Student Celebrations
Ballard filmmakers score at international festival
Three productions by Ballard High School video students have been named Official Selections of the Westport Youth Film Festival.
The honored films are:
• "The Craft" by Walker Evans, Elise Neroutsos, James Vitz-Wong and Sam Weller;
• "Dream House" by Ariahna Ghormely, Ana Krafchick and Louis Weissman, and
• "A Comfortable Home," a project produced over the summer by Isaiah Hoban Halverson.
The festival will take place in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on June 2.
Westport 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.
This competitive festival screens “the best international and national high school and middle school films.” For more about WYFF, visit www.westportyouthfilmfest.org.
Dream House will premiere with other works produced by students during the spring semester at The Showing on Friday, June 1 in the Ballard High School auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students. For more information on the Ballard High School Video Production Program, visit www.bhsvideo.blogspot.com.