That's a wrap: CGCC alum scores big at film festival

From left to right, Jessalyn Carpino, Derek
Ellis and Alex Thomas work on their
short film, “Retrograde,” which was
featured in the Sedona Film Festival this
past February.

The Ahwatukee Foothills News featured resident and former CGCC student in an article titled "That’s a wrap: Ahwatukee Lumberjack scores big at film festival."

"It’s amazing how 73 hours of non-stop working in the end can be both satisfying and rewarding.

Ahwatukee Foothills native Alex Thomas, 23, knows this feeling all too well after having one of his short films win awards at Northern Arizona University (NAU), and be featured at the Sedona Film Festival in February.

As an NAU graduate, Thomas originally started his path to film making by studying music education at Chandler-Gilbert Community College." Read the full story.