Today we’re pleased to announce the winners of our Student Film Festival 2020.
After four weeks of online screening of 23 finalist films, the votes are in for the People’s Choice awards in our four categories: Year 12, Year 11, Middle Years and Junior Years.
We’re also announcing creative and technical awards in each category judged by professional filmmaker David Swann.
- Technical Award: Contaminated You
Renee Hang – Huntingtower - Creative Award: Leap Year
Kaja Clayton – Huntingtower - People’s Choice Award: Shoah
Annie Scacco – Firbank Grammar School
- Technical Award: Fight for Weetbix
Alex Hollins – Balcombe Grammar School - Creative Award: Connection
Charli Bowers – Firbank Grammar School - People’s Choice Award: Connection
Charli Bowers – Firbank Grammar School
- Technical Award: Friend or Foe
Campbell Latch – Year 10, Highview College - Creative Award: Planet MITS
Year 7 students – Melbourne Indigenous Transition School - People’s Choice Award: Friend or Foe
Campbell Latch – Year 10, Highview College
- Technical Award: Love Your Locals
Salma Hassan and Adhil Mohamed – Year 6, Al Taqwa College - Creative Award: My Grade 6 Quarantine Journal
Grade 6 Media Students – Al Taqwa College - People’s Choice Award: Help Make a Difference
Sommer Aghatanious – Year 5, Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
- Shortlisted for screening
100 Days of Foundation – Foundation Class, Al Taqwa College
A huge thank you to our fabulous student filmmakers, their schools and families. And big thanks also to our online audience of almost 4,000 over the four weeks of the festival, hosted on our Arts Learning Festival website.
ISV Chief Executive Michelle Green said the finalists had displayed skill and creativity in the techniques they used and the themes they addressed.
‘All of the finalists show ambition, maturity and great individuality in the way they have produced their engaging films,’ she said.
The film festival returns next year as part of our Arts Learning Festival.