Future Voices Festival 2024

Congratulations to all of the 2024 Future Voices Festival film and photography winners!

Lensic Future Voices encourages middle and high school students across New Mexico to tell their stories through original photographs and short films. Guided by a team of industry experts, the Lensic provides students with the support they need to create high-quality projects.

The 2024 Future Voices Festival is the 17th annual celebration of the top films and photographs from our Lensic Future Voices year-end competition. This year, New Mexico students from fourteen schools submitted their work for consideration. Our panel of expert judges selected the top entries in a variety of categories. We proudly present those winning films and photos below.

Please support Lensic Future Voices! This Lensic education program is funded by contributions from the community. Your tax-deductible donation encourages a new generation of creativity and self-expression and plays an important role in the future of performing arts. To donate, please visit our Education Programs donation page. We appreciate your support.

2024 Award-Winning Films

Still from “Colors of a Memory” by Hayden Moody (Public Academy for Performing Arts) / First Place, Experimental Category

Watch this year’s award-winning three-minute-long films!

2024 Future Voices Film Winners

Animation

First Place: Breakfast, Alanzo Baca, Ariella Miller, Emlee Taylor-Bowlin (Monte Del Sol Charter)

Second Place: Sardines, Alex Gardner (Public Academy for Performing Arts)

Third Place: A Day of Service, Amanda Younis (Public Academy for Performing Arts)

 

Comedy

First Place: The Dancing Witch, ConnieSue Quintana, Jade Robles, and Barbara Segovia (Española Valley High School)

Second Place: A Mediocre Hero, Joseph Otero, Kyle Guymon, Caiden Roghan-Rush, Miles Collins (Public Academy for Performing Arts)

Third Place: Latest Technology, Alice Wilkins (The Academy for Technology and the Classics)

Documentary

First Place: Elizabeth Garrett, Mariah Ballerstein and Dorian Wilhite (Alamogordo High School Film Production)

Second Place: New Mexico Museum of Space History, Kendrick Popp (Alamogordo High School Film Production)

Third Place: Teacher Interviews, Zeliyen Perez Olivia, Alya Rubio, Ernest Crites, Santiago Gonzales (The Academy for Technology and the Classics)

 

Experimental

First Place: Colors of a Memory, Hayden Moody (Public Academy for Performing Arts)

Second Place: When I was Small, Deborah Carmona-Duggan and Jeremiah McMillen (Alamogordo High School)

Third Place: The Yellow Shack Society, Oscar Walker and Demetri Friedman, The Academy for Technology and the Classics)

Narrative

First Place: Scary Movie, Marissa Padilla, Jesslin Parra, Luciana Tioux-Naranjo, and Demetrios Padilla (Española Valley High School)

Second Place: Love and Loss, Alexandra Lilley (Public Academy for Performing Arts)

Third Place: Sword Hands, James Leeper (Mandela International Magnet School)

 

2024 Award-Winning Photos

Photo by Oliver Winkler (Santa Fe Prep) / Second Place, Manipulated Category

View this year’s winning photographs in this photo reel!

2024 Future Voices Photography Winners

Animal

First Place: Thomas Leon-Lubowicz, Santa Fe Prep

Second Place: Max Regalado, Ruidoso Middle School

Third Place: Lila Adeyemo, Mandela International Magnet School

Honorable Mention: Luke Benanav, Santa Fe Prep

 

Architecture

First Place: Karen Workman, Public Academy for Performing Arts

Second Place: Ethan James, Santa Fe Prep

Third Place: Alicia Garcia, Public Academy for Performing Arts

Honorable Mention: Ophelia Grafe, Mandela International Magnet School

 

Black and White

First Place: Max Nerzig, Santa Fe Prep

Second Place: Ethan Riebsomer, Santa Fe Prep

Third Place: Rita Kunkel, Santa Fe Prep

Honorable Mention: Zachary Butler, Mandela International Magnet School

 

Color

First Place: Abigail Olsen, Public Academy for Performing Arts

Second Place: Amelia Chenier, Mandela International Magnet School

Third Place: Rubi Garcia, Mandela International Magnet School

Honorable Mention: Emilio Arguello, Public Academy for Performing Arts

Humor

First Place: Addison Dorsey, Public Academy for Performing Arts

Second Place: Daniel Farias, Mandela International Magnet School

Third Place: Jordan Apodaca, Mandela International Magnet School

Honorable Mention: Audrianna Chevalier, Public Academy for Performing Arts

 

Landscape

First Place: Sage Barna-Ritter, Mandela International Magnet School

Second Place: Findley Johnston, Mandela International Magnet School

Third Place: Audrianna Chevalier, Public Academy for Performing Arts

Honorable Mention: Lily River, Mandela International Magnet School

 

Manipulated

First Place: Boone Chapman, Mandela International Magnet School

Second Place: Oliver Winkler, Santa Fe Prep School

Third Place: Oliver Martin, Santa Fe Prep School

Honorable Mention: Sequoia Barna-Ritter, Mandela International Magnet School

 

Most Original

First Place: Fritz Murray, Santa Fe Prep

Second Place: Asha Davis, Santa Fe Prep

Third Place: Amelia Chenier, Mandela International Magnet School

Honorable Mention: Harper Rosen, Santa Fe Prep

Natural World

First Place: TJ Boyle, Santa Fe Prep

Second Place: Rita Kunkel, Santa Fe Prep

Third Place: Akirah Carlisle, Mandela International Magnet School

Honorable Mention: Marley Belyeu, Santa Fe Prep

Portrait

First Place: Aylin Bermudez, Public Academy for Performing Arts

Second Place: Crystal Hong, Santa Fe Prep

Third Place: Abigail Olsen, Public Academy for Performing Arts

Honorable Mention: Asha Davis, Santa Fe Prep

 

Street

First Place: Ethan Riebsomer, Santa Fe Prep

Second Place: Findley Johnston, Mandela International Magnet School

Third Place: Ethan Quintanade Andres, Santa Fe Prep

Honorable Mention: Tessa Tiegler, Santa Fe Prep

 

Special Thanks

A huge thank you to the dedicated team that makes the Future Voices Festival happen each year!

  • Marcella Ernst, Future Voices Program Manager
  • Christine Alexander, Reid Callanan and Santa Fe Workshops
  • Jonathan Lowe and Video Magic

Thanks to ALL of the students and teachers who participate in the Future Voices Festival and our monthly photo and film contests.

We thank the following for their generous support of Lensic Future Voices and other Lensic Performing Arts Education Programs.

Enterprise Bank & Trust

Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi

Lineberry Foundation

Hankins Foundation

Newman’s Own Foundation

SLB Foundation

The Sulica Fund