The
festival 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 Miles Andersen, Emily
Black, Sophie DeGreen and Jesse Romero all received $5,000 scholarship offers
from The Seattle Film Institute. Leo
Pfeifer won the “J-Dogg” Scholarship.
This scholarship was established in memory of Justin Ammoratanasuchad,
a talented young filmmaker who lost his life in a tragic accident while shooting a film in Boston. The J-Dogg Scholarship
will follow Leo to the film program of his choice, and can provide up to $5,000
every year.
The festival was organized
by the Media Educators Excellence Team (MEET), an inter-district
organization of high school media production teachers. Sponsors included The Seattle Film Institute,
Adobe, the Cinerama Theatre, Highline Community College, and Vulcan
Enterprises. For more information on the
NWHSFF, visit www.nwhsff.weebly.com .
All
the awarded productions from BHS initially had their premiere 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 Friday, February 10 at 7
pm. 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
The
Dragon’s Lair
Jonny Cechony,
Ellie Clarrissimeaux & PJ Hase
Music Video
Hologram
Miles
Andersen, Emily Black, Sophie DeGreen, Jesse Romero & Sho Schrock
News/Sports Feature
In the
Ring with the Ratio
Ella Andersen,
Caleb Flynn & Ilsa O’Rollins
Satire & Parody
Escape the Cliches
Percy Boyle & Leo Pfeifer
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Comedic Narrative
Criminal Design
Miles Anderson, Jonathan Bowers, Jonny
Cechony, PJ Hase & Cecilia O’Rollins
My Hero
David Knoblach, Cecilia O’Rollins, Olga
Schulteis & Gabriella Strommen
Dramatic Narrative
Anne
Rachel Cole, Jaya
Flanary & Meagen Tajalle
Music Video
Big
Coat
Jaya Flanary, Duncan
Gowdy & Leo Pfeifer
Today
Coleman
Andersen, PJ Hase & Bergen
Johnson
Voices
Aurore
Bouriot, Jonathan Bowers, Brian Cropp & Jake Rehfeldt
Public Service Announcement
Too
Much of a Good Thing
Maya Konz,
Jesse Romero & Oscar White
What
Lies Ahead
Jaya Flanary, Meagen Tajalle & Grace Turnell
