The Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced nominees for the Northwest High School Awards of Excellence. These awards celebrate the most outstanding productions from five Northwest states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Productions are nominated by NATAS industry professionals. Students from the Ballard High School Digital Filmmaking Program earned eleven nominations, more than twice as many as any other school or organization in the five-state region. The winners will be announced on June 7 at the 51st Annual Regional Emmy Awards ceremony.
Ballard’s nominations span four categories, reflecting the diverse skills students learn in the program. These are the nominations by category.
Music Video:
Goodbye, Paraguay by Sho Schrock-Manabe, Matt Nguyen, Stephanie Shao & Elizabeth Turnell
Song for Anna by Josh Vredevoogd, Lucy Harstrick, Isaiah Hoban Halvorsen & Kiana Wyld
Photographer/Editor:
Caf-Fiend by Simon Gibson-Penrose, Tristram Fetters & Jonny Cechony
Going it Alone by Julian Amrine & Joshua Vredevoogd
Public Service Announcement:
The Bank by Leo Pfeifer & Auston Thompson
Short Form Fiction:
Air Pressure by Coleman Anderson, Leo Pfeifer & Josh Vredevoogd
Caf-Fiend by Simon Gibson-Penrose, Tristram Fetters & Jonny Cechony
Going it Alone by Julian Amrine & Josh Vredevoogd
The Need to Groove by Kyle Goodwin, Max Nelson & Jonny Cechony
Omar the Girl Scout by Coleman Anderson, Brian Cropp & Lindsay Fasser
Stuck in Time by Sage Borlo, Tor Randolph & Remy Robin
Three of the films nominated in the Short Form Fiction category were produced by students in their first year of the Digital Filmmaking Program. In the Photographer/Editor category, all the nominees were Ballard High School students.
One of the nominated productions, along with other new works completed this spring by students in the BHS Digital Filmmaking Program, will be screened at the Ballard High School Film Festival. This will take place on Friday, June 6th or Saturday, June 7th at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults.
This makes the eighth year in a row that Ballard High School producers have been nominated. Last year they received 8 nominations and won the categories of Community/Public Service Announcement, Long Form, Fiction and Photographer/Editor.
