(The following article originally appeared in The Huntsville Forester on May 7, 2008.)
Media students from high schools in the Trillium Lakeland District School Board and beyond will be participating in a student film festival being held at the Algonquin Theatre on May 15 at 7 p.m.
The event is supported by Reel Alternatives Huntsville and the Huntsville Festival of the Arts and is being hosted by Huntsville High School.
Participation is expected from schools in Huntsville, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Orillia and South River.
The theme of the festival is Short Films with a Message, featuring student work that conveys a message about their world, or how they would like to change the world. Films will be between one minute and four minutes in length.
Prizes will be awarded for the films that best communicate a message from the following categories: anti-smoking, respecting others, environmental, narrative with meaning, music video with meaning, and animation with meaning. There will also be an open category.
Judges from the local media and film industry will evaluate the films based on the idea of the message they portray and the technical aspects and execution of the film in delivering that message.
The evening will feature a short talk from guest speaker Max Attwood, a young HHS graduate and former Reel Alternatives scholarship recipient who went on to start a career in the film industry. He is currently involved in the Survivorman series.
Attwood’s presentation will also include some of his own works, following which there will be a viewing of submitted student films.
Tickets for the event are $10 each and can be purchased in advance at the Algonquin Theatre Box Office, 789-4975, or at the door.
Reel Alternatives and the Huntsville Festival of the Arts are subsidizing the rental of the theatre for the evening, and are donating any net proceeds to the Huntsville High School media arts program.
Everyone is invited to come out on May 15 and support the efforts of talented students in what promises to be a very entertaining evening.
