Film
Featuring award-winning documentaries, dramas, comedies, and everything in-between
Directed, Written, and Edited by John Barnes
Produced by Hyebin Lee
Original Song “I’ll Be There (to Turn Off the Light)” written by John Barnes
Logline: A young musician’s strained relationship with his rigid father takes a drastic turn when he is transported 50 years back to the 1970s, causing him to meet his father as a teenager and the zany grandfather he never knew.
A Work of Heart
Directed, Co-Written, and Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Romantic-Comedy): Two romantics bond over their shared hatred of an art piece.
Winner of Best Acting Award (Allisha Edwards) at the 2022 Adrenaline Film Project.
Filmmaking team consisted of John Barnes, Hyebin Lee, and Jade Devriendt.
SEXILE
Directed, Written, Edited, and Shot by John Barnes
Logline (Comedy): When Jenny is asked by her roommate to leave their dorm room, she must race against the clock to avoid being put into sexile forever.
A Passover Story
Directed and Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Documentary): A film that follows a family’s unconventional Passover seder and the meaning of the holiday.
AWARDS:
National YoungArts Merit Winner 2021
Best Documentary Nomination All American High School Film Festival 2019
Youth Filmmaker Award University of Mississippi Film Festival 2019
Best Documentary Arlington Student Film Festival 2020
Gold Medal TIVA D.C. Awards 2019
Regional Gold Key Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2019
Official Selection Philadelphia Youth Film Festival 2019
COME TO THE BEACH
Directed, Written, and Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Comedy-Drama): John believes he is dying and forces his friend to go on a last-minute bucket list trip.
AWARDS:
Official Selection All American High School Film Festival 2021
Official Selection Arlington Student Film Festival 2021
The Case of the Unacademic Integrity
Directed and Written by John Barnes
Logline (Comedy): Detective Miguel Martinez is set on stopping his two classmates from cheating on homework. However, what he finds out is even more appalling.
AWARDS:
National YoungArts Merit Winner 2021
National Silver Medalist Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2020
Official Selection at Arlington Student Film Festival 2019
REJECT
Directed, Written, and Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Comedy-Drama): Brian’s first day back at school from winter break is overshadowed by past memories.
AWARDS:
Audience Choice Award and Official Selection Arlington Student Film Festival 2019
Official Selection All-American High School Film Festival 2019
Official Selection University of Mississippi Film Festival 2019
Regional Gold Key Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2020
Goodbye Tom: The End of an Era
Directed, Written, Scored, and Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Mockumentary): When a high school film teacher announces his move to Belgium, a film class attempts to write the best tribute song of all time.
AWARDS:
Official Selection All-American High School Film Festival 2019
Official Selection and Runner-Up (Longer Film Category) Arlington Student Film Festival 2020
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Directed, Written, Edited, Scored, and Shot by John Barnes
Logline (Experimental): A girl relives the early months of the pandemic through a never-ending doorway.
AWARDS:
Official Selection All American High School Film Festival 2021
Official Selection Arlington Student Film Festival 2021
CHISELED
Directed by John Barnes at UCLA Summer Institute 2019
Logline (Sci-Fi/Horror): Two teenagers run from a mysterious force turning society into marble statues.
AWARDS:
Best Horror/Sci-Fi Arlington Student Film Festival 2020
Library Security
Directed, Written, and Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Comedy-Drama): A library security guard attempts to comfort a troubled student after a mental breakdown over the SAT.
AWARDS:
Official Selection All American High School Film Festival 2020
Locked Out
Co-Written, Co-Directed, and Co-Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Comedy-Drama): In this one-shot film, a nervous actor must find his way back into the theatre before he misses his entrance.
AWARDS:
Maverick Award Nomination and Official Selection All American High School Film Festival 2018
Bronze Medal TIVA DC Awards 2018
The Caviliari Brothers Present: MALLOY: A Caleb Story
Co-Written, Directed, and Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Comedy): The Caviliari Bagel Brothers take a deep dive into the secret life of Billionaire Mogul Caleb Moran.
Goodbye, Vacation Lane
Directed, Edited, and Shot by John Barnes
Logline (Documentary): Students, faculty, and alumni discuss concerns about leaving old traditions behind when a school is scheduled to move from its historic building of fifty years.
AWARDS:
Best Documentary and Best Community Building Arlington Student Film Festival 2018
Official Selection All American High School Film Festival 2018
Official Selection The Lift-Off Sessions 2018
Regional Silver Key Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2018
Silver Medal TIVA DC Awards 2018
Assassin’s Greed
Directed and Edited by John Barnes at UCLA Summer Institute 2019
Logline (Comedy): An assassin accidentally attacks the wrong target.
THE CAICO BROTHERS QUADRILOGY
Dinosaurs, evil stuffed animals, pirates, and unsolved murders!
Jurassic Park 10
Directed, Written, Edited, and Shot by John Barnes
Logline (Action-Comedy): Samuel and Michael face off against an evil T-Rex.
A Pirate’s Journey
Directed, Written, Edited, and Shot by John Barnes
Logline (Action-Comedy): Samuel and Michael embark on a pirate journey to stop the evil Captain Barnesalot from stealing their valuable necklaces.
THE STANDOFF
Directed, Written, Edited, and Shot by John Barnes
Logline (Action-Comedy): Samuel and Michael battle evil stuffed animals.
The Caico Brother Detectives
Directed, Written, and Edited by John Barnes
Logline (Action-Comedy): The Caico Brothers Detectives must investigate a late-night murder by the pool during a summer thunderstorm.