Date: March 15, 2002
"Youth
Film & Video Festival 2002" Winners Announced
The 15 first-place winners, selected from among 150 entries
by a panel of media
professionals, include outstanding
animation, documentaries, narratives, music videos, public
service announcements, news
programs, short works, and experimental media. (See
attached list of winners
with running order for Winner's Screening.)
Author/ radio personality Stan West, a longtime judge of
the film festival, describes this year's
entrants as a "bumper crop of promising young videographers.
They represent the best and the
brightest in our
community."
2002
First Place Winners and Screening Order
Tuesday, April 23rd at The Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph, 2nd Floor,
Screening from 3 5 PM (* indicates shorter works to be screened
again 5:30-7pm)
1. Best Supershort:
"The Dance" (3:48) by Dante Harding
2. Best Short:
"Yume" (15:38) by Erik Shirai
*3. Best Music Video:
"Fernando Jones: Stranded" (4:57) by
Tristan Rush
4. Best TV
News Program:
"Presente
News 2001" (19:15) by Luis Estrada; Irma Arriola; Maria Arriola; Raquel
Viramontes Saab/
Chicago
Association of Hispanic Journalists
*5. Best Animation/ Young Filmmakers:
"The
Bookless Planet" (3:00) by Jake Pankratz Saner
*6. Best Documentary:
"A Latina's Guide to Life (in Chicago)" (10:17) by
Raquel Torres/ Community TV Network
*7. Best Narrative/ Young Filmmakers:
"Potatoes
Gone Bad" (4:48) by The Irish Arts Club/ Irish American Heritage Center
*8. Best Documentary/ Young Filmmakers:
"My
Community: Pullman District" (8:44) by African American TV &
Filmmakers/Pattie Thomas
*9. Best Animation:
"The Awakening" (4:30) by Bill Leaton
10. Best Short/ Young Filmmakers:
"Pop Stars" (10:00) by Catherine Cook
School
*11. Best Supershort Documentary:
"Here's Where I'm Comin' From" (2:00) by Jerusalem
Singleton/ Faultline Productions
*12. Best Public Service
Announcement/ Young Filmmakers:
"Donate Blood" (30 seconds) by Young Chicago
Critics/ Chicago International Children's Film Festival/Facets Multimedia
*13. Best Short Documentary:
"Creosols: Killer or Not" (7:00) by Serena Turner;
Stacei Monique Allen; Jason Demetrius Straight/
Dunbar
Vocational CareerAcademy
*14. Best Public Service
Announcement:
"Keep it Clean" (30 seconds) by
KevinJohnson/ Advanced Arts Education Program, Chicago Public Schools &
Gallery 37
15. Best
Documentary The Liliana Montero Achievement Award:
"Who
We Are Who Are We" (22:00) by
Laurie Williams/ Faultline
Productions
What: Gala Awards
Program, Reception, & Winners' Screenings
When: Tuesday April 23rd
from 3-7 PM
Where: The
Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph, 2nd Floor
Schedule of Events:
Winner's Screening
from 3-5 in the Cassidy Theatre
--
presenting the award-winning media on-screen;
Catered
Reception at 5 in GAR Rotunda;
Awards
Program from 5:30 - 7 in the Cassidy Theatre --
A salute to Chicago’s young filmmakers, with the
Award of trophies and cash awards in 15 categories
determined by a panel of
media professionals, including members of the Chicago
Film Critics Association.
Winner's Screening
from 5:30- 7 in the GAR Hall --
Following a screening of short clips of all 15
winners, this second screening
presents ten of the shorter winners.
Admission is Free and Open to the Public.
Raffles, Tee Shirts, and Door
Prizes at all Events.