For the eighth year in a row, students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program have been named finalists in the prestigious Derek Freese High School Film & Video Festival.
This year seven films have been selected for the 15th annual festival, which is judged by professors from Temple University’s renowned film school and industry professionals.
The finalists from Ballard High School are:
Finalists for Best Documentary are Bar Ink by Spencer Miller, Robyn Cochrane, Justin Smith-Mercado, & Georgia Peck; Henry by Amelia Elizalde, Levi Friedman, Sheridan Koehler & Sean Hendricks; Seattle Street Performers by James Vitz-Wong, Tony Meyer & Matt Law-Phipps; and Split Mind by Rikke Heinecke, John Christensen, Blair Scott & Allie Stock.
Finalists for Best Fiction Film are Buy, Sell, Trade by Emily Deering, Amelia Elizalde & Blair Scott; The Real World by Matt Law-Phipps, Tony Meyer & Ryan Zemke; and Signs by Rikke Heinecke, Tony Meyer & Lizzy O’Laughlin.
Several of these works have also been nominated for Best Screenplay.
The festival is this Saturday at Temple University’s School of Film and Media Arts.
Matt Lawrence, the video production teacher, tells us that some of these finalists will have their Seattle premiere at The Showing in the BHS auditorium on Friday, February 11 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door. We’ll have more information on The Showing as it gets closer.
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CONGRATS
Congrats to Matt Lawrence and students at Ballard for continuing the tradition of quality, professional filmmaking! Way to go.
Go BHS film kids!!