Congratulations to Ballard High School students in the Video Production Program for winning the 34th Annual Young People’s Film & Video Festival. More than 150 entries were submitted from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Alaska. Among the 16 chosen were: the short dramas Reflection (by Sheridan Koehler & Blair Scott) and Signs (by Rikke Heinecke, Lizzy O’Laughlin & Tony Meyer) as well as the documentaries Bar Ink (by Robyn Cochrane, Spencer Miller, Georgia Peck & Justin Smith-Mercado) and Henry (by Amelia Elizalde, Levi Friedman, Sean Hendricks & Sheridan Koehler).
From the BHS Video Production Program blog:
The Festival encourages young people to “use film and video to creatively express personal concerns, explore important social issues, and share engaging stories about the world as they see it.” Submissions were judged on the basis of age/grade, originality, artistic merit, technical achievement, and conviction in investigation of subject matter. A jury of professional media artists made the selections.
There will be a screening of festival winning films on Sunday, November 7 at 1 p.m. at the Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium in Portland. Following the screening, the Film Center will host a reception where the winners can mix with this year’s festival jurors. The event is free, and the public is welcome to attend.
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Whitman Middle School graduate Hunter Smith also has a winning video – an anti-smoking public-service announcement – selected for screening at the festival.