Student Showcase of Films

The Palm Beaches Student Showcase of Films is Florida's largest student film competition and award show, celebrating Florida students for almost three decades!

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RJ Decker Actress, Melodie Rose Romano is West Palm Beach Native https://t.co/8895WiSpZK via @YouTube for @thecityofwpb

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📺 Palm Beach County Film Commissioner Michelle Hillery and student filmmaker Ethan Malka from A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts stopped by @nbc6 South Florida Today yesterday morning! Missed it? Stay tuned to The Student Showcase of Films social feed for the full segment!

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�� The Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grant @fromtheheartprd supports short films, documentaries, independent features and web series with budgets under $500,000.
📅 Deadline: June 30
Learn more and apply today and bring your story to light: https://t.co/fZZzijxnK3.
#Filmmakers

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🎬 Some of the most important films almost never get made.

That’s why the Roy W. Dean Grant exists.

The Roy W. Dean Grant – Summer 2026 is now OPEN—and it’s built for filmmakers ready to move their project forward.

https://t.co/tl2aglsjJ5

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🚨 A reminder for aspiring young storytellers! Scholarships for the 2026 WIFT-FL Video/Film/Theatre Summer Camp Scholarship Program are available on a first-come basis, and spots are filling quickly! Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/yjiTc3GKiT.

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📽️@FOX29WFLX @SouthFLDaily host, @MegHayes
interviews the finalists for the 2026 Burt Reynolds Scholarship at this year's Showcase
🌟Lyla Claggett
🌟Lilian Amiryan
🌟Izzy Huntley
🌟Taylor Simms
🌟Tamsin Lee
@gstarschoolarts @SeminoleRidgeTV https://t.co/s65X0GhBNu

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ICYMI: #SouthTechSchools Executive Director Carla Lovett appeared on @WPBF25News to talk about #southtechtreasurecoast, #southtechacademy, and #southtechprep. Visit https://t.co/qBqlEcqtBy to apply to the new campus in Fort Pierce before spots are full! #southtechprime

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🎬 The 2026 WIFT-FL Video/Film/Theatre Summer Camp Scholarship Program is giving Florida students entering grades 4–12 an opportunity to explore filmmaking, storytelling, editing, acting and more through camps.
📅 Applications open: May 15
Apply: https://t.co/yjiTc3GKiT.

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🎬✏️ On this Teacher Appreciation Day, gratitude goes out to the educators shaping the next generation of storytellers. From guiding students through storyboarding to fine-tuning final cuts, film and television teachers turn classrooms into real production environments.

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✨ Entertainment legend Vanilla Ice, Wildlife Nation's Jeff Corwin, R.J. Decker's Melodie Rose Romano and The Neighborhood's Hank Greenspan brought energy and excitement to The Palm Beaches while celebrating rising talent.

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🎥 Palm Beach County's leaders stepped onto the red carpet! We welcomed Palm Beach County Mayor Sara Baxter, Commissioners Bobby Powell and Gregg Weiss, Film Commissioner Michelle Hillery, Vanilla Ice and TV host Jeff Corwin!

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☀️ Your 2026 Palm Beaches Student Showcase of Films WINNERS! 🌴

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🔊 👓 Daniela Buenrostro from SouthTech Academy earns the Poster Design award and $1,000! This year’s winning design becomes the gateway to next year’s showcase, setting the stage for 2027’s theme: Sound & Vision, a celebration of how what we hear and what we see create emotion.

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🔎 Nico Wilcox Cano from Florida State University earns 1st Place and $2,000 for “Little Dark Rooms”! Forensic FBI artist Joseph Vernet gets pulled back into a workaholic obsession when an enticing missing children’s case arrives at his door. @FloridaState

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🔮 Rodrigo Perez from Ringling College of Art and Design takes 2nd Place and $1,500 for “Contigo”! CONTIGO follows a young woman who returns to the site of a secret experiment in Venezuela to uncover the truth about what happened to her, only to confront the man behind it all.

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💟 🎸 Caleb Cook from Florida State University earns 3rd Place and $1,000 for “Lovesick Fallout”! After an explosive breakup with his first boyfriend, 19-year-old aspiring rockstar Luke attempts a fresh start in the ashes of his old life. @FloridaState

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Hank Greenspan, rising star appearing on CBS’s "The Neighborhood" and feature film "Ethan Bloom", presents the College Feature/Short awards to...⠀⠀
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📦 Zachary Newman from NSU University School earns 1st Place in the High School Feature Short category and $2,000 for “What’s Really Inside”! Having a birthday on April 1st leaves Jordan wary of any gifts, setting the stage for a story filled with surprise and discovery.

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📝 Ethan Malka from Alexander Dreyfoos School of the Arts earns 2nd Place in the High School Feature Short category and $1,500 for “The Experiment”! The film follows a student whose decision to step out of class takes a dramatic turn when technology fails in an unexpected way.

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⚓ Sophie Drost from Lakeland Christian School earns 3rd Place in the High School Feature Short category and $1,000 for “Water’s Memory”! The film explores memory, loss and the echoes of a past that refuses to stay buried.