Twelve student films will be screened at five film festivals across the country in October. “Finding Erica Jones” directed by Natalie Markiles ’13, “Forest King” directed by Nikta Mansouri ’15 and “Righteous Conversations” directed by Rebecca Hutman ’12 and Jamie Feiler ’12 were selected for the film portion of the Tower of Youth Festival Oct. […]
By Rachel Schwartz and Emily Segal Two public service announcements featuring Holocaust survivors created by students who are part of the Righteous Conversations Project will be shown on April 29 at the Newport Film Festival Youth Film Showcase, and five student-made films will be featured in the Archer Film Festival on May 11. Rebecca Hutman […]
By Eojin Choi Filmmaker Michael Morgenstern ’03 will teach the eight classes of Video Art for five days this week. On Monday, he screened his short film, “Shabbat Dinner”, during break. His 14-minute long film, which took him several months to write, film, and edit, tells the story of two kids and their coming out […]
By Allana Rivera The Los Angeles Student Media Festival selected six student films this year from Harvard-Westlake, twice as many as from any other school in the festival. The films were screened Saturday night at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Ranging in genre from drama to animation, the films were mostly produced […]
By Alice Phillips Harvard-Westlake students and alumni recently won awards from film festivals around the nation. At the Cine Youth Film Festival Lucas Casso â09 and Adam Maltz â09 won the Best Music Video Award for “Dem Shoes” and Jamie Ember â12 and Ethan Mantel â07won the Best Comedy Junior Division award. Olivia Chubaâs â12 […]
By Drew Lash Nine students and alumni were named semifinalists and finalists in the Moondance International Film Festival. Michael Stamplerâs â09 film “Castles Made of Sand” and Danielle Strassmanâs â11 film “The Amazing Adventure of Sarah Waters” were semifinalists in the Short Film for Kids category. Short Films by Kids semifinalists include Sebastian Spader â08 […]
By Neha Nimmagadda Student director Zelda Wengrod â13 won an award in the junior competition at the Westport Youth Film Festival May 10. Six Harvard-Westlake student directorsâ films were shown at the film festival, selected from a pool of 250 films made by high school students. The Westport Youth Film Festival was started six years […]
By Lesley Whitaker High school students from Southern California have submitted more than 70 films to the Harvard Westlake Film Festival, which will be held April 18 at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood. Max Grey ’08 and Drew Foster ’08 are working with video art teacher Cheri Gaulke and film teacher Ted Walch to organize […]