Ballard High School’s Digital Filmmaking Program is making headlines yet again, with several students taking home awards at a recent film festival. Students from BHS won 15 awards and honors across seven categories at the Northwest High School Film Festival last week, held at Cinerama Theater in Seattle.
The Northwest High School Film Festival is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region, and is judged by a panel of industry professionals and college media professors.According to a statement from BHS, film students Coleman Andersen, Duncan Boszko, Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Duncan Gowdy, Leo Pfeifer & Meagen Tajalle all received $5,000 scholarship offers from festival sponsors Cornish College of the Arts and/or The Seattle Film Institute.
BHS says the productions will all be featured at the next Ballard Film Festival on Friday, June 5 at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults and will be sold at the door.
Here are Ballard’s Northwest High School Film Festival winners by category:
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Comedic Narrative
Jones Ave
Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Meagen Tajalle
Commercial
Nerd!
Bella Anderson, Jonny Cechony, Kaya Coleman-Harrison, Simon Gibson
Documentary
Audio Input
Duncan Boszko, Jack O’Neal, Piper Phillips, Sho Schrock
Clipped Wings
Coleman Andersen, Duncan Gowdy, Leo Pfeifer
Dramatic Narrative
Stolen
Coleman Andersen, Leo Pfeifer
Educational
A Trip to the Groovies
Jaya Flanary, Sho Schrock
News/Sports Feature
Full Effort on the Floor
Duncan Gowdy, Hawk Ticehurst
Public Service Announcement
Food Lifeline
Duncan Gowdy, Zach Green, Leo Pfeifer
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Comedic Narrative
Fly Me to the Moon
Miles Anderson, Jasper Cote, PJ Hase, Gideon Wolfe
Practicing Parenthood
Percy Boyle, Avery Davis, Duncan Kastner, Aaron Miller
Commercial
Blue Highway Games
Brian Cropp, Lyric Gonzalez, Sid Johnson
Documentary
Delivering the Dream
Julian Amrine, Lorenzo Rossi, Raven Two Feathers, Josh Vredevoogd
Raven Rock
Rachel Cole, Jaya Flanary, Meagen Tajalle
Educational
Spirit Week Announcement
Will Erstad, Victoria O’Laughlin, Hawk Ticehurst
Public Service Announcement
Membership
Ruby Anderson, PJ Hase, Cameron Miller
To learn more about the BHS filmmaking program, click here.
Wow that hawk kid sounds pretty nifty. He looks just like my grandson Jimmy Johns. Love him!