“Head for the Truth,” was nominated for four Michigan student films awards. Jacob Head (left), was nominated as part of six of 10 award nominations for Dearborn High School students. “Head for the Truth” and several other films made by Dearborn High students will be shown during the annual Dearborn High School Film Festival on May 17 and 18. Tickets are $10 at the door.
DEARBORN — Dearborn High School film students earned 10 awards nominations for their student productions this year, and the public can see those nominated films during the school’s annual film fest on May 17 and 18.
Students received 10 nominations from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the group’s high school film production competition. Six of the awards include Jacob Head for directing, writing, filming and editing.
The nominees, by category are:
• Fiction – Short Form – “Dӧppel” – Diamond Fuller as producer/cinematographer and Jesse Good as editor.
• Commercial – “Recruitment Video” – Rayan Hamid, director; Ryan Furchi, director; Arlo-Sage Molenda, producer; Jacob Head, cinematographer; Azalea Hofmann-Strate, head gaffer; Vic Garrison, best boy; Jesse Good, editor; Cy Hunter, sound; and Ally Laurie, writer.
• Audio/Sound – “Lights Out” – Ali-Amir Hamid.
• Audio/Sound – “Dӧppel” – Ally Lauri.
• Director – “Head for the Truth” – Jacob Head.
• Director – “Dӧppel” – Maria Makki.
• Editor – “Head for the Truth” – Jacob Head.
• Photographer – “Head for the Truth” – Jacob Head.
• Photographer – “IDGAF” – Jacob Head.
• Writing – “Head for the Truth” – Jacob Head.
The film festival will include showings of “Head for the Truth,” “Dӧppel,” “Lights Out,” “IDGAF,” and “Recruitment Video.” Other showings at the event will include “Lockdown,” “Harvey” and “Digital Confinement.”
Doors open for the film festival at 6:30 p.m. both nights. Admission is $10 at the door or $7 in advance.