Students from the Ballard High School Video Production Program won multiple awards and honors at the 13th annual Northwest High School Film Festival at the Cinerama Theater in downtown Seattle on May 24. This is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region. This year 320 productions were entered in the competition from 23 high schools. Ballard High School led the pack of winners with a total of 10 awards and honors.
The festival was judged by a panel of 26 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, DigiPen, Shoreline Community College, Key Code Media, and Apple.
BHS productions were honored in six different categories, reflecting the diverse skills and talents of Ballard’s video students. Some of the winning productions will be shown on Friday, June 10 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. Tickets are $8.00 and will be sold at the door.
Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Comedic Narrative
The Dummy
Rikke Heinecke, Sarah McDowell, Allie Stock, James Vitz-Wong
Documentary
Henry
Amelia Elizalde, Levi Friedman, Sean Hendricks, Sheridan Koehler
News Feature
Leisure Biking
Vann Fulfs, Alex Guettler, Helen Miller
Public Service Announcement
Earth Corps
Misko Crkon, Alex Johnston-Thomas, William Westgaard
Sports
Mountain Biking
Alex James, Cooper Rickards, John Paul Umbao
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Commercial
Hollywood Apocalypse
Jack Hamilton, Ashleigh Klemetson, Blair Scott
Documentary
Tilted Thunder Railbirds
Molly Bowman, Jack Hamilton, Kirsten Zeller
Public Service Announcement
Plenty of Road
Brendan Inkley, Stephan Neu-Yagle, Dylan Spence
Share the Road: Sidewalk
Elise Neroutsos, Ivy Vance
Teens Against Tobacco Use
Emma Hutchison, Lizzy O’Laughlin, Allie Stock
