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Studio Arts Student Work Featured in 2023 EDU Film Festival

May 23, 2023

Visual Arts and Media Arts student works were selected and screened as part of the EDU Film Festival on Friday, May 19, 2023. Several Perpich submissions were selected as finalists with some receiving Best in Fest awards! You may view their work and other student works from across the state here.

Khalid Ali, Media Arts Instructor, said, “The EDU Film Festival was a wonderful opportunity to connect with student filmmakers from all over the state and to see a wide range of creative films. It was inspiring!”

Congratulations to the Perpich students who received Best in Fest recognition!

  • Best in Fest – Best Documentary: Pino’s Fresh, a film by Franklin Weaver, Perpich Center for Arts Education. MN
  • Best in Fest – Best Micro Film: Backyard Dogs, a film by Erin O’Daniel, Jaden Kelly, Link Miller, Perpich Center for Arts Education. MN

And congratulations to all the Perpich students who were nominated:
Best Documentary:

  • Envisioning Space, Rowan Jack Freeman, Perpich Center for Arts Education, MN
  • Pino’s Fresh, Franklin Weaver, Perpich Center for Arts Education, MN
  • Sweetness, Sophia Alessandra Cruz, Perpich Center for Arts Education, MN

Best Experimental:

  • Process, Otis King, Perpich Center for Arts Education, MN
  • Rumori, Franklin Weaver, Perpich Center for Arts Education, MN

Best Micro Film:

  • Backyard Dogs, Erin O’Daniel, Jaden Kelly, Link Miller, Perpich Center for Arts Education, MN
  • Graveyard, Laurence Gingerich, Perpich Center for Arts Education, MN

Best Cinematography:

  • The Lacquer Cowboy, Otis King, Perpich Center for Arts Education, MN

The EDU Film Festival serves an important role in the development of young filmmakers in Minnesota. EDU aims to provide young filmmakers with an authentic film festival experience, a valuable understanding of the film industry, and an opportunity to screen their movies in a theatrical setting.

By putting students together with Minnesota filmmakers, industry professionals, and post high school educational institutions, the EDU Film Festival also introduces the young filmmakers to the variety of film industry options available in Minnesota.

The EDU Film Festival provides a time and place for young filmmakers from all over the state to interact with each other, form friendships and partnerships, and to create a professional network of peers.