The Ballard High School video production class is at it again, bringing home awards for three short films at a film festival in Colorado. The three shorts, made by ten students, won two of the major prizes and an honorable mention at the Dominique Dunne Film Competition in Colorado Springs.
BHS video team. From left to right: BHS Filmmakers Jacob Scott, Vann Fulfs, Sam Weller, Walker Evans & Isaiah Hoban-Halversen. Not pictured: Kaila Lafferty, Oona Lowe, Elise Neroutsos, Bryan Quandt & Jamie Vitz-Wong. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Rossi
The film festival was invite-only for schools with outstanding video production programs. Each high school was limited to four entries vying to win one of four prizes awarded at the festival; two for documentary and two for dramatic narrative.
Isaiah Hoban-Halversen, Kaila Lafferty & Oona Lowe clutched second place in the documentary category for “Deep Down,” the story of Alessandro Gilmini’s near-death experience in an ice cave. In the dramatic narrative category, Walker Evans, Elise Neroutsos, Jamie Vitz-Wong & Sam Weller took second place for their short “The Craft.” The honorable mention went to the suspenseful short “Sundown” by Vann Fulfs, Bryan Quandt & Jacob Scott.
In addition to cash prizes for the winners, the young filmmakers also received written critiques from the jury, which included producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. (of The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Samuel Goldwyn Films), actor/director Griffin Dunne (An American Werewolf in London, After Hours) and producer/ director/actor Ed Sherin (Law & Order).
Congratulations, BHS film class!
