About The Festival

 

 

 

We are thrilled to announce the 12th annual Derek Freese High School Film and Video Festival. On May 31st, 2008, Temple University's Film and Media Arts Department will host the festival, which offers student filmmakers in grades 9 to 12 an opportunity to screen their work in front of their peers and other film professionals. The festival was created to honor the memory of Derek Freese, a graduate of the Temple film program, who passed away two days after arriving in Hollywood, California. His family decided to keep his love of film alive by founding the Derek Freese Foundation in 1997.