Founded in 2007 by Trey Wodele and Richard Hansen, the EDU Film Festival has become Minnesota's premier film festival for high school students and an annual event anticipated by youth filmmakers from all over MInnesota.
Each year students from schools across the state attend the festival to view each other's work, take part in panel discussions, network with high school and professional filmmakers, and compete for Best-in-Fest awards.
Each year students from schools across the state attend the festival to view each other's work, take part in panel discussions, network with high school and professional filmmakers, and compete for Best-in-Fest awards.
Pino's Fresh
This short documentary explores the personality and essence of Pino’s Pizzeria, a Multi Generational Pizzeria located in Downtown Saint Paul
3 minutes
Graveyard
Two friends have cake in the grave yard. A short pixel animation.
15.0 seconds
11: Jacob's Legacy
Patty and Jerry Wetterling share their insights into the legacy of their son, Jacob, and healing from the loss
7 minutes
Roots
A film about appreciating myself and my family, and the journeys we've been through.
3 minutes
Hindering Comparison
An author struggles with writers-block as she attempts to write her first novel.
5 minutes
Here
A person seeks shelter from a terrifying monster in a school but what they find inside is much worse.
2 minutes
Photosynthefish
Animation consisting of a windy day and a leaf falling into the water and turning into a fish.
19.0 seconds
Kisses!
Maia is in town for the summer staying with her aunt. She is just catching up with her posh posse from summers previous when they are rather rudely interrupted! Maia meets Jonah, whose skateboard proves dissatisfactory. Yet, the unlikely pair become inseparable with the help of a secret setup. A sweet love story sealed with a kiss!
5 minutes
Show the Stage
Our lonely main character is wandering the halls of his highschool when he finds a poster advertising a dance competition. He goes to his friend and together they choreograph their preformance.
1 minute
Self Love
Coming home to her apartment one afternoon, Josie finds a box of her items at her doorstep. She realizes it is from her now ex-boyfriend, Sean, announcing their breakup. She goes to her friends for guidance, struggles seeing another couple, and ultimately goes through the box of items. Reclaiming her identity, Josie is able to find the love she has been looking for within herself.
6 minutes
The Clock Continues to Tick
A short film about the stress caused by having missing assignments pile up.
3 minutes
the lovely mundane
Life often feels dark, dull, and even suffocating. Sometimes as humans, it feels like there are hardly ever those bright and exciting moments we so often crave. But what if there are? What if there is beauty in the mundane?
Created by Violet Benson, the lovely mundane depicts experiences of embracing the mundanities in life in a poetry-film style.
Created by Violet Benson, the lovely mundane depicts experiences of embracing the mundanities in life in a poetry-film style.
3 minutes
Sunrise
Sunrise is a classic love story following the lives of two young Ventura locals, and is shot to coincide with the song “Sunrise” by Cliffs + Caves. It is made entirely by young filmmaker Savannah Rayne, featuring her and her boyfriend as the main characters in the song.
3 minutes
