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 “The Stand” won her “Best Junior Filmmaker” from the Griffon International Film Festival. Chuba also won the Best Fiction and Achievement in Directing awards from the South Bay Student Film Festival.
Also at the South Bay Student Film Festival, “Dem Shoes” won Best Music Video and “Still Life” won the Goerge Mieles âTrip to the Moonâ award.