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Innocence Lost
Gabriel Veenendaal, 25
Murray, Utah
   
Orphans in Africa
Tim Leaton, 22
Midlothian, Va
Virginia Tech
   
Thumbs Down to Pity
Benjamin Snow, 19
Woodland Park, Colorado
Pikes Peak Community College
   
Strike It Up
Molly Conners, 26
Albany, New York
   
It’s the Buzz
Brian Gonzalez, 19
San Antonio, Texas
School of Visual Arts
   

semi-finalists

This list comprises the semi-finalist films for the 2006 FYI FILM YOUR ISSUE. NOTE: Films are listed alphabetically by film title.

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Beyond Help
Michelle DeLateur, 19
Los Angeles, CA
Occidental College
  Capital Punishment
Alan Lampert, 19
Brevard, NC
The University of Texas at Austin
         
Democracy
Ryan Doud, 21
Lincoln, Nebraska
University of Utah
  The Cry of Humanity
Stephen Patton, 19
Jon Gracen, 26
Chris Patton, 22

Moreno Valley, California
RCC Moreno Valley
         
Thumbs Down to Pity
Benjamin Snow, 19
Woodland Park, Colorado
Pikes Peak Community College
  Unplug Your Paranoia
Sam Cahill, 19
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County Community College
         
Closeup of a Human
Emre Ozpirincci, 26
New York, NY
  Depression
Daniel Risk, 18
Brownsburg, Indiana
Brownsburg High School
         
Disappearing
Elizabeth Lipschultz, 18
Montclair, NJ
Montclair High School
  Fencers
Peter Glanz
Daniel Muller, 22

La Canada, California
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
         
Fight Hate
Ashlee Riddle, 22
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Western Kentucky University
  Foul Play
A.J. Strasser, 25
Jessica Silver-Greenberg, 24
Jaclyn Stemple, 23
Brooklyn, New York
         
A Geography Lesson
Brooks Chip Jones, 20
State College, Pennsylvania
Penn State University
  Here To Stay
Geoffrey Guerrero, 25
Brooklyn, New York
         
The Hippocratic Oath
Aubrey Ellen Shomo, 21
Denver, Colorado
  The Holocaust: What If?
Yael Joffe, 24
Chicago, Illinois
         
The Homeless Vacation
Ryan Leak,19
Rockford, Illinois
North Central University
  I Am
Brian Gonzalez, 19
San Antonio, Texas
School of Visual Arts
         
I’m More
Amy Barnes, 22
Owings Mills, Maryland
Villa Julie College
  Innocence Lost
Gabriel Veenendaal, 25
Murray, Utah
         
The Invisible People
Ryan Marlow, 20
Birmingham, Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
  It’s the Buzz
Brian Gonzalez, 19
San Antonio, Texas
School of Visual Arts
         
On the Street
Jared Cowan, 25
Burbank, California
  One Less Car One More Bike
Jamie Walker, 21
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
         
One Life at a Time
Hugh McGowan, 18
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
  Orphans in Africa
Tim Leaton, 22
Midlothian, Va
Virginia Tech
         
Roe Vs. Wade Overturned
Timothy Thompson, 23
Ventura, Ca
Brooks Institute of Photography
  Strike It Up
Molly Conners, 26
Albany, New York
         
Stripped Away
Anthony Bushman, 26
San Diego, California
  The Tears Are Falling
Zach Hoesly, 21
Jennifer Gorski, 21

Normal, Illinois
Illinois State University
         
Theory of Unnatural Law
Rudyra Mc Bain, 21
Decatur, Ga
  Animal Liberation
Njeri Sims, 23
San Francisco, California
Academy of Art University
         
To Produce An Egg
Zachary Chaves, 23
Westport, Connecticut
  Ubuntu: Humanity
Scott Hamann, 25
South Portland, Maine
         
The Boot
Loni-Christine Elder, 26
Sherman Oaks, CA
California State University Northridge
     

 

 

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