Senior Year is a 2010 Philippine coming-of-age film written, scored, edited and directed by Jerrold Tarog.

[1][2][3] SENIOR YEAR is a glimpse into the lives of ten students at St. Frederick’s Academy as they struggle through the final months before graduation.

[5] In 2010, as Senior Year was being made, the ABS CBN News Channel tapped Tarog to be part of AmBisyon 2010, a series in which directors would use short films to narratively present the various problems that would face whoever won the Presidency in the Philippine Presidential Election of 2010.

Tarog's entry, covering the area of "education", was the short film "Faculty", subtitled "A prequel to Senior Year."

Faculty became a viral hit on various social networks, and the popularity of the short film became part of the marketing for its longer, more fleshed-out sequel.

And that's exponentially more difficult for an independent film without big stars, huge billboards and full support from the major TV networks.

[14] The risky move of featuring real high school students in the major roles of the film paid off, with critics praising the young actors for their exceptional performances.