History

The Parting Shots Film and Animation Festival was the brainchild of Chris Schloemp of Montgomery High School and Rob Campbell of Elsie Allen High School, both in Santa Rosa. The original idea was to have a venue for the local student filmmakers to see and share the work of other filmmakers.

Since that first event in 2002, the festival has expanded its scope to all Sonoma County high schools and this year we are inviting filmmakers entries from throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

The festival certainly highlights the best of our Sonoma County high school student filmmakers and over the years, the quality and skill of the filmmakers has markedly increased. Many of these same filmmakers have also had their work shown in both statewide and national film festivals. We see the Parting Shots Film Festival as an opportunity to view the creativity and skill of young filmmakers.

How the Festival Works

Students are asked to choose a category in which to submit a film. The entries are then sent out to a team of judges, usually local professional filmmakers, television production personnel and media experts. The judges score the films in a particular entry category and the three highest rated films in each category are presented on the night of the festival.

At the conclusion of the screenings, the highest scoring piece in each category is announced and framed Certificates of Award are presented to the filmmakers as well as a cash prize. The representative schools are also presented with framed Certificates.

Although there is not a time limit imposed on the length of submissions, for the smooth running of the festival we may only be able to show about six minutes of each entry. Thus, it behooves filmmakers to keep their entries to a length around six minutes if possible.

This Years Event

This year the festival will be held on Thursday May 7th. The venue will be the auditorium at Santa Rosa High School. The festival will begin at 6:30 pm and usually last for a little over two hours. Students who have entered a film will receive three free tickets to the event. There will be a cover charge of $3.00 at the door. Please invite your friends and family to join us in this exciting evening of entertainment.

The high school is located at 1235 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, between Steel Lane and College Ave., east of highway 101.

Participating Schools

Please visit these sites to learn more about our participating schools:

Santa Rosa High School
ArtQuest Video Arts program
ArtQuest Digital Arts program
http://www.artquestonline.org

Montgomery High School MHS Cinephiles Club http://www.montgomeryhighschool.com

If you would like to add your schools site to our page, please use the email contact and provide us with the URL to the site.

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