Film, Theatrical Trailer, Commercial/PSA, Music Video, Animation, Out of the Box, and Eye Opener.
This is 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 work with Ms. Dizon for the second year in a row on our new animation category.
2023 DOPPELGANGER FILM FESTIVAL - NOMINEES & PRESENTATION - FRIDAY 3.24
The results are in, below are the nominees for the 14th annual Doppelganger Film Festival presented by Brahma Cinematics! Students have been working diligently in front and behind the camera throughout the year, and only the top scoring submissions, will be presented on the big screen this Friday live and in-person!
Students 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, we are proud to collaborate with DBHS art teacher, Ms. Dizon on Animation for the second year in a row.
Additionally, our nomination categories span Best Editor, Best Writer, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director as well.
Please attend and support your DBHS peers and also enjoy a wonderful performance from Commercial Music while you're at it. Tickets will be on sale at the event or on-site in the DBHS quad/Mr. Enriquez's room (#271) ahead of the show.
Lastly, congratulations to all of the participants, entries overflowed in each category, and we hope we can screen even more films in the future. We look forward to seeing all of you in-person, for a wonderful night at the movies this Friday the 24th at 6:00 PM!
THE NOMINEES ARE...
MUSIC VIDEO
- Nancy Got a Haircut - Kora Trinh
- Boomerang - Joy Hata
- I'm Happy - Alina Zhang
- Burnout - Chris Hsieh
- Sunny Day - Adriana Malingkas
- Like You Do - Sarah Rojas
- The Eternal Teenage Cycle - Sean Gabriel Pornan
OUT OF THE BOX
- Pour Out Like Water - Jessie Li
- Ginger - Jianlan Busteed, Nyansu Chen, and Cindy Cui
- Anthology - Charlene Kim
- Talent Show - Eva Yu
THEATRICAL TRAILER
- Doppelganger - Zoe Guillen
- The Challenge - Grace Ramirez and Charlene Kim
EYE OPENER
- An Average Day for a Lonely Student - Nathan Johnson
- The Forgotten War - Andres Romero-Serpas
- Shockwave - Charles Zhao, Aaron Dulnuan, Owen Ma, and Alex Kung
- A Conversation - Grace Ramirez and Charlene Kim
- Gary - Cole Whitman
- A Musical Journey - Alexander MortonDyke
SHORT FILM
- Doppelganger - Zoe Guillen
- A Home Between Two Houses - Grace Ramirez
- Book of Unaliving - Jianlan Busteed
- Influencer - Owen Ma
ANIMATION
- Run for Your Life! - Amber Yu
- Cake My Day - Anushka Rane
- Lemon - Allysen Tang
- Blue Hour - Jessica Leung
- Snake Fight - Sam Lim and Alex Wang
- Two Sides - Nathan Yu
- The Bananas are Rotting - Christina Qi
- Always With You - Lynea MortonDyke
- Andi's Art - Giselle Gutierrez
- Chromhidorsis - Jodie Baek
- Bloom - Ashley Chiu
- Hole in the Heart - Tammy Pao
- Apocalyptic Youth - Sean Gabriel Pornan
- Fighter - Kaitlyn Michaud
Please attend and support your DBHS students and also enjoy a wonderful performance from, Mr. Javis' Commercial Music students! Tickets will be on sale at lunch in the quad, in Mr. Enriquez's room (#271), and in person at the event. We look forward to seeing you all there!
