Bermuda Youth Film Festival held for a second time
Young people from across the island have been recognised for their film-making skills.
Students aged 11 to 18 showed off their talents during the second annual Bermuda Youth Film Festival.
Therese Bean, head of creative arts at Saltus Grammar School, founded the festival last year to encourage students to tell stories through film.
Ms Bean said: “It has been exciting to have Brooke Williams, Rashun Robinson, and Andrew Kirkpatrick back on board as our industry judges.
“There are exciting developments happening in film in Bermuda and it is hoped that the festival will inspire a new generation of Bermudian talent.”
Warwick Academy student Mia Baccaglio won best film for her work Star Land and Saltus student Sierra Mosquera’s film What It Takes To Go Pro earned best cinematography and editing.
Tech Revolution: The Impact of Technology on Teenagers' Lives, by Bermuda High School students Harmony Seymour, Myla Graham, Carmela Easton, Lara Burnett and Evelyn Carvalho, won best documentary.
BHS student Annabelle Davidson earned best director for Point Blank and Zen Marley Mello, from Cedar Bridge Academy, won best post production/edit for Wrath of the Giant Hamster.
Warwick Academy student Florence Russell, who made the film What Is Silence, was considered the festival’s best new talent and Ashling DeSilva, from BHS, earned best up and coming film-maker for her work A Longtail’s View of Bermuda.
A Day in the Life of a Pair of Shoes, by Lindsay Bull, from Warwick Academy, won best genre film (comedy) and Saltus student Karen Wetmiller’s The Disappearance won best original screenplay.
Basil Soares, also from Warwick Academy, won for using the festival’s signature item in her piece Watercolour.
Thanking all participants for their submissions, Ms Williams said: “It was wonderful to see such creative and abstract stories and insightful documentaries, making each film completely unique.
“A lot of hard work went into creating the shot lists and editing and the standard was really high.”
A Saltus spokeswoman thanked educators Larry and Trucy Bucher, Michelle Laylor and Sarah Bowers, as well as Digicel, Red Laser, Audio Visual, AF Smith, PTech and Speciality Cinema for making the event a success.
The deadline to submit pieces for next year’s festival is May 24, 2024.
All this year’s films can be found at saltus.bm/film-festival.
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