Student Celebrations
Regional festival honors 10 films by Ballard Video Production students
Ten short films by students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program have been named “Works of Merit” by the Young People’s Film Festival, a competitive, six-state regional festival coordinated by the Northwest Film Center in Portland.
A jury of filmmakers and educators selected 30 works for this distinction from over 150 entries in the Teen Division (Grades 9–12).
The 10 Ballard works that made the list include visual stories, short digital films, and a music video. Two of the winners are first narrative works by students in Ballard's introduction to Video Production class.
The“Works of Merit” will be screened on a program of new works by BHS video students on Thursday, Feb. 9 or Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 pm in the Ballard High School auditorium. Admission is $10, or $7 for students with an activity pass. All proceeds benefit students in the Video Production Program.
The 10 Young People’s Film Festival “Works of Merit” are:
• At First Sight by Vann Fulfs, Alex James, Taylor Martin and John Paul Umbao
• Checkmate by Mia Caron, John Christensen and Alex Johnston
• Cogs by Brendan Inkley, Cybele Olsen and Nadia Komen
• The Craft by Walker Evans, Elise Neroutsos, Sam Weller and James Vitz-Wong
• The Number by Alex Guettler, Helen Miller and Ana Krafchick
• Old House by Sam Weller, Walker Evans and Kirsten Zeller
• Reverie Portal by Ashleigh Klemetson, David Moore, Blair Scott and Kenji Takada
• To-do by Mia Montagna, Elise Neroutsos and Ivy Vance
• Truth or Dare by Liam Halvorsen, Joe Jacobson, Dylan Miller and Ariel Noltimier
• Wanna Go Out by Walker Evans, Sam Weller and Sheridan Koehler
Last month, Nate Sawtell, Dylan Spence, and Louis Weissman were named winners in the Teen Division of the 35th Annual Young People’s Film Festival for their digital film Safe at Last. The festival winners of the Teen Division was screened Nov. 19 at the Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium.
For more information on the Ballard High School Video Production Program, visit www.bhsvideo.blogspot.com.