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Northwest High School film festival honors Ballard High School producers
Students from the Ballard High School Video Production Program won multiple awards and honors at the 14th annual Northwest High School Film Festival at the Cinerama Theater in downtown Seattle. This is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region. This year 354 productions were entered in the competition from 25 high schools. Ballard High School led the pack of winners with a total of 14 awards and honors.
The festival was judged by a panel of 23 industry professionals and college media professors. The event was organized by the Media Educators Excellence Team (MEET) and sponsored by Adobe, the Art Institute of Seattle, Shoreline Community College, Seattle University Film Studies, the Academy of Interactive Entertainment and Key Code Media. For more information on the NWHSFF, visit www.nwhsff.org.
BHS productions were honored in six different categories, reflecting the diverse skills and talents of Ballard’s film students. Some of the winning productions will be shown on Friday, June 1 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. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and will be sold at the door.
Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Comedic Narrative
"The Number"
Alex Guettler, Ana Krafchick, Helen Miller
Commercial
"Crash Landing Pizza"
Ariahna Ghormley, Louis Weissman, Mackenzie Wright
News Feature
"Your Teen Health Center"
Zachary Green, Isaiah Hoban Halversen, Kimi Rutledge
Public Service Announcement
"Ballard Food Bank"
Brittney Blokker, Jacob Scott, Sam Weller Paper or Plastic Oona Lowe, David Moore, Adlai Nissen
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Comedic Narrative
"Chalk"
Kenton King, Adlai Nissen, Silvano Ross
"Thanks for Nothing"
Cedar Crook, Alex James, Brianna Kadem
Dramatic Narrative
"The Craft"
Walker Evans, Elise Neroutsos, Sam Weller, James Vitz-Wong
"Falling"
Dayan Flynn-Walsh, Oona Lowe, Mackenzie Wright
"Making a Mark"
Brittney Blokker, Helen Miller, Sam Weller
"Sunlight"
Isaiah Hoban Halversen, Kenji Takada-Dill
Music Video
"We Are the Children"
John Christensen, Darienne Noelle-Clark, Alex Scheller, Jacob Scott
Public Service Announcement
"Extend School Lunch"
Nick Coons-Levy, Gabe Fabens, Quinlin North, Lorenzo Rossi
"Trash Talks"
Julian Amrine, Nick Hauger, Josh Vredevoogd