English Week: Short Film Festival
- Kamil Berríos
- hace 1 día
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“Consider it not so deeply.”
~Lady Macbeth
Best Short Film receives an Academic Award every year. Kobe Bryant won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2018 for “Dear Basketball.” In 2026, Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro, was nominated in the Adapted Screenplay category but lost to Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another.
In AP Lit, we decided to make a short film out of a short story, but students had the chance to adapt the script. They asked me about how many minutes the video should last, and I didn’t reply. Creativity knows no boundaries.
The objective was to learn how to write an adapted screenplay inspired by a short story, which involves layers of analytical reasoning: narrative structure, technical quality, convincing portrayal of characters, visual effects to enhance storytelling, and a lasting impression on the audience. It’s a project.
I evaluated the adapted screenplay, but students themselves were the ones who voted for the Best Short Film.
"The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce received outstanding scores in Narrative & Structure and in Impact & Emotional Resonance.
Dedicated to Domestic Abuse Survivors
- Juan Pablo Jiménez Blanco
- Francisco Medina Casellas
- Emilio Vega Salcedo
- Javier Lugo Molinari
"Two Kinds" by Amy Tan received outstanding scores in Narrative & Structure, Acting & Performance, and in Impact & Emotional Resonance.
Whether you’re talented or not doesn’t define
if you’re capable of accomplishing your dreams.
- Andrews Done Sánchez
- Daniel Arroyo Maury
- Iroel González Rodríguez
"The Moment before the Gun Went Off" by Nadine Gordimer received outstanding scores in Visual Appeal and in Impact & Emotional Resonance.
Love your neighbor as you love yourself.
Matthew 22:39
- Francisco Ferré Gómez
- Antolín Velasco Mirandés
- Fernando Castelló Busquets
- Ricardo Sánchez Wangen
- Héctor Mayol Pérez
"The Bet" by Anton Chekhov received outstanding scores in Acting & Performance and in Creativity & Originality.
I wasted time, and now time doth waste me.
William Shakespeare
- Fernando Gaztambide
- Alejandro Ferrer Freire
- Víctor Vélez Quintana
- Orvil Martínez Lynn
- Alan Smythe Sánchez
The winner of this year’s Short Film Festival was Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds,” a short story published in 1989. Andrews, Daniel, and Iroel adapted the screenplay and delivered Academy Award winning performances.
Congratulations to all AP Lit students for completing your masterpiece. Thank you for your commitment and originality. Hope you enjoyed this project as much as I enjoyed your short films. You inspire me to become a better teacher. May God bless you a thousand times.
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