Williston Film Festival

Williston Film Festival 11 Winners (2018)

• Best Picture: For Sale, DJ Charles, Concord Academy
• Best Editing: Quinn Meyerson and Hank Parker, Concord Academy
• Best Screenplay: Bullet, Kira Bixby, Williston Northampton
• Best Documentary: How Are the Boys Going to Learn Algebra? Erin Hanlon,Governor’s Academy
• Most Creative: Gone, Xin Wang, Miss Hall’s School
• Best Music Video: Jared, Mason Chiuli, Northampton High School
• Best PSA: Mental Health, Minh Le, Williston Northampton
• Best Cinematography: Catalyst, Charlie Tilney-Volk, Suffield Academy
• Best Williston Film: Bullet, Kira Bixby

Williston Film Festival 10 Award Winners (2017)

• Thirty Films made the final selection for screening from nearly sixty entries. Award winners were selected by judges Alex Hacker ( Olive Productions), Bob Savage (Henchman Productions), and Jared Skolnick (Skolnick Films)
• Best Picture-Letting Beatrice Go, Elle Rinaldi, Choate
• Best Documentary-Lucien Avery: Vermont Blacksmith, Matthew Dailey Randy Putvain Jacob Edgerly, Isaiah Gaskell; Green Mountain Technology and Career Center
• Best Screenplay- Foundations, Owen King Williston Northampton
• Best Williston Film- Suitcase, Sitai Chen
• Best Cinematography- Silent Suicide, Isaiah Gaskell Green Mountain Technology and Career Center
• Best PSA- Save the Reefs, Christina DeConcini Sacred Heart
• Best Music Video- Wildcard, Sophia Georgas, Sacred Heart
• Most Creative- Lexi Paulin, Easthampton High School
• Best Editing- Abstraction, Conor Greene, George Lou, & Joey Leung Milton Academy

2016 WINNERS

• Best Motion Picture: Flick, Brianna Zuniga, Walnut Hill School
• Best Editing: Half Full, Trailer Luke Pinkham, Northampton High School
• Best Screenplay: Frankpa, Georgina Cahill, Sacred Heart Greenwich
• Best Documentary: Chasing Sharks, Jessie Swindel, Governor’s Academy
• Most Creative: Reach for Me (Thisbedottie), Lexi Paulin , Easthampton High School
• Best Music Video: Lucy Singleton Northampton High School
• Best PSA: Sexual Assault PSA, Jada Goodrich, Williston Northampton School
• Best Cinematography: Sketch, Carter Kratkiewicz, Concord Academy
• Best Williston Film: Toxic, Verdi Degby, Williston Northampton School

2015 WINNERS

• Best Motion Picture: “The Frog Whisperer,” Will Harrington, Concord Academy
• Best Editing: “De Dans en Dehors,” Jacob Bridgman, Northampton High School
• Best Screenplay: “Bad Habits,” Karen Morey, Walnut Hill School
• Best Cinematography: “Rembihnutur,” Mikaela Dillon, Walnut Hill School
• Best Animated Feature: “War is Hell,” Forrester Menson, Northampton High School
• Best Documentary: “Couture for a Cause,” Helen Luo, Dana Hall School
• Best Music Video: “Emitime,” Oliver Holblitzelle, Vermont Academy
• Best PSA: “Bike Helmet Safety,” Risa Tapanes, Williston Northampton
• Most Creative: “Experimental,” Jen Carellas, Williston Northampton
• Best Williston Film: “Ford Hall Syfu-r,”John Kay, Williston Northampton

2014 WINNERS

• Best Picture: Jackpot, by Jordan Tse, The Hotchkiss School
• Best Documentary: A to B, The Art of Parkour, by Ben Glass, Concord Academy
• Best Screenplay: The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Had To Do, by Oliver Demers / Ben Sarat, Williston Northampton
• Best Editing: Oreos, by Alex Kozikowski, Williston Northampton
• Best Cinematography: The Dancer, by William Huang, Williston Northampton
• Best Animation: Snow White, by Mia Abel, Walnut Hill Best
• Music Video: Music Video, by Mariya Kurguzkina, Walnut Hill
• Best PSA: Smoking Gun, by Dylan Kenseth, Williston Northampton
• Most Creative: Apple, by Queenie Zhang, Walnut Hill
• Honorable Mention: The Leaf Sweeper, by Tom Greto, PVPA

2013 WINNERS

• Best Motion Picture: Kaleidoscope, Vivian Xiao, The Hotchkiss School
• Best Documentary: Indomitable, Brian Ryu, The Hotchkiss School
• Best Music Video: Tempus, Charles Frank, Williston Northampton
• Best Animation: Laundry Rider, Tom Greto, PVPA
• Best Screenplay: The Guilt, Jilly Lim, Williston Northampton Best
• Cinematography: The Factory, Harry C.Manning Weston High School
• Best Editing: Dynamic, Anthony Leung, Williston Northampton
• Honorable Mention: Larry & Rick, Tom Greto, PVPA

2012 WINNERS

• Best Film: Breezeless, Charles Frank, The Williston Northampton School
• Most Creative: Elise’s Dream, Nicholas Motyka, West Springfield High School
• Best Documentary: The Harry Potter Phenomenon, Eva Araya, The Hotchkiss School
• Best Editing: Dreamer, Daisuke Hosokawa, The Governor’s Academy
• Best Screenplay: A Zombie Romance, Brian Ryu, The Hotchkiss School
• Best Special Effects: Special Effects: The Movie, Cade Zawacki, The Williston Northampton School
• Best Cinematography: Mark Spaulding, Alex Kozikowski, The Williston Northampton School

2011 WINNERS

• Best Picture: Elevate, Charles Frank, The Williston Northampton School
• Best Documentary: JP Artist Profile, Tucker MacDonald, Pomfret School
• Best Animated: Film What Happened to the KO Hyphen?, Justin Bram, Kingswood Oxford School
• Honorable Mention: Alone, Lauren Grainger and Dylan Zamacona, Hotchkiss Academy
• Best Cinematography: Walking, John Rawlins, Pingree School
• Best Screenplay: Anstoss, Jack Benham, Lewis Xie, Will Rhodes, Stefan Guenther, Berkshire School
• Best Editing: The Morning Beat, Jameson Everett, Suffield Academy
• Most Creative: Earliest Memory, Alex Hacker, The Williston Northampton School

2010 WINNERS

• Honorable Mention: Audition, Alex Hacker, The Williston Northampton School
• Most Creative: Oriental Woman, Jihyo Kim , The Walnut Hill School
• Best Special Effects: Childhood, Catherine Fraser, The Walnut Hill School
• Best Editing: Sucker Serve, Ben Smith, Alexandra Thornton, Stephen Langer, Dillon O’Connor, Chester Houwink, The Hotchkiss School
• Best Screenplay: Dark Green, Izzy Kornblatt, The Loomis Chaffee School
• Best Cinematography: TAG, Zachary Charren -Diehl, Charles Frank, The Williston Northampton School
• Best Animated Film: Sketchbook, Soo Hyo Kim, The Walnut Hill School
• Best Documentary: Overload of Manure, Chester Houwink, The Hotchkiss School
• Best Picture: Tightrope, Yoshi Makishima, Milton Academy

2009 WINNERS

• Honorable Mention: Dead Enough, Izzy Kornblatt, The Williston Northampton School
• Best Picture: Democracy Outside the Voting Booth, Ricki Reisner, Carla Frankenbach, The Hotchkiss School
• Best Edited: The Snow Ball, Harvey Burrell, Tripp Clemens, Concord Academy
• Best PSA: Use It Wisely, Jordan Strafer, The Williston Northampton School
• Most Creative: The Warning, Kyle Zesiger, The Williston Northampton School

2008 WINNERS

• Honorable Mention: Stickers, Lizzy Steiner, Berkshire School
• Most Creative: Hallway Racing, Theo Pravitz-Rosen, Zak Kennedy, Ally Kellogg, Jeff Powers, & Angus Fisher, Northampton High School
• Best Edited: Made In Peril, Rafael Cortina, The Williston Northampton School
• Best Film: Lamb to Slaughter, Harvey Burell, Concord Academy