For more information about the 2008 Media Arts Festival Winners and Finalists, please contact the Media Arts Festival at 562-951-4060.

BEST IN SHOW & FIRST PLACE – EXPERIMENTAL
Ella and the Astronaut
Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian, Directors and Producers
CSU Monterey Bay
( Video Coming in Spring 2009 )

BEST IN SHOW & FIRST PLACE – NARRATIVE
Four Minutes Til Noon
Jonathan Taylor, Director
San Diego State University

FIRST PLACE – ANIMATION
Nutty the Neurotic Ninja Squirrel
Jason Haniuk, Director
CSU Fullerton
( Video Coming in Spring 2009 )

FIRST PLACE – DOCUMENTARY
Karaoke Nights
Karima Salmi, Director
San Diego State University

FIRST PLACE – INTERACTIVE
CLE Design Studios ( www.cledesignstudios.com )
Cassandra Evans, Director and Producer
CSU Channel Islands

FIRST PLACE – MUSIC VIDEO
Our Way
Punit Dhesi, Director
CSU Fresno

FIRST PLACE – TELEVISION
Ups and Downs
Ian Lollar, Director, and Tyler Andersen, Producer
CSU Los Angeles

AUDIENCE CHOICE ROSEBUD
Tighter Than You
James Jeffrey, Director and Producer
San Jose State University

ANIMATION
Second Place – Fallen Angel-Episode 1, Robbie Robertson, Director and Producer, CSU Fullerton
Third Place – Wings of Death, Chris Allison, Director, CSU Fullerton
Fourth Place – The Island Universes, Dal Lim Park, Director, CSU Los Angeles

DOCUMENTARY
Second Place – The Journey of the Cola Kayak, Jody Lemmon, Director, CSU Long Beach
Third Place – Humble Pie, Sergio Bautista, Director and Producer, CSU Northridge
Fourth Place – In My Heart: A Child’s Hurricane Katrina Story, Clinton Kuska, Producer, and Estee Blancher, Director, CSU Monterey Bay

EXPERIMENTAL
Second Place – Jean, Luz Reyes and Huiwen Tsao, Directors and Producers, CSU Los Angeles
Third Place – Train, David Johnson, Director, CSU Sacramento
Fourth Place – XL-410, Evan Wrye, Director and Producer, Humboldt State University

INTERACTIVE
Second Place – www.lizking.tv/arroyo, Michael Arroyo, Producer, CSU Channel Islands
Third Place – www.poi.bz, Christopher O’Neil Director, CSU Northridge

MUSIC VIDEO
Second Place – Head Rush, Alexis Garriott and Jessica Weldy, Directors, CSU Fresno

NARRATIVE
Second Place – Tighter Than You, James Jeffrey, Director and Producer, San Jose State University
Third Place – Half, Drue Metz, Director, CSU Long Beach
Fourth Place – Cassandra, Mauricio Chernovetzky, Director and Producer, San Diego State University
Fifth Place – Braceros, Belinda Carreno, Director, and Taylor Loftin, Producer, CSU Northridge

TELEVISION
Second Place – Central Cal Metals, a Third Generation, Janice-Louise Carlet, Director and Producer, CSU Fresno
Third Place – Life is Fragile, Theodore Allen, Director, San Francisco State University
Fourth Place – Blood Music-Title Sequence, Randy Del Rosario, Director, CSU Long Beach

FEATURE SCREENPLAY (in no particular order)
The Identity Thief, Oscar Reyes, Writer, CSU Long Beach
Super Hero Party Clown, Jeremy Inman, Writer, San Jose State University
The Duck Farm, Kelly Strathmore, Writer, San Jose State University
Tree Taggin’, James Stone, Writer, San Jose State University
Love and Taft, Mason Williams, Writer, San Jose State University

SHORT SCREENPLAY (in no particular order)
A Light Has Gone Out, Alan Hanson, Writer, CSU Fullerton
Borderline, Daniel Angarita, Writer, CSU Fullerton