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Zachary's HIGH SCHOOL films
Here, you will find a collection of all the films I made from 9th grade to 12th grade.
Why Should I Stop Now?
Ready... or Not
You Can Go Without Me
Directed by Zachary Newman
Genre: Comedy
Directed by Emerson Optekar
Genre: Action/Comedy
Directed by Zachary Newman
Genre: Action/Comedy
Coming soon
Why Should I Stop Now was made in New York City for the All American High School Film Festival Invitational. It was a top 10 nominee
Ready... or Not was made in Orlando Florida for the 2026 FSPA Convention and won 1st place for action film category.
You Can Go Without Me was made in Tampa Florida for the STN Crazy 8 action film category, and won 1st place.
Beneath The Surface
S.T.E.P
What's REALLY Inside?
Genre: Mockumentary
Directed by Zachary Newman
Directed by Zachary Newman
Genre: Comedy
Genre: Horror
Directed by Zachary Newman
S.T.E.P. is a comedy Mock-Documentary about A struggling high school that forces its teachers to start speaking Gen Z slang to “connect with students,” but the result is chaos, concussions, and test scores rising for the wrong reasons. It was made in 4 months. Zachary Newman wrote, directed and edited it.
What's REALLY Inside was made in New York for the AAHSFF Invitational competition, and won 1st place. It also won ASFI Future in Film competition for Viewers Choice and Best Sound, nominated for STN Film Excellence, won 1st place at SSOF, and won the FSPA Best Comedy award.
Beneath The Surface was made in only a day. it was a passion project that hasnt been submitted to anything yet.
Zachary's MIDDLE SCHOOL films
Here, you will find a collection of all the films I made in 8th grade.
Picture Perfect
OffBeat
Genie of The Giftshop
Genre: Rom/Com Fantasy
Genre: Comedy
Genre: comedy
Genie of The Giftshop was made in just 6 hours in a middle school film competition at FSPA, by a team of 6. It won first place at FSPA, then won STN Nationals, and finally, it was nominated by AAHSFF as one of the best middle school films of 2024-2025
Picture perfect was made in just 8 hours, by a team of 3, as an STN Crazy 8 PRACTICE. It went on to be featured on Shortcuts TV, and won 1st place in STN Nationals
Offbeat was made in just under 4 days in FilmFreeway summer camp at NSU University School
Directed by Zachary Newman
Directed by Zachary Newman
Agent TaterTot
Good Dog
The Hunt for Nothing
Genre: Comedy
Genre: mystery
Genre: mystery
Good Dog was made in a week. it won 1st place for STN Fall Frenzy
The Hunt for Nothing was made in 2 weeks with a crew of just 3 people. It won first place for STN's Fall Frenzy film challenge.
Agent TaterTot was made in a week. it was a passion project that was made with friends. It wasn't submitted to anything.
Directed by Zachary Newman
Directed by Zachary Newman
Directed by Zachary Newman
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