PAST FILM FESTIVALS

2017 BOOST Conference Film Festival

 Most Likely to Succeed
Moderator: Mike Strong, Humanities Teacher, High Tech High, San Diego, CA

Landfill Harmonic
Moderator: Alvaro Rodriguez, Director of After School Operations, YMCA of Greater Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

 

Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age
Moderator: Lisa Tabb, Co-Producer & Co-Executive Producer, Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital World, San Francisco, CA 

Play The Documentary  
Moderators: Matty Steinkamp, Director of Play The Documentary from Phoenix, AZ; Tracy Perkins, Producer of Play The Documentary from Phoenix, AZ

Resilience
Moderator: Erin Browder, School Climate Specialist and Teaching and Learning Consultant, Erin Browder, LLC, Redondo Beach, CA

The Student Body
Moderator: Daniel W. Hatcher, Director of Community Partnerships, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Washington DC

 2016 BOOST Conference Film Festival

Crescendo! The Power of Music
Moderated by: Myka Miller, Executive Director, Harmony Project, Los Angeles, CA 

Paper Tigers 
Moderated by: Jeremy Gradwohl, 21st Century Community Learning Center Director, Lincoln High School, Walla Walla, WA; Aron Wulf, Former Student, Lincoln High School, Walla Walla, WA 

A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story

Unslut 
Moderated by: Kelly Fair, Executive Director, Polished Pebbles, Chicago, IL 

Billions in Change
Moderated by: Tiveeda Stovall, Program Coordinator- Community Service and Service-Learning, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 

The Mask You Live In 
Moderated by: Gabriela Delgado, Project Specialist II, San Diego County Office of Education, Student Support Services, San Diego, CA 

 

2015 BOOST Conference Film Festival

I Learn America
Moderated by: Jean-Michel Dissard, Director/Producer; Leah Hamilton, Educator, I Learn America, Brooklyn, NY 

 

1 Way Up
Moderated by: Ray Holmes, Former Pro BMX Rider, USA BMX Race Official, Palm Desert, CA; Jerry Mobley, Master BMX Mechanic, Palm Springs BMX Track Volunteer, Palm Springs, CA

Beginning with the End
Moderated by: Carlos Santini, Associate Director, After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles, CA 

Dislecksia
Moderated by: ElizaBeth Phillips, Program Development Director, Child Development Inc., Sacramento, CA 

SlingShot
Moderated by: Paul Lazarus, Director/Producer, SlingShot, Los Angeles, CA; Chloe Simmons, Outreach Coordinator, SlingShot, Glendale, CA  

Ivory Tower
Moderated by: Sidd Vivek, Department Head of Development & Communications, YMCA of San Diego County, San Diego, CA

 2014 BOOST Conference Film Festival

Short Term 12
Moderated by: Carolyn Levenberg, Assistant Supervisor, Minor's Counsel Office, Dependency Legal Group of San Diego, San Diego, CA

World Peace Games and Other Fourth Grade Achievements
Moderated by: John Hunter, Founder "World Peace Games," Teacher and Educational Consultant, Charlottesville, VA

Blood Brother
Moderated by: Carlos Santini, Associate Director, After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles, CA

Submit the Documentary
Moderated by: Les Ottolenghi, Director/Producer, Submit the Documentary, Las Vegas, NV

Who Cares About Kelsey?
Moderated by: Nancy Fuller, Community Programs Specialist, NAMI San Diego, San Diego, CA

 

American Promise
Moderated By: Kamau Stanford, Program Coordinator, It Takes Philly, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

2013 BOOST Conference Film Festival

Brooklyn Castle
Moderator: Robert McLellan, Executive Producer, Brooklyn Castle, Marketing Director, US Chess Federation, Knoxville, TN; Katie Dellamaggiore,  Director/Producer, Brooklyn Castle, Brooklyn, NY

 

Somewhere Between
Moderator: CynDee Zandes, Ed.D., Chief Program Officer, THINK Together, Santa Ana, CA

G-Dog
Moderator: Father Greg Boyle, Founder and Executive Director, Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, CA

Sexy Baby
Moderator: Gabriela Baeza, Project Specialist II, San Diego County Office of Education, Student Support Services Department, San Diego, CA

Race to Nowhere
Moderator: Michelle R. Perrenoud, Project Coordinator, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, CA 

The Revisionaries
Moderator: Carlos Santini, Associate Director, Afterschool All-Stars, Los Angeles, CA; Alejandra Santini, Executive Director, Hill & Dale Family Learning Center, Santa Monica, CA

2012 BOOST Conference Film Festival 

Miss Representation
Moderator: Stephanie Armstrong, Founder, Heart of Leadership, San Diego, CA

Inocente
Moderator: Matt D’Arrigo, CEO, A Reason to Survive (ARTS), San Diego, CA

Mother Nature's Child
Moderator: Janice Swaisgood, National Coordinator, Family Nature Clubs, Children & Nature Network, San Diego, CA

KONY 2012: Invisible Children
Moderators: Hiram Villareal & Elissa O'Dell, Los Angeles Street Team, Invisible Children, Los Angeles, CA 

Indoctrinated: The Grooming of Our Children Into Prostitution
Moderator: Gabriela Baeza, Project Specialist II, San Diego County Office of Education, San Diego, CA

Pariah: A Focus Features Film
Moderators: Christina Forzani, Psy.D, Triage & Transition Coordinator, Project Enable Clinic, San Diego, CA; Monique Oglesby, MA, Assistant Director, Heartland Clinic, El Cajon, CA