Milwaukee Spotlight was founded in August 2005 by Dominic Inouye, an English instructor at Pius XI High School, and James Carlson, the Executive Director of Bucketworks.

Read more about our first two years by downloading our
Spotlight Media Kit/Annual Report

3rd Annual Milwaukee Spotlight Student Film Festival

April 28–29, 2007

The third festival featured 40 films from 12 Wisconsin schools and also attracted submissions from students in California, Washington, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and New York. In addition to our usual Grand Prize of a spot in the Milwaukee International Film Festival, as well as wonderful category prizes, each award winner received a “Dinner with a Pro”: students were paired with local professional filmmakers like Mark Metcalf, Jeff Fitzsimmons, and Mark GE, who shared their personal expertise and insight over a delicious meal.

2nd Annual Milwaukee Spotlight Student Film Festival

April 28–29, 2006

Our second year saw a 75% increase in attendance! Our Spotlight Team grew to 18 members, and we garnered the support of 18 individual and corporate sponsors, which allowed us to provide over $8,000 in prizes this year, for a 2-year total of over $11,000!

Milwaukee Spotlight Student Film Festival 2005

May 21–22, 2005

Originally called FilmFest, this 2-day festival featured the films of 35 high school directors from 11 Milwaukee-area schools. They entered in 6 categories.

Filmshops

November 20, 2005

Filmshops was a pilot program which brought local professionals to young filmmakers. The first series featured 6 workshops: Screenwriting, storyboarding, lighting, greenscreen technology, and editing using iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro.

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