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Hockaday Students and Families Involved at Dallas International Film Festival
Hockaday Upper School students participated in the ninth annual Dallas International Film Festival, which ran April 9-19, 2015. Two students had films selected for the North Texas High School Shorts Showcase, and two students filmed and conducted interviews on the DIFF Red Carpet.
Nathalie Naor and Sadie Lidji (both Form III) submitted films that were selected and screened at the film festival. Nathalie submitted Curiosity, and Sadie submitted Something Not Unlike Myself. The films were screened at the film festival on Sunday, April 19. Both students created their films in their advanced filmmaking class, taught by Glenys Quick.
Lexie Chu and Kate Clement (both Form III) conducted interviews for the Fourcast on the DIFF Red Carpet. Lexie Chu filmed the interviews and edited the footage in her advanced film class. Kate conducted the interviews for the Fourcast.
On Tuesday, April 21, Nathalie Naor walked the Red Carpet and was interviewed by many reporters from various media.
Filmmaker, Sarah Ivy Dickerson visited Hockaday’s advanced filmmaking class on Tuesday, April 21. Her documentary film is Do You Dream in Color featured at the Dallas International Film Festival. The film explores the worlds of blind teenagers. Sarah currently works on production on Criminal Minds on CBS.
Hockaday families on the red carpet included Rick Carlisle and Mark Cuban who were there for the screening of Dirk Nowitzski’s film documentary: Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot, played at the DIFF as well.
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