Student Celebrations
Ballard High School students score major wins at film competition
Three shorts by ten Ballard High School video students have won two of the major prizes and an Honorable Mention at the Dominique Dunne Film Competition in Colorado Springs.
The competition was one of the first events in the nation to showcase the work of young filmmakers. It awards only four prizes: two for Documentary, and two for Dramatic Narrative.
Only schools with outstanding film programs were invited to participate, and each school was limited to just four entries.
• Isaiah Hoban-Halversen, Kaila Lafferty and Oona Lowe won Second Prize in the Documentary Category for Deep Down, the story of Alessandro Gilmini’s near-death experience in an ice cave.
• Walker Evans, Elise Neroutsos, Jamie Vitz-Wong and Sam Weller won Second Prize in the Dramatic Category, for their sinister short The Craft.
• Vann Fulfs, Bryan Quandt and Jacob Scott won Honorable Mention for the suspenseful short Sundown.
The students will receive cash prizes for each honor, as well as written critiques from the prestigious jury, including producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. (of The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Samuel Goldwyn Films), actor/director Griffin Dunne (An American Werewolf in London, After Hours) and producer/ director/actor Ed Sherin (Law & Order).
For more information on the Ballard High School Video Production Program, visit www.bhsvideo.blogspot.com.
Above photo courtesy of Ballard High School
Ballard High School filmmakers, from left, are: Jacob Scott, Vann Fulfs, Sam Weller, Walker Evans and Isaiah Hoban-Halversen.