Three Wishes One Choice

Christopher Scribner

Directed by

16 year-old Christopher tells his personal story about two deaths and a terminal illness in his family, and their choice to stay strong and positive in the face of hardships

Directed by

Christopher Scribner

First Place

2015

15:21 mins

United States of America

Feb 28, 2015

In Competition

First Place

2015

In a report written in occasion of the film screening at the Little Rock Film Festival’s Teen Filmmaker Lab, the Arkansas Times writes about Christopher's documentary-style film as "deeply personal". In his film debut, Scribner explores his family’s “lingering pain over losing […] his sister Roshundalyn and his cousin Xavier to separate car accidents” and also his younger sister’s “ongoing fight against Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)".

For Scribner, making this film was clearly a meaningful and therapeutic endeavor. In the same Arkansas Times piece, he says that screening the film for family and friends was emotional: “everybody cried … they said it exceeded their expectations.”

With Three Wishes One Choice, Scribner won First Place at the 2nd Y-CAM Film Festival in 2015, as well as a Student Television Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the same org that presents Emmys).

16 year-old Christopher tells his personal story about two deaths and a terminal illness in his family, and their choice to stay strong and positive in the face of hardships

About
Christopher Scribner

Christopher (Chris) Scribner was a senior at eStem Public Charter School in Little Rock, Arkansas when his film Three Wishes, One Choice (2015) was selected in Competition at the 2nd Y-CAM Film Festival. His passion for filmmaking started in a teen film program run by the Little Rock Film Festival through which he produced the documentary short showcased at Y-CAM. His very first.

Since then Christopher has been busy working as a DJ and producing PSAs for non-profit organizations, and has volunteered for the Arkansas Dream Center that aims to teach children the value of life. Chris has a passion for outdoor activities and cherishes his time with his family.