Announcing the 2009 Angelus Semi-finalists!

On behalf of all jurors, we thank everyone who entered. We appreciate your passion, originality and skill! We just wish we could have named more. From 556 entries, 185 film schools representing 28 countries, here are the 2009 semi-finalists.

— Monika Moreno, Director

ANIMATION | DOCUMENTARY | LIVE ACTION (Comedy, Drama, Narrative & other)

2009 Angelus Semi Finalists — ANIMATION

• CHARGED
  Collin Tsandilis, Mayrhosby Yeoshen, Trent Correy – Algonquin College, Canada
  
  
• THE DRESSMAKER’S DAUGHTER
  Huni Melissa Bolliger – Victorian College of the Arts, Australia
  
  
• DRIED UP
  Isaiah Powers, Jeremy Casper, Stuart Bury – Kansas City Art Institute
  
  
• ENTERING THE MIND THRU THE MOUTH
  Jinsung Choi – Academy of Art University, San Francisco
  
  
• HEARTS OF DARKNESS
  Zac Streich – University of the Arts, PA
  
  
• HER LION’S JUMP
  Regis Camargo – UCLA
  
  
• MY DAD, THE GIANT
  Michael Berardini – Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
  
  
• ERCHANCE TO DREAM
  Lauren Kimball – Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
  
  
• REACH
  Luke Randall – Animation Mentor
  
  
• SARAH AND HAYEH
  Adi Targownik – Sheridan College, Canada
  
  
• THE SNOW PRINCESS
  Audrey Holland – New York Film Academy
  
  
• SNUGGLE TIME
  Angela O’Sullivan – UCLA
  
  
• TAH-DAH
  Stacy Chomiak – Sheridan College, Canada
  
  
• TOPI
  Arjun Rihan – USC
  
  

2009 Angelus Semi Finalists — DOCUMENTARY

• A MIRACLE IN STOCKTON
  Anthony Weeks, Carolina Kondo – Stanford University
  
  
• A SENTENCE APART
  Jason Sussberg, Theo Rigby – Stanford University
  
  
• BEFORE THE SEA
  Charlene Music – Stanford University
  
  
• BOB SEGER ROCKS
  Timothy Tamisiea – Columbia College Chicago
  
  
• CLOSE TO HOME
  Theo Rigby – Stanford University
  
  
• EMPTY HOUSE
  Sean Christensen – San Francisco State University
  
  
• A FAMILY MEMORY
  Amira Dughri – University of Oregon
  
  
• FAMOUS 4A
  Mike Attie – Stanford University
  
  
• THE FIRST KID TO LEARN ENGLISH FROM MEXICO
  Peter Jordan – Stanford University
  
  
• FOSSIL FUEL FREE FILM
  Matt Harnack – Stanford University
  
  
• GARDEN OF INNOCENCE
  Carolina Kondo – Stanford University
  
  
• IN CIRCLES
  Alaa Eldin El Dajani Stanford University
  
  
• LANDSCAPES
  Kristoffer Kioerboe – The National Film School of Denmark
  
  
• THE LAST MERMAIDS
  Liz Chae – Columbia University
  
  
• MIKE
  Joe Cornelius – University of North Carolina School of the Arts
  
  
• NEW AMERICAN SOLDIER
  Emma Cott, Anna Belle Peevey – University of California, Berkeley
  
  
• OPERATION FALCON
  Tim O’Hara – Stanford University
  
  
• POINT OF ENTRY
  Zeus Quijano, Jr. – USC
  
  
• STREET CHILD
  Reginald Schickel – Dartmouth
  
  
• TWICE A MINORITY
  Liz Colunga University of North Texas
  
  
• WAITING FOR A TRAIN, THE TOSHIO HIRANO STORY
  Oscar Bucher – San Francisco State University
  
  
• WHEN I’M NOT ALONE
  Rhianon Gutierrez – Chapman University
  
  

2009 Angelus Live Action Semi — Finalist Drama, Narrative & Comedy

• THE 8TH SAMURAI
  Justin Ambrosino AFI
  
  
• A SON’S WAR
  Steven Edell – USC and FAMU, Czech Republic
  
  
• ADELAIDE
  Liliana Greenfield-Sanders – New York University
  
  
• ARRANGED: THE MUSICAL
  Suraj Das – New York University
  
  
• BLOOD
  Goran Stolevski - VCA - Australia
  
  
• BOHEMIBOT
  Brendan Bellomo – New York University
  
  
• BONGFEN
  Petra Sunjo – Chapman University
  
  
• BROKEN ROAD
  Brodie Rocca – Bond University, Australia
  
  
• CHRISTOPHER DISPOSSESSED
  Matthew Watts – Columbia University
  
  
• CLOWNS
  Marianela Vega Oroza – University of Texas at Austin
  
  
• CONCERTO
  Filippo Conz – Columbia University
  
  
• DANZAK
  Gabriela Yepes – University of Texas at Austin
  
  
• DESERT WEDDING
  Alexandra Fisher - UCLA
  
  
• DOCKWEILER
  Nick Palmer – American Film Institute
  
  
• DOWN IN NUMBER 5
  Kim Spurlock – New York University
  
  
• THE DROPOUT
  Charles Atkinson – Biola University
  
  
• FAN MAIL
  Sean Christensen – San Francisco State University
  
  
• FATHERLAND
  Robert Warzecha - Chapman University
  
  
• GAINING GROUND
  Marc Brummund – Hamburg Media School – Filmwerkstatt
  
  
• HALF KENNETH
  Ken Ochiai – American Film Institute
  
  
• IN THE DARK
  Alex Fazeli – USC
  
  
• THE INTERVIEW
  Brian Schwarz – University of Texas at Austin
  
  
• IRIS
  Maya Anand – Columbia University
  
  
• JOBURG
  Thabo Wolfaardt - UCLA
  
  
• KAVI
  Gregg Helvey – USC
  
  
• THE KIDDUSH MAN
  Yitz Brilliant – Columbia University
  
  
• KWAME
  Edward Osei-gyimah - USC
  
  
• LAST CIGARETTE
  Brooke Sebold - Columbia University
  
  
• LITTLE CANYON
  Olivia Silver, UCLA
  
  
• LITTLE LIES
  William Lee – Academy of Performing Arts (Prague) (FAMU)
  
  
• LITTLE WINGS
  Polly Staniford VCA (Australia)
  
  
• LONDON TRANSFER
  Roozbeh Behtaji - Gothenburg Film School, Sweden
  
  
• MACAWESOME
  Andrew Mitchell – University of North Carolina School of the Arts
  
  
• MAGELLAN
  Sabastian Davis – USC
  
  
• MAKING PLANS FOR ROLAND
  Robert K. Potter – Victorian College of the Arts, Australia
  
  
• MICHAEL SAINTS
  Katie Mahalic – Columbia College Chicago
  
  
• MIND THE GAP
  Kristal Williams-Rowley – Boston University
  
  
• NEW MEDIA
  J.J. Adler – Columbia University
  
  
• OGOPOGO
  Christian Amundson Columbia University
  
  
• OLD GRACE
  Nathan Chitayat – UCLA
  
  
• ON THE ROAD TO TEL-AVIV
  Khen Shalem – Florida State University
  
  
• OSVALDOS
  Randy Wilkins New York University
  
  
• PARKING GARAGE
  Justin Lazeraite – Florida State University
  
  
• PATROL
  John Patton Ford – American Film Institute
  
  
• PRINCESS MARGARET BLVD
  Kazik Radwanski – Ryerson University
  
  
• PUSSYFOOTING
  Lisa James-Larsson - Dramatiska Institutet (Sweden)
  
  
• QUALITY TIME
  Colin Marshall – Columbia University
  
  
• THE ROCKET MAN
  Laurence Cohen – York University
  
  
• SCHRODINGER’S CAT
  Andre Lyon – Columbia University
  
  
• SHE’S A FOX
  Cameron Sawyer – Chapman University
  
  
• THE SNEAKERS
  Dave Wells – Boston University
  
  
• SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS
  Anna McGrath – Victorian Collage of the Arts, Australia
  
  
• THE TRAIN HOME
  Graham Burns – University of Colorado at Boulder
  
  
• THE WARRIOR
  Erika Cohn – Chapman University
  
  
• WARRIOR QUEEN
  Hezekiah Lewis – UCLA
  
  
• WEATHERED
  Matt Webb, Matt Barber – Fuller Theological Seminary