The
Northwest High School Film Festival is the largest and longest running festival
for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region. It is judged by a panel of industry
professionals and college media professors.
In addition to awarding films, they identify promising filmmakers for
college scholarships. This year, BHS film
students Coleman Andersen, Duncan Boszko, Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Duncan
Gowdy, Leo Pfeifer & Meagen Tajalle all received $5,000 scholarship offers
from festival sponsors Cornish College of the Arts and/or The Seattle Film
Institute. The event was organized by
the Media Educators Excellence Team (MEET), an inter-district organization of
high school media production teachers.
Additional sponsors Adobe, the Cinerama Theatre, Highline Community
College, and Vulcan Enterprises helped pave the way for this 17th
annual event. For more information on
the festival, visit www.nwhsff.weebly,org .
All
the awarded Ballard productions initially premiered at the Ballard Film
Festival (BFF). This event screens new
films by BHS Digital Filmmaking students at the end of every semester. The next BFF will be on Friday, June 5 at 7
pm in the BHS auditorium. Tickets are $5
for students and $10 for adults and will be sold at the door.
Here
are Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners by category:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Comedic Narrative
Jones Ave
Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Meagen Tajalle
Commercial
Nerd!
Bella Anderson, Jonny Cechony, Kaya Coleman-Harrison,
Simon Gibson
Documentary
Audio
Input
Duncan Boszko, Jack O’Neal, Piper Phillips, Sho
Schrock
Clipped Wings
Coleman Andersen, Duncan Gowdy, Leo Pfeifer
Dramatic Narrative
Stolen
Coleman Andersen, Leo Pfeifer
Educational
A Trip
to the Groovies
Jaya Flanary, Sho Schrock
News/Sports Feature
Full
Effort on the Floor
Duncan Gowdy, Hawk Ticehurst
Public Service Announcement
Food
Lifeline
Duncan Gowdy, Zach Green, Leo Pfeifer
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Comedic Narrative
Fly Me to the Moon
Miles Anderson, Jasper Cote, PJ Hase, Gideon
Wolfe
Practicing Parenthood
Percy Boyle, Avery Davis, Duncan Kastner,
Aaron Miller
Commercial
Blue
Highway Games
Brian Cropp, Lyric Gonzalez, Sid Johnson
Documentary
Delivering
the Dream
Julian Amrine, Lorenzo Rossi, Raven Two Feathers,
Josh Vredevoogd
Raven Rock
Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Meagen Tajalle
Educational
Spirit
Week Announcement
Will Erstad, Victoria O’Laughlin, Hawk Ticehurst
Public Service Announcement
Membership
Ruby Anderson, PJ Hase, Cameron Miller
