Adina's Deck

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Adina's Deck is a film, curriculum and website intended to educate 9-15 year olds about the growing problem of Cyber Bullying: Harassment via Technology.

The film is an 'origin story' of four girls who form a club to help their peers with mysteries by using technology. The story was developed based upon first-hand research at three Middle Schools in Northern California for Debbie Heimowitz's Master's Thesis at Stanford University's School of Education. Jason Azicri wrote and co-directed the film.

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[edit] Synopsis

When Skye (Kelcie Stranahan), the most popular girl in the 8th grade, starts to receive threatening emails, text messages and voice-mails, she doesn't know what to do. Her best friend Melody (Stephanie Cameron) asks the tech-savvy Adina (Amelia Varni) for help. When Adina says yes, her friend Clara (Cierra Trussell) is confused. Skye is stuck up, and has never been nice to them in the past, so why is Adina helping her? After an adventure, the girls learn about more than just the bullies identity-- they learn about friendship and growing up in the digital age of technology.

[edit] Updates

Adina's Deck was selected for the Kid's First Film Festival based out of New Mexico. After an article came out in the San Francisco Chronicle in Sept. 2007, schools across the country and internationally have purchased Adina's Deck. Student's have responded positively to learning about cyber bullying in an entertaining way. With its hip characters, tech-savvy plot lines, and real-world issues, it is likely to become the next wave of educational entertainment.

[edit] Awards

Adina's Deck won the award for "Best Educational Film" in the student category at the 2008 International Family Film Festival.

[edit] Film Festivals

Official Selection, Danville Children's Film Festival- 2008

Official Selection, International Family Film Festival- 2008

Official Selection, Sacramento Film Festival- 2008

Official Selection, San Francisco Bay Area Children's Film Festival- 2008

Official Selection, East Lansing Children's Film Festival- 2008

Official Selection, Kids First Film Festival- 2007

[edit] Screenings

The Austin Public Library in Austin, Texas- 2008

University of Hawaii"GRLS R GR8!" Program- 2008

Key West Film Society- 2008

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