2026 Middle School Winners
Microfilm
First Place: Trahlyta’s Stones
Otwell Middle School
Aklen Nwankwo
Second Place: The Lonely Chair
Hendricks Middle School
Eddie Huls, Elias Davis
Third Place: Lady in Blue
Otwell Middle School
Camilla Mukhamedova
News Package
First Place: Time Between Classes
Otwell Middle School
Amelia Sanchez, Saathvika Saravanan, Hattie Sumner, Amber Davis, Srikrithi Boddupalli, Evan Spencer, Camilla Mukhamedova, Keagan Lackey
Second Place: Chromebook Policy
Otwell Middle School
Nathan Knight
Third Place: G3
Piney Grove Middle School
Aarika Bhata, Navya Kamble, Nikitha Sandeep
Documentary
First Place: All About Mila
Piney Grove Middle School
Mila Miville
Second Place: All About Aadhya
Piney Grove Middle School
Aadhya Tippani
Third Place: All About Brayden
Otwell Middle School
Brayden Davis
PSA
First Place: Burnout
Hendricks Middle School
Eshal Nadeem, Vaaruni Hebbale, Izzah Zia, Thanmayee Vendra
Second Place: Out of Time
Piney Grove Middle School
Mila Miville
Third Place: Phone Addiction
Hendricks Middle School
Aadhya Reddy Annaji, Zunaira Shafiq
Audio Podcast
First Place: Ms. Sessa - Full Circle (condensed)
Otwell Middle School
Selah Walkup, Emily Jane Gravitt, Millie Lorence, Addison Jones, Izabella Zepeda
Second Place: Navigating Self & Friendships
Otwell Middle School
Makenna Aniszewski, Sophia Van Dorn, Izabella Zepeda, Vaishnavi Tiwari
Video Podcast
First Place: The Foster House (condensed)
Otwell Middle School
Colin Pitchford, Makenna Aniszewski, Izabella Zepeda, Sophia Van Dorn, Addison Jones, Selah Walkup, Avery Harper, Kylie Helland
Second Place: 6-7 Podcast
Otwell Middle School
Nathan Knight, Cami Rios
Original Movie Trailer
First Place: The Reflection
Otwell Middle School
Aklen Nwankwo
Second Place: Whisper in the Halls
Hendricks Middle School
Kaiya Gideon
Movie Trailer (adjust mood / tone)
First Place: Polar Express
Piney Grove Middle School
Mila Miville
Second Place: Despicable Me 2
Piney Grove Middle School
Akshita Priya
Movie Trailer Recreation
First Place: Toy Story 5
Hendricks Middle School
Pari Ankani, Akshara Bharathi Balaji, Nimisha Palla, Pranavi Veerapally
Hype Video
First Place: 2025 in Review
Piney Grove Middle School
Lavanya Khajjayam, Aarti Chakravarthy, Aarnaa Sivabalan
Promotional Video
First Place: Troop 228
Otwell Middle School
Lochlan Daniels
Second Place: PGMS PGTV
Piney Grove Middle School
Lavanya Khajjayam, Aarti Chakravarthy, Aarnaa Sivabalan
Third Place: PGMS Chorus
Piney Grove Middle School
Lavanya Khajjayam, Aarti Chakravarthy, Aarnaa Sivabalan
Short Film - Comedy
First Place: Blunt Truths
Piney Grove Middle School
Armaan Misra
Second Place: Lil’ G Strikes Otwell
Otwell Middle School
Lochlan Daniels
Third Place: The Best Movie Since ‘09
Hendricks Middle School
Dylaney O'Neal, Maddie Ervin
Short Film - Drama
First Place: The First Step
Otwell Middle School
Aklen Nwankwo
Second Place: Blitzy Beggar
Hendricks Middle School
Eshal Nadeem, Vaaruni Hebbale, Izzah Zia, Thanmayee Vendra
Third Place: Angela
Otwell Middle School
Brianna Visoso Sanchez, Matthew Hernandez-Silverio
Short Film - Suspense
First Place: Unit_79
Otwell Middle School
Aklen Nwankwo
Second Place: You Said You’d Never
Hendricks Middle School
Karina Gurin, Tiffany Johnson, Caryss Quattlebaum, Phoenix Kaskie
Third Place: The Manor Anamoly
Hendricks Middle School
Francisco Galvez Buzo, Gazafar Asker Hussain, Yousuf Ejaz, Ollie Fujihira, Ashwin Devalkar
Short Film - Wildcard
First Place: At Least I Found My Best Friend
Otwell Middle School
Scarlet Montoya
Second Place: In a Perfect World
Hendricks Middle School
Emma Forte, Katie Zetina
Third Place: Lights Out
Otwell Middle School
Aklen Nwankwo
Commercial
First Place: Poppi - Your Own Way
Hendricks Middle School
Gisele Dominguez, Emma Tracy, Macey Dimattina, Lily Reutter
Second Place: Dr. Pepper
Piney Grove Middle School
Olivia Hatcher
Third Place: Jordan’s
Piney Grove Middle School
Akshaj Potabattula, Abraham Jacobs, Vian Loganathan, Anish Kalura