2025 Orange County Film Festival Nominations

Nominations were just announced for the 2025 Orange County Film Festival (www.ocff.org). The 2025 OCFF will be held at the Newport Beach Lido Theater on April 25th.

Congratulations to the official selections and nominees from El Dorado High School:

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM - Beer Pressure - (Jaston Lopez)

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM - Thief - (Ruby Schultz & River Santiago)

BEST COMMERCIAL - A Night At Sadies - (Zoey Rodriguez)

BEST DOCUMENTARY - Impact - (JD Cavalluzzi, James Conlee, Jake Conlee, Archer Wright)

BEST DOCUMENTARY - The Hill Climber - (James Conlee)

BEST DOCUMENTARY - Colleen Picou’s Sacred Table - (JD Cavalluzzi & James Conlee)

BEST SHORT FILM - The Bottle Spin - (Autumn Treister & Zoey Rodriguez)

BEST SHORT FILM - Intake - (James Conlee, Katelyn Marshall (Irvine), Benjamin Loy (Irvine) & Sienna Perez (Valencia))

BEST MUSIC VIDEO - April Come She Will - (JD Cavalluzzi)

BEST PSA - Seasons of Hope - (Claire Ng, Ciana Gonzales & River Santiago)

BEST PSA - Reflect - (Kaia Resell & Skylar Snyder (Yorba Linda))

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Jaston Lopez & Kale Wood (Beer Pressure)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - James Conlee (Intake)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - James Conlee (April Come She Will)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Tahlia Pompel (The Bottle Spin)

BEST STORY - Zoey Rodriguez (The Bottle Spin)

BEST EDITING - James Conlee, River Santiago & Tyler Tran (Irvine) (Intake)

BEST EDITING - JD Cavalluzzi (April Come She Will)

BEST EDITING - Zoey Rodriguez (Bottle Spin)

BEST EDITING - Jaston Lopez, Kale Wood, Cooper Cuya (Beer Pressure)

BEST SCORE - James Conlee & Avalina Thomas (April Come She Will)

BEST SCORE - James Conlee (Intake)

BEST SCORE - James Conlee (The Hill Climber)

BEST SOUND DESIGN - Zoey Rodriguez (The Bottle Spin)

BEST SOUND DESIGN - Jaston Lopez & Kale Wood (Beer Pressure)

BEST ACTOR - Barron Syams as Leo in The Bottle Spin

BEST ACTOR - Autumn Treister as Abrie in The Bottle Spin

BEST ACTOR - Akila Rao as Callie in April Come She Will

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - JD Cavalluzzi (April Come She Will)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - Zoey Rodriguez (A Night at Sadies)

BEST PRODUCER - James Conlee, Ben Loy (Irvine), Sienna Perez (Valencia) (Intake)

BEST DIRECTOR - Zoey Rodriguez (The Bottle Spin)

BEST DIRECTOR - JD Cavalluzzi (April Come She Will)

BEST BROADCAST - Hawk Talk