Building Heights thanks everyone throughout the Cleveland Heights-University Heights community – and beyond – whose guidance, time, and generosity are critical to the success of Heights Middle School Shorts, including in particular:
We are over the moon with Building Heights’ newest partner, the Cleveland Institute Of Art, which will bring HMSS Film Campers a disciplined creative eight-week writing course where they will study a wide range of literature before putting pen to paper and crafting their own stories to be turned into HMSS films!
In 2024, Building Heights was graciously invited to become a ‘White Star Business Partner with The Heights Consortium and the Heights Career Tech program of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school district. This arrangement has opened the door for us – and HMSS in particular – to work with Heights CTE to provide career educational training for Heights CTE students.
Specifically, and under our mission to bring paid career training opportunities to our high-school-aged kids, Heights CTE will be the exclusive crew on all HMSS-produced documentaries.
The Heights Middle School Shorts logo was designed by Abby Burton, who has also provided us with invaluable marketing assistance and advice. She is a co-founder of West 10G Productions, a Cleveland-based film studio established in 2016 to help promote and advocate for film and entertainment in Ohio.
West 10G is available for all forms of media from commercials and ads to full-length feature films.
Heights Middle School Shorts is excited to announce that all Season 4 Heights Middle School Shorts films have been entered into the Cleveland International Film Festival‘s FilmSlam® competition, showcasing the creativity, talent, and hard work of our campers on an international stage. The films will be shown at Playhouse Square on March 28 and 31 and April 1 – 4, 2025.
The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation (GCUFF) established in 2012, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation has partnered with Building Heights to enter and screen Heights Middle School Shorts student films since 2022 at their annual Film Festival.
Artwork for the Heights Middle School Shorts T-Shirts provided to our campers and staff was generously donated by Cleveland-based artist Laura Naples. A graphic designer turned painter, she employs color, stroke, layering, and varied use of media in an abstract style.
Kamron Khan is an award-winning portrait photographer. Her work has been featured in Huffpost, Munaluchi Bride, The Knot Ohio, Cleveland Magazine, and other print and online publications. She has been photographing people and events throughout the city of Cleveland for the last 12 years. This is her first season as our resident photographer and marketing consultant.
Many photographs on this site were taken by Gabe Schaffer. Gabe has been a professional photographer since graduating from CWRU more than 20 years ago. His photography documents a wide range of community, school, and sporting events. A life-long resident of the Heights, he lives near Coventry with his wife, three children, and several chickens.