Thirty-eight films from high school filmmakers across the Commonwealth have been designated as Official Selections of the VHSL Film Festival and will be honored with a screening at the festival, which will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University Academic Learning Commons, 1000 Floyd Avenue, June 2-3.
Each screening segment will be followed by audience choice voting and a filmmaker Q&A. The screening schedule is as follows:
FRIDAY, JUNE 2 at 10:45 A.M. – COMMERICAL/PSA
Catch Up on Workforce Readiness, Lee-Davis HS, Mechanicsville
Cover Up, Clover Hill HS, Midlothian
Das Auto, Princess Anne HS, Virginia Beach
Get Your Own Crew, Salem HS, Virginia Beach
Holy Smokes, Jefferson Forest HS, Forest
Love One Another, Annandale HS, Annandale
Silent Bully, Stafford HS, Stafford
The Hideaway Café: a Safe Space, James Wood HS, Winchester
FRIDAY, JUNE 2 at 1:30 P.M. – ANIMATION
Dood the Doodle, Stafford HS, Stafford
Empty Faces, Princess Anne HS, Virginia Beach
Flew the Coop, Clover Hill HS, Midlothian
Life, James W. Robinson SS, Fairfax
The Tale of Ethel, Churchland HS, Portsmouth
The Timing, Chancellor HS, Fredericksburg
FRIDAY, JUNE 2 at 3:55 P.M. – DOCUMENTARY
A New Hope, Blacksburg HS, Blacksburg
Lee’s Little Shorebeakers, Princess Anne HS, Virginia Beach
The Unheard Voice, Midlothian HS, Midlothian
Unified Basketball at TAHS, Turner Ashby HS, Bridgewater
His Image, Fluvanna County HS, Palmyra
Bravery, Clover Hill HS, Midlothian
Scoliosis, South County HS, Lorton
Jace, Salem HS, Virginia Beach
FRIDAY, JUNE 2 at 7:30 P.M. – EXPERIMENTAL
Pithos, Clover Hill HS, Midlothian
Reflections, Radford HS, Radford
Imminent, Princess Anne HS, Virginia Beach
The Shape of Letting Go, Jefferson Forest HS, Forest
Enouement, James W. Robinson SS, Fairfax
Malum, George Wythe HS, Wytheville
REM Sleep, C. D. Hylton HS, Woodbridge
The Control Room, West Potomac HS, Alexandria
SATURDAY, JUNE 3 at 10:45 A.M. – NARRATIVE
Don’t Stare, South County HS, Lorton
First Act, Princess Anne HS, Virginia Beach
Last Day, Chancellor HS, Fredericksburg
Mislabeled, C.D. Hylton HS, Woodbridge
Resemblance, Annandale HS, Annandale
The Lesson, Virginia HS, Bristol
This is Riley, Radford HS, Radford
Unhinged, Blacksburg HS, Blacksburg
The festival will also feature guest speakers who will present on various film-related topics. The guest speaker schedule is as follows:
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
10:00 a.m. The Path to Filmmaking, the Master Art f/ Praheme
12:45 p.m. After Effects f/ Rob Byrne
3:10 p.m. Capturing Stories that Matter f/ Hannah Ayers & Lance Warren
6:45 p.m. Elevated Cinematography f/ Alexander Casas & Seth Wood
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
10:00 a.m. Pulling off Impossible Logistics f/ Amanda Ricks
The festival will conclude with a Red Carpet entrance on Saturday, June 3 at 2:45 p.m. f/ DJ Mikemetic, followed by the VHSL Vanguard (top three films in each category) and Awards presented to Best Film and Audience Choice film in each category.
The VHSL Film Festival is sponsored by the Virginia Film Office, the Virginia Production Alliance and Final Draft.
Tickets may be purchased here.