The results are in for the 15th annual Brahma Cinematics’ Doppelgänger Film Festival!
We would like to thank everyone who took the time to submit their films. The competition was incredibly competitive and presented us with a record number of over forty submissions. Every student should be proud of their work and the dedication it took to share their story with the world.
NOMINEES
THEATRICAL TRAILER
Track - Nia Ramos
My Dearest, Jane Gallagher - Saturday Rojas and Sarah Rojas
Nightmare on Halloween - Cole Vargas
SHORT FILM
Phantom Pains - Joy Hata & Jianlan Busteed Chao
In This Letter - Nataly Sun
The Day I Fell In Love - Eva Yu
Vida - Alina Zhang
ANIMATION
Summer is Ending 2020 - Zao Han
Duck-tectives - Valerie Lais & Corinna Yoh
Shelby - Chloe Lam
Lovely Night - Xai Noriega
The Shadow - Aiden Sturlabayze
EYE OPENER
Katipunan - Troy Pisigan
Beyond the Melody - Kora Trinh, Alina Zhang, and Owen Ma
Into the Dungeon - Eva Yu, Joy Hata, and Sabrina Chen
MUSIC VIDEO
Your Stupid Face - Nyansu Chen, Jianlan Busteed Chao, Xinyi Cui
They Don’t Know You Like I Do - Joy Hata
Picking Delilah - Criztos Iniguez, Leonardo Barradas, Samantha Nguyen, Jaxon Smith, William Cheng, Andrew Kim, and Naeman Roman-Engelhart
Pink + White - Owen Ma
Beggin’ - Isabella Wang
OUT OF THE BOX
That There Station to Paradise - Troy Pisigan
Regular Cat Infomercial - Aaron Ortiz & Jake Hien
Seventeen to Serenity - Haillie Tekawy & Troy Pisigan
Pick Your Brain - Kora Trinh & Natalie Tsai
BEST WRITER
Joy Hata - They Don’t Know You Like I Do and Phantom Pains
Eva Yu - The Day I Fell in Love
BEST EDITOR
Xinyi Cui - Your Stupid Face and For My Sake
Zao Han - The Summer is Ending
Xai Noriega - Lovely Night
Troy Pisigan - Katipunan
Isabella Wang - Beggin’
BEST ACTRESS
Jasmine Chen - The Day I Fell in Love
Nyansu Chen - Your Stupid Face
Samantha Nguyen - Picking Delilah
Saturday Rojas - My Dearest, Jane Gallagher
Nataly Sun - In This Letter
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo Barradas - Picking Delilah and Disparity
Louis Liang - The Day I Fell in Love
Kevin Chen - Pink + White
BEST DIRECTOR
Troy Pisigan - Katipunan
Nataly Sun - In This Letter
Kora Trinh & Natalie Tsai - Pick Your Brain
Eva Yu - The Day I Fell in Love
We would like to thank all the students once again for their excellent work! Make sure to join us next Friday, 3/22 at 6PM on the day of the Film Festival to support your students, friends, and peers, and see who takes home the prize! Tickets are available to purchase online via PurplePass and the QR code on our flyer.
Brahma Cinematics will also showcase ALL SUBMISSIONS (nominees and runners-up) to watch, on our Doppelganger Film Festival webpage on the DBHS website a week after the live presentation!
RUNNERS-UP
SHORT FILM
Disparity - Sarah Rojas
My Dearest, Jane Gallager - Saturday Rojas & Sarah Rojas
For My Sake - Eva Yu & Xinyi Cui
EYE OPENER
Cat Video - Xinyi Cui
Anthony - Kyla Nikravan
MUSIC VIDEO
Under the Bridge - Nathan “Strange” Johnson
The Boys Are Back In Town - Darren Kawano, Tenchi Kennedy, and Akash Mancia
OUT OF THE BOX
Starburst - Sana Ahmed
Greetings From Yellowstone - Angelina Yang
BEST WRITER
Xinyi Cui - Cat Video
BEST ACTOR
Tenchi Kennedy - The Boys are Back in Town