Mr. Chaifulio with Last Chance Productions, the team that won Best Overall Filmmaker. 

Congratulations to Phil Casano '14, Joe Galvano '14, Ed Lopata '14, Mark Tam '14, and Demetrios Sofides '14 for their work on the film "Lester". Their work earned them the coveted Xavier Oscar at last week's Film Festival. An esteemed panel of judges comprised of current faculty and alumni watched 20 short films created by this year's Moviemaking class. Close to 200 students, parents, alumni, and faculty attended this years' festival.

Special awards were given for Best Cinematography to Nicolas Inglese '14 for his work on "Snoop", a film created by senior Matt Benson '14. "Snoop" came in second place in the festival voting. Best Overall Filmmaker awards went to the production team of Last Chance Productions: Phil Casano, Joe Galvano, Ed Lopata, Mark Tam, and Demetrios Sofides. Together they produced nine short films on the year - a Xavier record.

Watch two of the short films online now - Lester, which won the best film of the festival prize, and Snoop, the second place film that won Nicolas Inglese the cinematography award.

DVDs of all the student films are available from Mr Chiafulio in 3L2 for $5.