Students from the Ballard High School Video Production Program won multiple awards and honors at the 12th annual Northwest High School Film Festival at the Cinerama Theater in downtown Seattle on May 18. This is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region. This year 267 productions were entered in the competition from 22 high schools. Ballard High School led the pack of winners with a total of 14 awards and honors. In addition, seniors Emily Deering and Levi Friedman were each presented with $1,000 scholarships to The Prodigy Camp, a week-long summer workshop for young filmmakers led by writer/director Rick Stevenson of The Film School.
The festival was judged by a panel of 18 industry professionals and college media professors. The event was organized by the Media Educators Excellence Team (MEET) and sponsored by Adobe, the Art Institute of Seattle, Canon, DigiPen, Glazier’s Camera, Seattle University, and Shoreline Community College. For more information on the NWHSFF, visit nwhsff.org.
BHS productions were honored in five different categories, reflecting the diverse skills and talents of Ballard’s video students. Some of the winning productions will be shown on Friday, June 11 at The Showing, a screening of work by students in the BHS Video Production Program. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the BHS auditorium. There is a suggested donation of $5.00.
Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Comedic Narrative
The Crumb
Emily Deering, Karli Lafferty, Sarah Maloney, Taylor Rubright
Dino Utopia
Lily Bennett, Levi Friedman, Blair Scott, Ryan Zemke
Documentary
Bar Ink
Robyn Cochrane, Spencer Miller, Georgia Peck, Justin Smith-Mercado
Dramatic Narrative
ReflectionSheridan Koehler, Blair Scott
News Feature
Stick With It
Tinh Pham, Bryant Rubright, Dylan Spence
Public Service Announcement
Ballard NW Senior Center: Gardening
Amelia Elizalde, Rikke Heinecke, Ashleigh Klemetson, Ryan Zemke
Ballard NW Senior Center: Knitting
Amelia Elizalde, Rikke Heinecke, Ashleigh Klemetson, Ryan Zemke
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Comedic Narrative
Finding the Music
Sheridan Koehler, Alex Scheller, Blair Scott
Manimal
Levi Friedman, Matthew Law-Phipps, Esther Magasis, Ryan Zemke
Documentary
Without Our Cars
Sydney Jarol, Dylan Miller, Ryan Zemke
Dramatic Narrative
Dead End
Emma Hutchison, Kaila Lafferty, Karli Lafferty, Kirsten Zeller
News Feature
The Beautiful Game
Jacob Scott, Colin Shively, Edwin Tellez
Public Service Announcement
Loose Change
Emma Hutchison, Georgia Peck, Alex Scheller
Make a Wish
Daniel Maldonado, Elizabeth O’Laughlin, Allie Stock
