Thirteen shorts by students from Ballard High School’s Video Production Program have been selected by the Seattle Channel for an entire episode of Reel Short Movies, to be cablecast over this holiday weekend. Reel Short Movies is a partnership between the Seattle Channel and the Northwest Film Forum that presents the best in local short filmmaking.
The episode features digital films, visual stories, and documentaries along with a few Public Service Announcements. Between them, these student productions have won 39 awards and honors from regional, national, and international film festivals, including the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Seattle International Film Festival, the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, and the National Student Television Awards (of the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences). All the shorts were produced at Ballard since 2005.
The episode will cablecast on the Seattle Channel (channel 21) the following dates and times:
-Thursday, November 27 at 9 pm
-Friday, November 28 at 8 pm
-Saturday, November 29 at 11 pm
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
BALLARD FILM STUDENTS WIN REGIONAL FESTIVAL
Three productions by students in the BHS Video Production Program are among the winners of the 32nd Annual Young People’s Film & Video Festival. The winners are the short drama “4th Floor” (by Coburn Erskine, Sami Kubo & Nolan O’Connor), and the documentaries “Domestic Disturbance” (by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Colin Colebrook & Lilah Horwitz) and “Ladies in Armor” (by Diana Federighi, Sami Kubo & Audra McCafferty).
This competitive festival accepts entries from students in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Alaska. It is coordinated by the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon. Submissions were judged for their storytelling, originality, artistic merit, technical achievement, and investigation of subject matter by a jury of educators and film professionals. Only 15 productions were chosen for the festival from over 100 entries. Ballard topped the list of winning high schools, with 3 awarded productions.
All of the winning productions have also earned honors at other festivals. “4th Floor” won an Award of Excellence in Dramatic Narrative at the Northwest High School Film Festival, and an Honorable Mention in the Seattle International Film Festival’s FutureWave program for young filmmakers. “Ladies in Armor” won 2nd Prize at the national Derek Freese High School Film Festival in Philadelphia, and “Domestic Disturbance” was a Finalist at that same festival.
The Festival Winners’ Program will be screened on Friday, September 14 at 1 p.m. at the Whitsell Auditorium of the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park, Portland, Oregon). The event is free, and the public is welcome to attend. The program will run approximately 2 hours. For more information, visit http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/young_fest.php.
This competitive festival accepts entries from students in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Alaska. It is coordinated by the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon. Submissions were judged for their storytelling, originality, artistic merit, technical achievement, and investigation of subject matter by a jury of educators and film professionals. Only 15 productions were chosen for the festival from over 100 entries. Ballard topped the list of winning high schools, with 3 awarded productions.
All of the winning productions have also earned honors at other festivals. “4th Floor” won an Award of Excellence in Dramatic Narrative at the Northwest High School Film Festival, and an Honorable Mention in the Seattle International Film Festival’s FutureWave program for young filmmakers. “Ladies in Armor” won 2nd Prize at the national Derek Freese High School Film Festival in Philadelphia, and “Domestic Disturbance” was a Finalist at that same festival.
The Festival Winners’ Program will be screened on Friday, September 14 at 1 p.m. at the Whitsell Auditorium of the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park, Portland, Oregon). The event is free, and the public is welcome to attend. The program will run approximately 2 hours. For more information, visit http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/young_fest.php.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
BHS Producers Awarded by National Festival... Again!
Seven works by students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program were named Finalists for the Grand Prize at the 12th Annual Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival. This prestigious festival drew competition from high school producers in all corners of the nation and was judged by professors from Temple University’s renowned film school and professional filmmakers. The festival took place in Philadephia at Temple’s Film and Media Arts department on May 31st.
The productions were “Checking Out” (a comedic narrative by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Jacob Fabian & Annalee Milar), “Brotherly Love” (also a comedic narrative by Colin Colebrook, Mohamed Kassim & Devon Rensberger), “4th Floor” (an eerie drama by Coburn Erskine, Sami Kubo & Nolan O’Connor), “Seattle Needle Exchange” (a documentary by Coburn Erskine, William Pierce & Ben Steiner), “Domestic Disturbance: One Family’s Struggle” (a documentary by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Colin Colebrook & Lilah Horwitz), “Ladies in Armor” (a documentary by Diana Federighi, Sami Kubo & Audra McCafferty), and “Spaced Out” (a satiric narrative by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Michael Hipp & Devan Sizemore).
At the conclusion of the festival, the documentary “Ladies in Armor” was awarded 2nd Prize. This is a real honor, as Temple has one of the most respected programs for documentary production in the country.
This marks the fifth year in a row that productions by students from the Ballard High School Video Program have been Finalists in the Derek Freese Festival, and the third time they’ve been prize-winners.
The productions were “Checking Out” (a comedic narrative by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Jacob Fabian & Annalee Milar), “Brotherly Love” (also a comedic narrative by Colin Colebrook, Mohamed Kassim & Devon Rensberger), “4th Floor” (an eerie drama by Coburn Erskine, Sami Kubo & Nolan O’Connor), “Seattle Needle Exchange” (a documentary by Coburn Erskine, William Pierce & Ben Steiner), “Domestic Disturbance: One Family’s Struggle” (a documentary by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Colin Colebrook & Lilah Horwitz), “Ladies in Armor” (a documentary by Diana Federighi, Sami Kubo & Audra McCafferty), and “Spaced Out” (a satiric narrative by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Michael Hipp & Devan Sizemore).
At the conclusion of the festival, the documentary “Ladies in Armor” was awarded 2nd Prize. This is a real honor, as Temple has one of the most respected programs for documentary production in the country.
This marks the fifth year in a row that productions by students from the Ballard High School Video Program have been Finalists in the Derek Freese Festival, and the third time they’ve been prize-winners.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
SIFF Features Work by Ballard High School Video Students
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) will be featuring two shorts by students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program as part of FutureWave, its showcase for young filmmakers. The first short, “Claudio the Magnificent,” was produced and directed by Bridget Berg, Lilah Horwitz & Will Livesly-O’Neill. It’s a comedy about a street mime whose unrequited love spurs him to extreme actions. The short also won an Honorable Mention at the Northwest High School Film Festival.
The second short, “4th Floor”, was directed by Sami Kubo and produced by Sami with Coburn Erskine & Nolan O’Connor. In “4th Floor”, a tardy job applicant chooses the elevator over the stairs, with unexpected results. The short won an Award of Excellence at the Northwest High School Film Festival. Both shorts will be screened at the Egyptian Theater on Saturday, June 7 at 4 pm.
BHS video students Riley Heckel, Kyle Seago, Devan Sizemore and Mixtli Zavaleta were production interns on the feature film “Visioneers”, a dark comedy which was shot in the Seattle area during the summer of 2006 and will have its world premiere during SIFF. Advanced press on the film is very positive. It will screen at the Egyptian Theater on Thursday, June 12 at 9:30 pm, and Saturday, June 14 at 4:00 pm.
Tickets for these SIFF events can be purchased at http://www.siff.net/festival/tickets/.
The second short, “4th Floor”, was directed by Sami Kubo and produced by Sami with Coburn Erskine & Nolan O’Connor. In “4th Floor”, a tardy job applicant chooses the elevator over the stairs, with unexpected results. The short won an Award of Excellence at the Northwest High School Film Festival. Both shorts will be screened at the Egyptian Theater on Saturday, June 7 at 4 pm.
BHS video students Riley Heckel, Kyle Seago, Devan Sizemore and Mixtli Zavaleta were production interns on the feature film “Visioneers”, a dark comedy which was shot in the Seattle area during the summer of 2006 and will have its world premiere during SIFF. Advanced press on the film is very positive. It will screen at the Egyptian Theater on Thursday, June 12 at 9:30 pm, and Saturday, June 14 at 4:00 pm.
Tickets for these SIFF events can be purchased at http://www.siff.net/festival/tickets/.
Monday, May 26, 2008
And the Winners are... Ballard Video Students
Two productions by Ballard High School video students have been selected for honors by the National Student Television Awards in the northwest region. The awards are a project of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the professional organization that gives the Emmy Awards) and honor the best in student television production. The regional awards celebrate the most outstanding productions from five northwest states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.
Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp & Devon Sizemore won the Writing category for their satirical short “Spaced Out.” The Honorable Mention in that same category went to Will Livesley-O’Neill, Evangeline Spracklin & Ben Steiner for their short “The End is Near.” The students will be honored at the 45th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards on June 7th. Both productions were also honored recently by the Northwest High School Film Festival and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth.
Meanwhile in Westport, Connecticut, the international Westport Youth Film Festival announced this year’s winners. Justin Amorratanasuchad, Colin Colebrook & Jacob Fabian won the competitive PSA category for their 60 second spot “SDA: Wash Your Hands.” WYFF is designed to provide an outlet for young filmmakers to share their work in a professional environment and receive constructive criticism from a combination of peers and professionals. The festival screens “the best international and national high school and middle school films.”
All of these awarded productions will be screened at The Showing this Friday, May 30 at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. The event is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp & Devon Sizemore won the Writing category for their satirical short “Spaced Out.” The Honorable Mention in that same category went to Will Livesley-O’Neill, Evangeline Spracklin & Ben Steiner for their short “The End is Near.” The students will be honored at the 45th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards on June 7th. Both productions were also honored recently by the Northwest High School Film Festival and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth.
Meanwhile in Westport, Connecticut, the international Westport Youth Film Festival announced this year’s winners. Justin Amorratanasuchad, Colin Colebrook & Jacob Fabian won the competitive PSA category for their 60 second spot “SDA: Wash Your Hands.” WYFF is designed to provide an outlet for young filmmakers to share their work in a professional environment and receive constructive criticism from a combination of peers and professionals. The festival screens “the best international and national high school and middle school films.”
All of these awarded productions will be screened at The Showing this Friday, May 30 at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. The event is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Emmy Organization Nominates BHS Video Students
Two productions by Ballard High School video students have been nominated for National Student Television Awards at the regional level. The awards are a project of the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences (the professional organization that gives the Emmy Awards) and honor the best in student television production. The regional awards celebrate the most outstanding productions from five northwest states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. The winners will be honored at the 45th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards on June 7th.
The nominees are Will Livesley-O’Neill, Evangeline Spracklin & Ben Steiner for “The End is Near”, and Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp & Devan Sizemore for “Spaced Out”. Both narrative shorts are nominated in the Writing category. They will be screened at The Showing on Friday, May 30th at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
Last year, Ballard High School video students received two nominations. The narrative short “Bittersweet” by Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg won the Writing award, and “Ave Rats” by Clinton Carucci, Ian McKagan & Mixtli Zavaleta received an Honorable Mention in the Documentary category.
The nominees are Will Livesley-O’Neill, Evangeline Spracklin & Ben Steiner for “The End is Near”, and Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp & Devan Sizemore for “Spaced Out”. Both narrative shorts are nominated in the Writing category. They will be screened at The Showing on Friday, May 30th at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
Last year, Ballard High School video students received two nominations. The narrative short “Bittersweet” by Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg won the Writing award, and “Ave Rats” by Clinton Carucci, Ian McKagan & Mixtli Zavaleta received an Honorable Mention in the Documentary category.
Northwest High School Film Festival Honors BHS Producers
Students from the Ballard High School Video Production Program won 7 awards and honors at the 10th annual Northwest High School Film Festival on May 4. This is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region. Over 250 productions were entered in the competition from 22 schools. The festival was judged by a panel of 17 that included industry professionals and college media professors. The event was organized by the Media Educators’ for Excellence Team (MEET) and sponsored by Adobe, Canon, and Apple.
The awarded productions can be seen Friday, May 30 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. There’s a suggested donation of $5.00.
Here’s a list of Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Dramatic Narrative
“Spaced Out”
Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp, Devon Sizemore
“4th Floor”
Coburn Erskine, Sami Kubo, Nolan O’Connor
Comedic Narrative
“Playdate”
Ilsina Nazarova, Reed Stevens, Kevin Vitz-Wong
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Comedic Narrative
“Claudio the Magnificent”
Bridget Berg, Lilah Horwitz, Will Livesley-O’Neill
“The End is Near”
Will Livesley-O’Neill, Evangeline Spracklin, Ben Steiner
“The Test”
Audra McCafferty, Taylor Rubright, Kristin Yeasting
Public Service Announcement
“Let Kids be Kids”
Oliver Brossmann, Sami Kubo, Matt Law-Phipps
The awarded productions can be seen Friday, May 30 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. There’s a suggested donation of $5.00.
Here’s a list of Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Dramatic Narrative
“Spaced Out”
Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp, Devon Sizemore
“4th Floor”
Coburn Erskine, Sami Kubo, Nolan O’Connor
Comedic Narrative
“Playdate”
Ilsina Nazarova, Reed Stevens, Kevin Vitz-Wong
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Comedic Narrative
“Claudio the Magnificent”
Bridget Berg, Lilah Horwitz, Will Livesley-O’Neill
“The End is Near”
Will Livesley-O’Neill, Evangeline Spracklin, Ben Steiner
“The Test”
Audra McCafferty, Taylor Rubright, Kristin Yeasting
Public Service Announcement
“Let Kids be Kids”
Oliver Brossmann, Sami Kubo, Matt Law-Phipps
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Ballard Video Students Take Prizes at National Festival
Two works by Ballard High School Video Production students were prize-winners at the national Images of Youth 2008 Video Festival. The winning films were “Unplugged”, by Del Brummet, Diana Federighi & Kaelan Gilman; and “Brotherly Love”, by Colin Colebrook, Mohamed Kassim & Devon Rensberger.
The Images of Youth Video Festival is a project of Action for Media Education, a Seattle-based non-profit organization. Ballard was the only school whose students received multiple prizes at the festival. Both of the prize-winning productions will be screened at The Showing on Friday, May 30th at 7 pm in the Ballard High School auditorium. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
The Images of Youth Video Festival is a project of Action for Media Education, a Seattle-based non-profit organization. Ballard was the only school whose students received multiple prizes at the festival. Both of the prize-winning productions will be screened at The Showing on Friday, May 30th at 7 pm in the Ballard High School auditorium. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
WESTPORT YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL TO FEATURE BALLARD PRODUCTIONS
Seven short productions by Ballard High School video students have been named Official Selections of the Westport Youth Film Festival. The shorts are “Playdate” by Ilsina Nazarova, Reed Stevens & Kevin Vitz-Wong; “4th Floor” by Coburn Erskine, Sami Kubo & Nolan O’Connor; "Brotherly Love" by Colin Colebrook, Mohamed Kassim & Devon Rensberger; “Shoulda Voted” by Will Livesley-O’Neill, Will Pierce & Kristin Yeasting; “Let Kids be Kids” by Oliver Brossmann, Sami Kubo & Matt Law-Phipps; "Conscious Consumption" by Coburn Erskine, Diana Federighi & Lilah Horwitz; and “SDA” by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Colin Colebrook & Jacob Fabian. The festival begins May 10.
Westport, Connecticut, is home to many New York film professionals, and the festival, in association with the Westport Arts Center, is designed to provide an outlet for young filmmakers to share their work in a professional environment and receive constructive criticism from a combination of peers and professionals. The festival screens “the best international and national high school and middle school films”. For more about WYFF, visit www.westportyouthfilmfest.org.
Ballard High School students distinguished themselves by having work in three different areas of festival competition: Drama, Comedy, and Public Service Announcement. All of these honored productions will be screened in the BHS auditorium at a showing of work by students in the BHS Video Production Program on Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. There is a $5 suggested donation.
Westport, Connecticut, is home to many New York film professionals, and the festival, in association with the Westport Arts Center, is designed to provide an outlet for young filmmakers to share their work in a professional environment and receive constructive criticism from a combination of peers and professionals. The festival screens “the best international and national high school and middle school films”. For more about WYFF, visit www.westportyouthfilmfest.org.
Ballard High School students distinguished themselves by having work in three different areas of festival competition: Drama, Comedy, and Public Service Announcement. All of these honored productions will be screened in the BHS auditorium at a showing of work by students in the BHS Video Production Program on Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. There is a $5 suggested donation.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Ballard Filmmakers in SIFF
Two shorts by Ballard filmmakers have been selected for FutureWave. This special program of the Seattle International Film Festival includes the best of young people’s filmmaking from across the country. SIFF describes FutureWave shorts as “exciting, challenging, and inspiring.” Included will be “Claudio the Magnificent” by Bridget Berg, Lilah Horwitz, and Will Livesley-O’Neill, and “4th Floor” by Coburn Erskine, Sami Kubo, and Nolan O’Connor. The shorts will be screened at the Egyptian Theater of Capitol Hill on Saturday, June 7 at 4:00 p.m. and will include Q&A with the filmmakers. Tickets are $11 and can be purchased at www.seattlefilm.org.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
National Video Festival Features Films by BHS Students
Three works by Ballard High School Video Production students have been named Official Selections by the national Images of Youth 2008 Video Festival. “Unplugged”, by Del Brummet, Diana Federighi & Kaelan Gilman, is a short film about a boy whose world changes when his i-Pod dies. “Shoulda Voted”, by Will Livesley-O’Neill, William Pierce & Kristin Yeasting, is a Public Service Announcement for the League of Women Voters. The short film “Brotherly Love”, by Colin Colebrook, Mohamed Kassim & Devon Rensberger, explores the complex communication between two brothers. Each of these producers will be recognized with a certificate for Outstanding Video Production. A group of youth judges also met this weekend to select several of the videos for special cash prizes, to be presented at the festival.
The Images of Youth Video Festival is a project of Action for Media Education, a Seattle-based non-profit organization. The festival will be presented at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center (104 17th Avenue South, Seattle) on Friday, April 25th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Each of the honored productions will also be screened at The Showing on Friday, May 30th at 7 pm in the Ballard High School auditorium.
The Images of Youth Video Festival is a project of Action for Media Education, a Seattle-based non-profit organization. The festival will be presented at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center (104 17th Avenue South, Seattle) on Friday, April 25th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Each of the honored productions will also be screened at The Showing on Friday, May 30th at 7 pm in the Ballard High School auditorium.
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Ballard Filmmakers Win National Awards
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Two short films by students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program were award winners at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). The festival featured 73 films from across the country by filmmakers 21 and younger. Many of the featured works were produced by students from such prestigious schools of film & television as the University of Southern California, New York University, and Emerson College, so there was no shortage of competition!
“Spaced Out” by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp and Devon Sizemore won the Jury Prize for Best Experimental Film. This short concerns one boy’s increasingly ominous struggle with MySpace. A jury of twelve filmmakers, including industry professionals and youth, determined the award together. “The End is Near” by Will Livesley-O’Neill, Vange Spracklin and Ben Steiner won the Audience Choice Award for Best High School Filmmaker. Their short documents a day in the life of a high school senior so frantic to finish his college application that he fails to notice an impending nuclear holocaust. Both shorts will be screened again at The Showing on Friday, May 30, at 7 pm in the Ballard High School auditorium. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5 for the Video Production Program.
Two short films by students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program were award winners at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). The festival featured 73 films from across the country by filmmakers 21 and younger. Many of the featured works were produced by students from such prestigious schools of film & television as the University of Southern California, New York University, and Emerson College, so there was no shortage of competition!
“Spaced Out” by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp and Devon Sizemore won the Jury Prize for Best Experimental Film. This short concerns one boy’s increasingly ominous struggle with MySpace. A jury of twelve filmmakers, including industry professionals and youth, determined the award together. “The End is Near” by Will Livesley-O’Neill, Vange Spracklin and Ben Steiner won the Audience Choice Award for Best High School Filmmaker. Their short documents a day in the life of a high school senior so frantic to finish his college application that he fails to notice an impending nuclear holocaust. Both shorts will be screened again at The Showing on Friday, May 30, at 7 pm in the Ballard High School auditorium. Admission is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5 for the Video Production Program.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Ballard High School Filmmakers Featured at National Festival
Four short films by students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program have been named Official Selections of the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY). The festival opens at Seattle Center’s McCaw Hall on Friday, March 28 and continues through Sunday, March 30. It features 73 films from across the country by filmmakers 21 and younger.
The honored Ballard films are “Bittersweet” by Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg, “Nice Touch” by Alec Maclurg, Ben Steiner & Kevin Vitz-Wong, “The End is Near” by Will Livesley-O’Neill, Vange Spracklin & Ben Steiner, and “Spaced Out” by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp & Devan Sizemore. (Between them, these shorts have previously been honored by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences, the Westport Youth Film Festival, the Young People’s Film & Video Festival, the Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, and the Northwest High School Film Festival.)
NFFTY itself is the brainchild of Ballard High School video alumnus Jesse Harris (’04). Harris made history in 2004 when “Living Life”, the feature film he had written and directed as a senior project, was purchased by FilmMates and slated for theatrical release. (It opened in Seattle in April, 2005.) NFFTY co-founder Kyle Seago (’07) is also a Ballard H.S. video alumnus. Since his sophomore year in high school he has won over 10 regional and national awards for his short films. (He is currently a freshman at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film & Television in Los Angeles.) Along with Jocelyn R.C., another young filmmaker now studying at Chapman University, they created NFFTY to nurture, promote, and encourage the next generation of filmmakers. A growing list of sponsors and partners, such as The Seattle Times and the Experience Music Project, have paved the way for this first annual event.
Jesse’s documentary on Hurricane Katrina, “Journey to the Gulf”, will be featured in the festival, as well as Kyle’s short “Monitor” (from his Ballard days). Another Ballard video alumnus, George Westberg (’06), also has a short in NFFTY. George is currently studying film at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He directed “Love is the Elle Word” in Seattle last summer, working with BHS video alumni Aaron Morse (’06) and Emily McVicker (’06).
Like the Sundance Film Festival, NFFTY includes forums on filmmaking in addition to screenings. “The Business of Storytelling”, “Student Filmmaking to Professional Filmmaking”, “Making your Feature”, “SAG Made Simple”, and “The Film Permit Process” are several examples. Admission to these forums is free of charge! For a complete schedule of events, show times, and ticket information, visit http;//www.nffty.org/festival.html.
The honored Ballard films are “Bittersweet” by Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg, “Nice Touch” by Alec Maclurg, Ben Steiner & Kevin Vitz-Wong, “The End is Near” by Will Livesley-O’Neill, Vange Spracklin & Ben Steiner, and “Spaced Out” by Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp & Devan Sizemore. (Between them, these shorts have previously been honored by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences, the Westport Youth Film Festival, the Young People’s Film & Video Festival, the Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, and the Northwest High School Film Festival.)
NFFTY itself is the brainchild of Ballard High School video alumnus Jesse Harris (’04). Harris made history in 2004 when “Living Life”, the feature film he had written and directed as a senior project, was purchased by FilmMates and slated for theatrical release. (It opened in Seattle in April, 2005.) NFFTY co-founder Kyle Seago (’07) is also a Ballard H.S. video alumnus. Since his sophomore year in high school he has won over 10 regional and national awards for his short films. (He is currently a freshman at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film & Television in Los Angeles.) Along with Jocelyn R.C., another young filmmaker now studying at Chapman University, they created NFFTY to nurture, promote, and encourage the next generation of filmmakers. A growing list of sponsors and partners, such as The Seattle Times and the Experience Music Project, have paved the way for this first annual event.
Jesse’s documentary on Hurricane Katrina, “Journey to the Gulf”, will be featured in the festival, as well as Kyle’s short “Monitor” (from his Ballard days). Another Ballard video alumnus, George Westberg (’06), also has a short in NFFTY. George is currently studying film at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He directed “Love is the Elle Word” in Seattle last summer, working with BHS video alumni Aaron Morse (’06) and Emily McVicker (’06).
Like the Sundance Film Festival, NFFTY includes forums on filmmaking in addition to screenings. “The Business of Storytelling”, “Student Filmmaking to Professional Filmmaking”, “Making your Feature”, “SAG Made Simple”, and “The Film Permit Process” are several examples. Admission to these forums is free of charge! For a complete schedule of events, show times, and ticket information, visit http;//www.nffty.org/festival.html.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL INVITES BALLARD VIDEO STUDENTS
January 3, 2008
Thanks to a scholarship from the Sundance Institute, 12 students from the BHS Video Production Program will be attending the Sundance Film Festival this January. The students will each receive a festival credential and priority ticket reservations, and the ticket fees will be waived. In addition to the many opportunities to screen new films and learn from the filmmakers, the Institute is setting up a special event just for the filmmakers to discuss their craft with the students. Each year, the Sundance Institute selects a limited number of college and high school programs from across the nation for this educational opportunity.
Students from the BHS Video Production Program previously attended the festival in January of 2006 (also with a scholarship from the institute). Several of those students subsequently produced work that took honors and awards at various national festivals, as well as winning recognition for their productions from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Samples of Award Winning Productions
Visit our vimeo site for a larger selection of more recent productions. Below are a few examples of the many types of projects Ballard High School video students learn to produce.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
"Nordic Heritage Museum"
Nomination, Student Television Award for Excellence, Photographer and Editor Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2013
"Ballard Northwest Senior Center"
Award of Excellence, Public Service Announcement Northwest High School Film Festival, 2010
Special Recognition for Overall Excellence in Media Images of Youth Video Festival, 2010
"Don't Spill"
Student Television Award for Excellence in Craft Achievement Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2009
Special Recognition for Overall Excellence in Media Images of Youth Video Festival, 2010
Peer Achievement Award Images of Youth Video Festival, 2009
Official Selection Westport Youth Film Festival, 2009
Don't Spill from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Wash Your Hands"
Best PSA Westport Youth Film Festival, 2008
Wash Your Hands from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
DOCUMENTARY
"Henry"
Winner 34th Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival
Documentary Award of Excellence Northwest High School Film Festival, 2011
Official FutureWave Selection Seattle International Film Festival, 2011
2nd Prize, Non-Fiction Derek Freese High School Video Festival, 2011
Nominee Student Television Award of Excellence, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Northwest Region)
Henry from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Deep Down"
Winner, Best Documentary 17th Annual Derek Freese Youth Media Film Festival, 2012
Winner, Creative Self-Expression Award Fresh Film Northwest, 2012
Second Prize, Documentary Dominique Dunne Film Competition, 2013
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2013
Honorable Mention, Documentary Northwest High School Film Festival, 2012
"Ladies in Armor"
Winner 32nd Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2008
2nd Prize Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2008
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2009
Official Selection Los Angeles Film Festival, 2009
"Domestic Disturbance"
Winner 32nd Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2008
Finalist Derek Freese High School Film Festival, 2008
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2009
DIGITAL FILMMAKING
"Blindsided"
Merit Award for Writer/Director Kyle Seago NFAA Arts Recognition & Talent Search, 2007
Honorable Mention Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2007
Official Selection Westport Youth Film Festival, 2007
Official Selection Images of Youth Video Festival, 2007
Blindsided from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Bittersweet"
Winner (Northwest Region), Writing National Student Television Awards, 2007
Winner 30th Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2006
Award of Excellence, Dramatic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2007
Official Selection Westport Youth Film Festival, 2007
Official Selection & Finalist Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2007
Bittersweet from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Spaced Out"
Winner (Northwest Region), Writing National Student Television Awards, 2008
Jury Prize, Best Experimental Film National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2008
Award of Excellence, Dramatic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2008
Official Selection and Finalist Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2008
Spaced Out from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Safe at Last: The Story of Antwaan Dixon"
Winner, Creative Self-Expression Award 35th Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2011
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2012
Nomination, Writing, Student Television Award for Excellence Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2012
Nomination, Photography and Editing, Student Television Award for Excellence Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2012
"The Craft"
Winner, Long-Form Fiction Student Television Award for Excellence, Northwest Regional Emmy Awards 2012
Second Prize, Dramatic Narrative Dominique Dunne Film Competition, 2013
Official Selection Westport Youth Film Festival, 2012
Honorable Mention Northwest High School Film Festival, 2012
VISUAL STORYTELLING
"Nice Touch"
Winner 31st Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2007
Official Selection and Finalist Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2007
Award of Excellence, Dramatic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2007
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2008
Nice Touch from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Reflection"
Winner 34th Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2010
Award of Excellence, Dramatic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2010
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2010
Nomination Dramatic Presentation, National High School Award of Excellence (NW Region), Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2010
Official FutureWave Selection Seattle International Film Festival, 2011
Reflection from Ballard H.S. Video Program on VImeo.
"Great Mimes Think Alike"
Best Editing 17th Annual Derek Freese Youth Media Film Festival, 2012
Honorable Mention, Comedic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2013
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2013
COMMERCIAL
"Crash Landing Pizza"
Winner, National Student Television Award for Excellence, Photography/Editing Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2012
Award of Excellence, Commercial Northwest High School Film Festival, 2012
MUSIC VIDEO
"Stop Pretending"
Winner, Creative Self-Expression Award Fresh Film Northwest, 2013
"Song for Anna"
Winner, Merit Award for Writer/Director Lucy Harstrick NFAA YoungArts Talent Search, 2013
"Nordic Heritage Museum"
Nomination, Student Television Award for Excellence, Photographer and Editor Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2013
"Ballard Northwest Senior Center"
Award of Excellence, Public Service Announcement Northwest High School Film Festival, 2010
Special Recognition for Overall Excellence in Media Images of Youth Video Festival, 2010
"Don't Spill"
Student Television Award for Excellence in Craft Achievement Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2009
Special Recognition for Overall Excellence in Media Images of Youth Video Festival, 2010
Peer Achievement Award Images of Youth Video Festival, 2009
Official Selection Westport Youth Film Festival, 2009
Don't Spill from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Wash Your Hands"
Best PSA Westport Youth Film Festival, 2008
Wash Your Hands from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Henry"
Winner 34th Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival
Documentary Award of Excellence Northwest High School Film Festival, 2011
Official FutureWave Selection Seattle International Film Festival, 2011
2nd Prize, Non-Fiction Derek Freese High School Video Festival, 2011
Nominee Student Television Award of Excellence, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Northwest Region)
Henry from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Deep Down"
Winner, Best Documentary 17th Annual Derek Freese Youth Media Film Festival, 2012
Winner, Creative Self-Expression Award Fresh Film Northwest, 2012
Second Prize, Documentary Dominique Dunne Film Competition, 2013
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2013
Honorable Mention, Documentary Northwest High School Film Festival, 2012
"Ladies in Armor"
Winner 32nd Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2008
2nd Prize Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2008
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2009
Official Selection Los Angeles Film Festival, 2009
"Domestic Disturbance"
Winner 32nd Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2008
Finalist Derek Freese High School Film Festival, 2008
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2009
"Blindsided"
Merit Award for Writer/Director Kyle Seago NFAA Arts Recognition & Talent Search, 2007
Honorable Mention Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2007
Official Selection Westport Youth Film Festival, 2007
Official Selection Images of Youth Video Festival, 2007
Blindsided from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Bittersweet"
Winner (Northwest Region), Writing National Student Television Awards, 2007
Winner 30th Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2006
Award of Excellence, Dramatic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2007
Official Selection Westport Youth Film Festival, 2007
Official Selection & Finalist Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2007
Bittersweet from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Spaced Out"
Winner (Northwest Region), Writing National Student Television Awards, 2008
Jury Prize, Best Experimental Film National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2008
Award of Excellence, Dramatic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2008
Official Selection and Finalist Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2008
Spaced Out from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Safe at Last: The Story of Antwaan Dixon"
Winner, Creative Self-Expression Award 35th Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2011
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2012
Nomination, Writing, Student Television Award for Excellence Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2012
Nomination, Photography and Editing, Student Television Award for Excellence Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2012
"The Craft"
Winner, Long-Form Fiction Student Television Award for Excellence, Northwest Regional Emmy Awards 2012
Second Prize, Dramatic Narrative Dominique Dunne Film Competition, 2013
Official Selection Westport Youth Film Festival, 2012
Honorable Mention Northwest High School Film Festival, 2012
"Nice Touch"
Winner 31st Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2007
Official Selection and Finalist Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival, 2007
Award of Excellence, Dramatic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2007
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2008
Nice Touch from Ballard H.S. Video Program on Vimeo.
"Reflection"
Winner 34th Annual Young People's Film & Video Festival, 2010
Award of Excellence, Dramatic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2010
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2010
Nomination Dramatic Presentation, National High School Award of Excellence (NW Region), Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2010
Official FutureWave Selection Seattle International Film Festival, 2011
Reflection from Ballard H.S. Video Program on VImeo.
"Great Mimes Think Alike"
Best Editing 17th Annual Derek Freese Youth Media Film Festival, 2012
Honorable Mention, Comedic Narrative Northwest High School Film Festival, 2013
Official Selection National Film Festival for Talented Youth, 2013
"Crash Landing Pizza"
Winner, National Student Television Award for Excellence, Photography/Editing Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, 2012
Award of Excellence, Commercial Northwest High School Film Festival, 2012
"Stop Pretending"
Winner, Creative Self-Expression Award Fresh Film Northwest, 2013
"Song for Anna"
Winner, Merit Award for Writer/Director Lucy Harstrick NFAA YoungArts Talent Search, 2013
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Ballard Film Students Win Regional Festival
July 2007
Two productions by students in the BHS Video Production Program are among the winners of the 31st Annual Young People’s Film & Video Festival. The winners are the short films “Nice Touch” (about the power of music to bring people together) by Alec MacLurg, Ben Steiner & Kevin Vitz-Wong, and “Tile M for M-U-R-D-E-R” (about a deadly serious game of scrabble) by Michael Gore, Sami Kubo, and Kyle Seago.
This competitive festival accepted entries from students in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Alaska, and Washington. It was coordinated by the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon, and sponsored by Comcast. Submissions were judged for their storytelling, originality, artistic merit, technical achievement, and investigation of subject matter by a jury of educators and film professionals.
Winning productions will be shown at an awards ceremony Sunday, July 15 at 2 p.m. at the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW Park, Portland, Oregon). The event is free, and the public is welcome to attend. The program will run approximately 120 minutes.
Last year, Ballard High School students had three winning productions in the festival. One of these, “Bittersweet”, went on to win an Award of Excellence at the Northwest High School Film Festival and a student Emmy at the Northwest Regional Emmy Awards.
Two productions by students in the BHS Video Production Program are among the winners of the 31st Annual Young People’s Film & Video Festival. The winners are the short films “Nice Touch” (about the power of music to bring people together) by Alec MacLurg, Ben Steiner & Kevin Vitz-Wong, and “Tile M for M-U-R-D-E-R” (about a deadly serious game of scrabble) by Michael Gore, Sami Kubo, and Kyle Seago.
This competitive festival accepted entries from students in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Alaska, and Washington. It was coordinated by the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon, and sponsored by Comcast. Submissions were judged for their storytelling, originality, artistic merit, technical achievement, and investigation of subject matter by a jury of educators and film professionals.
Winning productions will be shown at an awards ceremony Sunday, July 15 at 2 p.m. at the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW Park, Portland, Oregon). The event is free, and the public is welcome to attend. The program will run approximately 120 minutes.
Last year, Ballard High School students had three winning productions in the festival. One of these, “Bittersweet”, went on to win an Award of Excellence at the Northwest High School Film Festival and a student Emmy at the Northwest Regional Emmy Awards.
And the Emmy goes to... Ballard Video Students!
June 2007
Two productions by Ballard High School video students have been selected for honors by the Regional 2007 National Student Television Awards. A project of the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences, the awards serve to promote the best in television production in a variety of categories. “Bittersweet” by Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg won the Writing category and “Ave Rats” by Clinton Carucci, Ian McKagan, & Mixtli Zavaleta received an Honorable Mention in the Documentary category. These BHS productions have also been honored at a number of other regional, national, and international film festivals.
The award will be presented at the Northwest Regional Emmy Awards Ceremony on June 2.
Ballard Filmmakers in SIFF
June 2006
Two shorts by Ballard filmmakers have been selected for FutureWave. This special program of the Seattle International Film Festival includes the best of young people’s filmmaking from across the US and as far away as Italy! SIFF describes FutureWave shorts as “imaginative, evocative, innovative, and inspiring… made by youth expressing the issues and ideas important to youth in our communities.” Included will be “Ave Rats” by Clinton Carucci, Ian MacKagan & Mixtli Zavaleta, and “Chasing Game” by Matt Hess, Graham Milgate, and Jordan Stead. The shorts will be screened at the Egyptian Theater of Capitol Hill on Saturday, June 9 at 4:30 p.m. and will include Q&A with the filmmakers. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.seattlefilm.org up to 30 minutes before showtime.
Two shorts by Ballard filmmakers have been selected for FutureWave. This special program of the Seattle International Film Festival includes the best of young people’s filmmaking from across the US and as far away as Italy! SIFF describes FutureWave shorts as “imaginative, evocative, innovative, and inspiring… made by youth expressing the issues and ideas important to youth in our communities.” Included will be “Ave Rats” by Clinton Carucci, Ian MacKagan & Mixtli Zavaleta, and “Chasing Game” by Matt Hess, Graham Milgate, and Jordan Stead. The shorts will be screened at the Egyptian Theater of Capitol Hill on Saturday, June 9 at 4:30 p.m. and will include Q&A with the filmmakers. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.seattlefilm.org up to 30 minutes before showtime.
Northwest High School Film Festival Honors BHS Producers
May 2007
Students from the Ballard High School Video Production Program won 15 awards and honors at the 9th annual Northwest High School Film Festival on May 5. This is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region. Over 270 productions were entered in the competition from 22 schools. The festival was judged by a panel of 14 industry professionals and college media professors. The event was organized by the Media Educators’ for Excellence Team (MEET) and sponsored by Adobe.
This is the third time in the last four years that Ballard High School students walked away with more awards than students from any other school: 7 top prizes (Awards of Excellence) and 8 Honorable Mentions. Many of the awarded productions can be seen Friday, June 8 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. There’s a suggested donation of $5.00.
Here’s a list of Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Anti-Ad
“Anti-Steroids”
Taylor Halbett, Steven Nansel, Tommy Nast
“Anti-Tag”
Lars Kaldestad, Doyle McCarthy, Marissa Neroutsos
Commercial
“Crash Landing Pizza”
Justin Amorratanasuchad, Sami Kubo, Cedar Scarlett-Lyon
Dramatic Narrative
“Bittersweet”
Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devon Sizemore, George Westberg
“Nice Touch”
Alec Maclurg, Ben Steiner, Kevin Vitz-Wong
Documentary
“Belize: The Potential of a Nation in Need”
Riley Heckel, Cedar Scarlett-Lyon
Music Video
“Hey, You!”
Michael Gore, Sami Kubo, Kyle Seago, Jordan Stead
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Commercial
“Don’t Waste Your Life at the Bus Stop”
Michael Gore, Mike Hipp, Evangeline Spracklin
Comedic Narrative
“Chasing Game”
Matt Hess, Graham Milgate, Jordan Stead
“A Good Knight’s Sleep”
Marina Bambans, Elizabeth McCallum, Marissa Neroutsos
Dramatic Narrative
“Blindsided”
Dylan Pharoah-Whitney, Kyle Seago, Jordan Stead
“Like Father, Like Son”
Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp, Cedar Scarlett-Lyon
Music Video
“Frontier Psychiatrist”
Riley Heckel, Audra McCafferty, Ben Steiner
News Feature
“The Gymnast”
Audra McCafferty, Scott Miller
“Sean Daley: Male Cheerleader”
Hannah Kreimer, Lena Takamori, Paul Wilson
Students from the Ballard High School Video Production Program won 15 awards and honors at the 9th annual Northwest High School Film Festival on May 5. This is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region. Over 270 productions were entered in the competition from 22 schools. The festival was judged by a panel of 14 industry professionals and college media professors. The event was organized by the Media Educators’ for Excellence Team (MEET) and sponsored by Adobe.
This is the third time in the last four years that Ballard High School students walked away with more awards than students from any other school: 7 top prizes (Awards of Excellence) and 8 Honorable Mentions. Many of the awarded productions can be seen Friday, June 8 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. There’s a suggested donation of $5.00.
Here’s a list of Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Anti-Ad
“Anti-Steroids”
Taylor Halbett, Steven Nansel, Tommy Nast
“Anti-Tag”
Lars Kaldestad, Doyle McCarthy, Marissa Neroutsos
Commercial
“Crash Landing Pizza”
Justin Amorratanasuchad, Sami Kubo, Cedar Scarlett-Lyon
Dramatic Narrative
“Bittersweet”
Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devon Sizemore, George Westberg
“Nice Touch”
Alec Maclurg, Ben Steiner, Kevin Vitz-Wong
Documentary
“Belize: The Potential of a Nation in Need”
Riley Heckel, Cedar Scarlett-Lyon
Music Video
“Hey, You!”
Michael Gore, Sami Kubo, Kyle Seago, Jordan Stead
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Commercial
“Don’t Waste Your Life at the Bus Stop”
Michael Gore, Mike Hipp, Evangeline Spracklin
Comedic Narrative
“Chasing Game”
Matt Hess, Graham Milgate, Jordan Stead
“A Good Knight’s Sleep”
Marina Bambans, Elizabeth McCallum, Marissa Neroutsos
Dramatic Narrative
“Blindsided”
Dylan Pharoah-Whitney, Kyle Seago, Jordan Stead
“Like Father, Like Son”
Justin Amorratanasuchad, Mike Hipp, Cedar Scarlett-Lyon
Music Video
“Frontier Psychiatrist”
Riley Heckel, Audra McCafferty, Ben Steiner
News Feature
“The Gymnast”
Audra McCafferty, Scott Miller
“Sean Daley: Male Cheerleader”
Hannah Kreimer, Lena Takamori, Paul Wilson
Ballard Filmmakers Score at International Festival
June 2007
Six short films by Ballard High School video students were Official Selections of the Westport Youth Film Festival last weekend. The films were “Bittersweet” by Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg, “Ave Rats” by Clinton Carucci, Ian McKagan & Mixtli Zavaleta; “Slave to the Needle” by Emily McVicker, Lars Phillips & Becca Rice; “Soccer Dads” by Coburn Erskine, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg, “Blindsided” by Kyle Seago, Jordan Stead & Dylan Pharaoh-Whitney, and “Chasing Game” by Matt Hess, Graham Milgate & Jordan Stead.
Westport, Connecticut, is home to many New York film professionals, and the festival, in association with the Westport Arts Center, is designed to provide an outlet for young filmmakers to share their work in a professional environment and receive constructive criticism from a combination of peers and professionals. The festival screens “the best international and national high school and middle school films”. The Independent Film Channel is the primary sponsor of the event. For more about WYFF, visit http://www.westportyouthfilmfest.org/eventguide2007.pdf.
Ballard High School students distinguished themselves by having work in three different areas of festival competition: Drama, Comedy, and Documentary. Some of these honored productions will be screened in the BHS auditorium at a showing of work by students in the BHS Video Production Program on Friday, June 8 at 7 p.m. There is a $5 suggested donation.
Six short films by Ballard High School video students were Official Selections of the Westport Youth Film Festival last weekend. The films were “Bittersweet” by Coburn Erskine, Becca Rice, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg, “Ave Rats” by Clinton Carucci, Ian McKagan & Mixtli Zavaleta; “Slave to the Needle” by Emily McVicker, Lars Phillips & Becca Rice; “Soccer Dads” by Coburn Erskine, Devan Sizemore & George Westberg, “Blindsided” by Kyle Seago, Jordan Stead & Dylan Pharaoh-Whitney, and “Chasing Game” by Matt Hess, Graham Milgate & Jordan Stead.
Westport, Connecticut, is home to many New York film professionals, and the festival, in association with the Westport Arts Center, is designed to provide an outlet for young filmmakers to share their work in a professional environment and receive constructive criticism from a combination of peers and professionals. The festival screens “the best international and national high school and middle school films”. The Independent Film Channel is the primary sponsor of the event. For more about WYFF, visit http://www.westportyouthfilmfest.org/eventguide2007.pdf.
Ballard High School students distinguished themselves by having work in three different areas of festival competition: Drama, Comedy, and Documentary. Some of these honored productions will be screened in the BHS auditorium at a showing of work by students in the BHS Video Production Program on Friday, June 8 at 7 p.m. There is a $5 suggested donation.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)