Spielberg, Ephron, Scorsese -- all three world-famous movie directors started somewhere.

And who knows? Maybe the Arlington area is housing the next John Ford or Michael Curtiz.

ACMi staged the 2023 A-Town teen film festival at the Regent Theatre on May 18. Moviegoers got to check out all the films at this celebration of teen achievement and awards for their clever film work.

Since 2015, students from Arlington and other cities have had their films shown on the big screen at Arlington's showplace of entertainment. And many have won cash prizes. This year was no different.