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RENO FFX 2025
Category X: Mythology/Folklore Short Films
Short Film (Any Genre)
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1st - Art Class by Piper Luckey
2nd - Is Halloween Canceled? by Emma Speicher
3rd - Parent's View of The Pandemic by Collette Ponce
Finalist - Andelin Farm by Isabella Wolf
Finalist - AACT Bakery by Janelle Olisea
Finalist - Distance Learning by Aidan Allen
Finalist - Digital Learning by Sadie Weed
JTNN PSA: Ellie Mundt, Hannah Biggs
Audience Favorite
Category X: Game Adaptations
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The Forest: Collin Ames, Wyatt Caron
2021 FINALISTS
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1st - Janelle Olisea & Ian Thunder
2nd - Isabella Wolf
3rd - Joie Patetta
Finalist - Dania Vargas
Finalist - Ellie Mundt
Finalist - Hannah Biggs
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Best Non-Fiction
Lemonadeby McKenna Cao
Best In Show
Best Fiction
JTNN PSA
Experimental Short Film
Category X: Game Adaptation
JTNN PSA by Reyani Apag & Alisa Kuznetsova
2023 RESULTS
Two Birds: Alisa Kuznetsova, Anna Wong
John Bohach - Documentary by Saurabh Chawla & Aidan Swan
1st - Sheherazde by Avery Thunder & Piper Luckey
2nd - Coffee For Two by Janelle Olisea
3rd - Riots by Cole Dyson
Finalist - None by Taylor Salim
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Nervy Novices - Title Sequence by Piper Luckey
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News Package
News Package
Break My Heart - Music Video by Janelle Olisea and Ian Thunder
Animated/Animatic Shorts
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Two Birds: Anna Wong, Alisa Kuz
Just My Type: Vytis Etchegoyhen
Rich Girl: Zach Wilson, Aiden Allen
Dishin: Thea Marko
See You Again: Ashleigh Burke
No Reason: Joel Harper
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1st - John Bohach by Saurabh Chawla & Aidan Swan
2nd - Nervy Novices by Kathleen Leslie
3rd - Video Game Music by Kira Nierman
Finalist - Prison Labor by Izaac Zorn
Finalist - Nevada Day by Kiley Tietjen
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Category X: Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopian Short Films
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Audience Favorite
The Taxman by Gavin Cates
Surrender by Mack Marko and Joie Patetta
After the Fall by Jacob Clingensmith
Just One Yesterday by Alisa Kuznetsova and Alejandra Ibarra
Impactby Isaiah Clarke
The Willow Virus by Keira Parrish & Sydney Chilson
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Best Non-Fiction
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In My Eye: Joie Patetta
Deception of the Universe: Nicolas Scolaro, Erica Fish
Lorem Ipsum: Anna Wong, Alisa Kuznetsova
Nothing to Get: Ellie Mundt
Terra: Parker Roukey, Shane O'Shea
2022 Results
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Lemonade by McKenna Cao
The Storm by Eliana Cronan
Getting Over It by Jordan Lee
Cat by Jamison Lockard
Backrooms, Found Footage by Jayce Sifre
Ellie Mundt, Hannah Biggs
Christian, Keira
Zach Wilson, Aiden Allen
Alisa Kuznetsova, Anna Wong
Stella Cole, Noelle Brady, Ava Pulver
Sadie Weed, Uma Lord
Andres, Ash
Ale Ibarra, Reyani Apag
Sienna McMullan
Ricardo Romero-Camber
Kade Collins
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Two Birds: Alisa Kuznetsova, Anna Wong
1st - Nervy Novices by Piper Luckey
2nd - Puregate by Eva Elliot
3rd - La La Land by Janelle Olisea
3rd - High School by Kate Allen
3rd - Mistborn by Ellie Mundt
3rd - Nelumbo by Katie Schneider
Finalist - TWD by Dania Vargas
Finalist - Atlas by Collette Ponce
Finalist - Good Luck Jack Jack by Renee Messer
Music Video
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Music Video
1st - Pigeon by Kaitlyn Schneider
2nd - Animated Short by Kathryn Chamberlain
The Forest: Collin Ames, Wyatt Caron
Guest at the Beginning of Time: Nicholas Coghlan, Isaiah Guira
Orb of Dirt: Ellie Mundt, Hannah Biggs
Mass Casualties: JB Brown, Adele Pillers
Antique: Sean Sanchez
Cardio: Isabel Milone
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1st - $450 - Collette Ponce
2nd - $325 - Carmela Rivas
3rd - $225 - Avery Thunder & Piper Luckey
Perpetual Agony - Music Video by Joie Patetta
Short Film (Any Genre)
Experimental Short Film
Masks: Uma Lord, Sadie Weed
AACT Art Program: Piper Luckey, Avery Thunder
MCI Drill: Kade Collins, Luke O'Doan
Scholarships: Zach Wilson, Aiden Allen
2020 Finalists
JTNN Public Service Announcements
1st: Carmela Rivas
2nd: Kaden Lake
3rd: Kylee Warden
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Experimental Short
1st: Trey Anderson - Covid19
2nd: Isabella Wolf - Pareidolia
3rd: Liv Rogers - Pepsi
Finalist: Juliet Ojeda - Love in October
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News Packages
1st: Janelle Olisea - Family Shelter
2nd: Ian Thunder, Sean Sevilla - New Counselor
3rd: Emma Speicher, Isabella Wolf - Holland Project
Finalist: Jeff Shoemaker, Luke Merlino - Parent Night
Finalist: Isabella Wolf, Izaac Zorn - New Teacher
Finalist: Alexa Calderon, Kaden Lake - Reno FFX
Finalist: Kaitlyn Hagen, Emilio Milo - Capstones
Finalist: Alysha Brandon, Larissa Koitmaa - Senior Sunrise
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Documentary Short
1st: Izaac Zorn - The Rise of Advertising
2nd: Hannah Mills - Teen Open Studio
3rd: Jack Little - Triathlete
Finalist: Jonathan Lee - Cougars Football
Finalist: Eric O'Shea - SPCA
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Animated Short
1st: Dillon Trinh - Car Chase
2nd: Kayla Duane - TNT
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Narrative Short
1st: Joie Patetta - October
2nd: Jeff Shoemaker - SSHS 2020
3rd: Jack Little - Xero
Finalist: Ian Thunder - Dumplings
Finalist: Adelle Pillers - Pandemic Diary
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Music Videos
1st: Isabella Wolf - Don't Throw Out My Legos
2nd: Ellie Mundt - 6 Feet Apart
3rd: Trey Anderson - Rocky Horror
Finalist: Kylee Warden, Larissa Koitmaa - Material Girl
Finalist: Janelle Olisea - I Won't Say
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Category X: Movie Trailers
1st: Jack Little - Xerophobia
2nd: Janelle Olisea - Unexpectedly Yours
3rd: Larissa Koitmaa, Kylee Warden - The Lottery
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Best Fiction
"October" by Joie Patetta
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Best Non-Fiction
"Family Shelter" by Janelle Olisea
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*Director's Choice
"Covid 19" by Trey Anderson
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Best in Show
"Don't Throw Out My Legos" by Isabella Wolf
The Taxman by Gavin Cates
Calypso by Bebe Slater
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Best Fiction
Bingo: Alex Medal
Veinde: Jordan Robinson
Sisterhood: Alejandra Ibarra
The Blue Ribbon: Reyani Apag
Too Much Sushi: Mahyar Ali
A Night in Hell: Nicholas Gill
Two Birds: Alisa Kuznetsova, Anna Wong
1st - Do Not Go Gently by Emma Speicher
2nd - MissUnderstood by Isabella Wolf
3rd - Untitled by Kathleen Leslie
Finalist - Ghostie by Lily Ames
The Great Frost: Cole Wright
Skyrim: Zach Wilson, Aiden Allen
Star Wars: Finishing the Fight: Jacob Clingensmith, Cade Beadell
Pac Man: Ellie Mundt