The High School Media Collective Thanks OWC for Supporting the Jr Leos at DIFF
(2025-10-10, Los Angeles, CA, Special to the U.S. Times) The 2025 DaVinci International Film Festival opens on Friday, October 10th at 5pm at The Grove iconic shopping center in Los Angeles at 189 The Grove Drive, with a special showcase of the film, NAWI, and a Q&A with the filmmakers. US Times is especially excited that in the midst of these prestigious, fresh, and boundary-pushing independent films from creatives worldwide, lie a dozen finalists in the Jr. Leo category.
The Jr. Leo award is DIFF’s dedicated student film program, first introduced in 2024, which aims to uplift young filmmakers ages 16 and up. Winners will be announced on Sunday October 12th, at the Grove’s AMC theaters, from 11:00 am. to 12:30 pm.
Other World Computing and High School Media Collective are among the sponsors of this year’s Jr. Leo awards, with OWC providing the winner, one out of 12 nominees, with an OWC Express 1M2 4TB portable drive. Versatile and fast with over 6000MB/s peak real-world speed, maximum SSD compatibility with PCIe Gen 3.0/4.0/5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD support, and a unique aluminum heat-dissipating design, learn more about the OWC Express 1M2 here.
Here’s a link to the program and to buy tickets: https://davincifilmfestival.com/program/
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From award winning filmmaker, Cirina Catania, CEO of High School Media Collective and chief editor of USTimes, “The goal of HSMC is to connect young, up-and-coming creatives with the industry. We are a community of high school and college streamers, and broadcasters from all over the country, and we believe Chadwick Pelletier, DaVinci Film Festival Director, is doing something incredible by providing these kids with such an opportunity. We are excited to sponsor the Jr. Leo Program at DaVinci Film Festival, and we are proud of our long-standing association with OWC. We all look forward to acknowledging the winner of the Jr. Leos and wish all young filmmakers an incredibly successful career.”
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Join DIFF Badge Holders for Coffee Networking sponsored by the restaurant Sogno Toscano at the Grove and enjoy three days of free To-Go coffees for badge holder guests.
Sogno Toscano is offering a 20% discount for DIFF badge holder guests when dining with them during the Festival on the 10th, 11th and 12th of October. To redeem your discount and make your reservation at Sogno Toscano, contact Giselle at 310-709-3596 or events@sognotoscano.com
Fuel your creativity with complimentary coffee at Sogno on Saturday October 11th and Saturday October 12th from 11am – 12pm.
And on Friday, October 10th, 4pm – 5pm, Kick off your festival experience with more complimentary coffee and happy hour discounts for cocktails & appetizers
For more information about the DaVinci International Film Festival, visit www.davincifilmfestival.com
