Two short films by students from the Ballard High School
Digital Filmmaking Program were honored by Fresh Film Northwest. This competitive regional festival is
coordinated by the Northwest Film Center
in Portland, Oregon. It accepts entries
from filmmakers ages 13 to 19 in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. This is the eleventh year in a row that
students from Ballard’s Digital Filmmaking Program have been among the winners.
The music video Today, by Coleman Andersen, PJ Hase
and Bergen Johnson, was one of only a dozen films selected for the festival’s Winners
Program. Set to the song of the same
title by The Lovely Static (a BHS band comprised of Percy Boyle, Jasper Cote,
and Gus Meyer), the video contrasts the daily grind in an office cubicle with
the wide world outside. The visual story
Anne,
by Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary and Meagen Tajalle, received an Honorable
Mention. The short explores the
importance of human connection for the elderly.
A jury of filmmakers and educators screened nearly 100
entries from across the five- state region to select winners for the
festival. The winning films were
screened at the Portland Art Museum’s Whitsell Auditorium on November 14. The Ballard shorts can now be seen online at www.vimeo.com/bhsfilmprogram .
To see new work by BHS filmmakers, attend the Ballard Film Festival
on Saturday, February 6 or Friday, February 26 at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults or $5 for
students. All proceeds support students
in the BHS Digital Filmmaking Program.
