Fish was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2022 by Marisa Corinne Gerdes, a student in the 6th grade at Roxboro Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“Missing” by Laiha Ahmad-Kahn
Missing was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2022 by Laiha Ahmad-Kahn, a student in the 6th grade at Monticello Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Will We See You At GCUFF?
Are you going to the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation festival, running September 15-23? We are!
We’re looking forward to the screening of six Heights Middle School Shorts films at this year’s GCUFF festival on Saturday, September 17. The films will be followed by a panel discussion featuring their filmmakers talking about their journeys from ideas to screenplays to finished films.
This free community event will be moderated by Cynthia Booker, Heights High digital media teacher and two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who dropped into HMSS this summer to give campers a hands-on filming experience. It will run from 1:10-3:10 pm in Theater 3 at Atlas Shaker Square.
The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation was established in 2012 to celebrate, preserve, promote and advance African American arts, culture, and cinema. This year’s theme of “Afrofuturism: Black to the Future,” will bring a selection of all-new films that span animation, documentary, and genre spectacle, to present exuberant visions of Black creativity, resistance, and freedom.
And our HMSS films and filmmakers, of course!
- Detention, written and directed by Stormy Johnson
- Fish, written and directed by Marisa Corinne Gerdes
- Insanium, written and directed by Michael Hudson
- In the Mirror, written and directed by Chloe Strother
- Mary’s Adventure, written and directed by Evelyn Jamieson
- Missing, written and directed by Laiha Ahmad-Khan
“Dream about Track,” by Camrynn Snead
Dream about Track was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2021 by Camrynn Snead, a student in the 6th grade at Roboxo Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“Vanisher,” by Shane Hido
Vanisher was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2021 by Shane Hido, a student in the 6th grade at Monticello Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“Lottery,” by Ronald Gardner III
Lottery was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2021 by Ronald Gardner III, a student in the 8th grade at Monticello Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“The Dark Behind The Light,” by Ella Watterson
The Dark Behind The Light was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2021 by Ella Watterson, an 8th-grade student at Monticello Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“Suicide Mission,” by Paul “Butch” Hido
Suicide Mission was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2021 by Paul “Butch” Hido, a student in the 8th grade at Monticello Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“Nexus,” by Michael Hudson
Nexus was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2021 by Michael Hudson, a 7th-grade student at Roxboro Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“Cooking Chaos,” by Anisa Nash
Cooking Chaos was written and directed at Heights Middle School Shorts 2021 by Anisa Nash , a student in the 6th grade at Monticello Middle School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.