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WEEK of APRIL 26, 2004 |
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Building Bridges: There were no searchlights illuminating the night sky, but on Saturday, April 17, the cognoscenti of the Quaker filmmaking world were at BFS for the opening of the fifth annual Bridge Film Festival. The festival officially began earlier in the day with participants attending one of three filmmaking workshops with noted instructors. Following dinner at a local restaurant, a group of more than 100 students, advisors, and friends converged on the BFS Meeting House for the screening of 11 finalist films and two public service announcements from eight other Quaker schools in the United States and England. After a period of deliberation, the panel of four guest judges announced the results. The Upper School grand prize winner was “An Outlet Through Words,” a striking video poem submitted by the George School in Newtown, PA, created by Brian Richardson and Alex Herman, with Scott Hoskins as advisor. “A Few Good Quakers,” created by BFS students Issac Diebbol and Daniel Nicolas, took home the trophy for best film, Middle School division. BFS was also the winner of Best Public Service Announcement, with the entry “Kindness Works,” a very funny animated spot created by Kevin Fertig, Natalie Grybauskes, Ryan Ladouccur, Benjamin Lipton, Elie Sidman, David Villalba, and Nicholas Wheatley-Schaller. Andy Cohen, director of the festival, served as their advisor. A highlight of the festival was a short talk by filmmaker Peter Hedges, a resident of Brooklyn, whose most recent film, “Pieces of April,” was nominated for an Academy Award®. Hedges applauded the young filmmakers for the quality of their work, and urged them to continue to “tell your stories with passion and you can’t go wrong.” See a clip from “An Outlet Through Words.” Choose
from QuickTime or RealMedia formats (note: you’ll need
the free QuickTime or RealPlayer plug-in
to play these clips): See a clip from “A Few Good Quakers .” Choose
from QuickTime or RealMedia formats (note: you’ll need
the free QuickTime or RealPlayer plug-in
to play these clips): See
the PSA, “Kindness Works.” Choose from QuickTime
or RealMedia formats (note: you’ll need the free QuickTime or RealPlayer plug-in
to play these clips): Top photo : Finalists and grand prize winners pose with advisors and festival director Andy Cohen Below, clockwise from upper left: Guest judges Lynda Kennedy, George Engelbrecht, and Gail Walker; students in the afternoon “film shoot” workshop; guest judge Chris Villarreal gives feedback to two student filmmakers; filmmaker Peter Hedges
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