Spotlight! The Series

Youth Cinema Episode Guide

Making its debut in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009, "Youth Cinema!" is a television series designed to showcase the efforts of talented high school producers, directors, editors and writers. Each locally-produced episode will feature the work of several local students, whose movies will be broadcast throughout the Bay Area.

Episode #201

How to Set a House on Fire
Henry Zaballos
Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland

Running On Crumbs
Emily Grandcolas
Burlingame High School, Burlingame

Living
Sam Beasley
St. Francis High School, Mountain View

Turkey Troops
David Beal
Miramonte High School, Orinda

One to Six
Paul Han
Mills High School, Millbrae

Episode #202

The Privation
Cameron Vaughan
Foothill High School, Pleasanton

All Our Color
Alexander Phinney
Aragon High School, San Mateo

Better Days
Marcelina Palacios
Terra Nova High School, Pacifica

Spooneo & Forkiette
Courtney High
Mercy High School, Burlingame

Tree
Anthony Aguiar
Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley

Episode #203

What Lives On
Jesse Rosenberg
The Athenian School, Danville

The Housebreaker
Johnny Villar
Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo

Eleanor
TJ Barber
The College Preparatory School, Oakland

Damariea’s Story
Damariea Martinez
SF School of the Arts, San Francisco

Fitch Thumbs Up
Daniel Justo-Sanchez
Pittsburg High School, Pittsburg

Episode #204

Evening Music
Elle Gold
SF School of the Arts, San Francisco

The Rupture
Anthony Aguiar
Castro Valley High School, Castro Valley

A Hat, Some Change, & a Shoe
Melody Miller
San Leandro High School, San Leandro

The Darkening
Tas Pelikan
Westmont High School, Campbell

Every Day Dreaming
David Johnson
Holden High School, Orinda

Episode #205

Portrait: Anais Kane
Sydney Matterson
SF School of the Arts, San Francisco

Angel of Death
Stephen Mastrocola
St. Francis High School, Mountain View

Undivided Love
Tiffany Jones
Immaculate Conception Academy, San Francisco

Yohana’s Mission
Melody Miller
San Leandro High School, San Leandro

The River
Max Sokoloff
SF Art & Film, San Francisco

When Life Gives You Lemons
Chris Wilmot
Hillsdale High School, San Mateo

Episode #206

The Forest
Rachel Clyde
Lycee Francais La Perouse, San Francisco

Boss’s Orders
Chance Wen
Hillsdale High School, San Mateo

Zombie Apocalypse
Trevor Thorsen
Kennedy High School, Fremont

Second Chance
Vincent Kim, Brian Dang
Leland High School, San Jose

A Day at the Park
Myquan Brooks
Excel High School, Oakland

Episode #207

The Bridge
David Beal
Miramonte High School, Orinda

Aymeric VanDenHoe
Acalanes High School, Lafayette

The Chase
Abhishek Sriraman
St. Francis High School, Mountain View

Schizophrenzy
Nick O’Shea
Hillsdale High School, San Mateo

Real American
Joseph Sorden
Terra Nova High School, Pacifica

A Real Blind Date
Rachel Clyde
Lycee Francais La Perouse, San Francisco

Episode #208

Raisins
Adam Kennedy
Balboa High School, San Francisco

Who’s Waldo?
Zach Fineman
Hillsdale High School, San Mateo

Lipstick
Sam Rubin
Venture School, San Ramon

Tryari’s Monologue
Tryari Robertson
Mission High School, San Francisco

That Extra Push
Francisco Cruz
Terra Nova High School, Pacifica

Spooneo & Forkiette
Courtney High
Mercy High School, Burlingame

Episode #209

The Last Word
Max Sokoloff
SF Art & Film for Teenagers, San Francisco

The Story of Jimmy Sonoma
Christian Petty, Zach Roberts
Terra Nova High School, Pacifica

Life on Labels
JeeSoo Lee, Yuting Shao
Monta Vista High School, Cupertino

Cereal to Die For
Trevor Thorsen
Kennedy High School, Fremont

Time to Save the Wolves
Melody Miller
San Leandro High School, San Leandro

How to Set a House on Fire
Henry Zaballos
Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland