Film Studies
I am a bellows for sparks of creativity. - ESD Manifesto
Our Film Studies program encourages students to step behind the lens and not only understand, but better appreciate film as an art form. By first learning the history of film and studying its major directors, students build a foundation for analyzing film techniques that they later use to produce their own films.
Fifth Annual ESD Film Festival
Upper school film students hosted their fifth annual Film Festival on April 30, where they screened a variety of works they have created during the 2020-21 school year with their peers. A reel of all student film submissions from the event has been compiled and can be viewed in the following video.
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Although the rainy forecast altered the event twice, the Fifth Annual Film Festival successfully showcased 17 student films.
Five seniors and one junior recently had films accepted into the prestigious AAHS Film Festival.
Join us for the fourth annual Film Festival featuring student films.
Film students visited with ESD alum David McFarland on the set of ’12 Mighty Orphans’ in Fort Worth.
Sabrina Gies ’20 and Taylor Maris ’21 had films shown at last weekend’s AAHS film festival.


