Collingwood students bring high school story to the big screen
A group of high school students are hoping to light up the big screen.
Senior Year is the story of Cole, who is struggling to fit in during his last year of high school, and it’s the first full-length feature film produced solely by high school students.
The film is the brainchild of Collingwood Collegiate Institute student John Cardillo, Jr. and Pretty River Academy student Zane Frantzen.
After hearing there would not be a drama production at CCI, the pair connected with a group of friends and decided to make a movie.
“We spent about four weeks putting together an 88-page script,” said Cardillo, Jr.
“We ended up making something pretty great.”
Filming started in March and saw them shoot in a variety of locales across Simcoe County and Muskoka.
The cast and crew featured 80 students who volunteered from five area high schools including CCI, Stayer Collegiate Institute, Georgian Bay Community School, Pretty River and Jean Vanier.
The film will be screened at the Gayety Theatre on June 29 at 8 p.m., June, 30 at 10 a.m., and July 1 4 p.m.
All money raised will support My Friend’s House.