2020 Wellfleet Youth Film Festival
tHOMAS sCHULTZE’S the blue samurai, our 2020 best animated short winner!
Our first annual Wellfleet Film Festival was presented virtually Friday June 19th through Sunday June 21st, 2020. It drew over 300 views on Vimeo - we are so thrilled with this virtual “turnout”! On August 11th, we hosted a limited attendance, socially-distanced screening in our backyard (see photo above). Three of our young filmmakers were in attendance! Thanks again to all who participated in and supported our first annual WYFF.
Please watch the Awards Presentation to find out who won the top prizes for this year’s festival!
2020 FESTIVAL PROGRAM
- Festival Introduction -
FIRST HALF
Arm & Hammer Advertisement by Griffin Soderberg
Misunderstood Masterpiece by Rauliz Paez
Duck Duck Goose by Nick Terranova
The Benefits of High School Sports for Girls by Margaret Dickson
Masked by Felix Gualtieri
At Peace by Kiki DeMelo
Clean and Safe Drinking Water by Isabel Merl
Life of a Vapor by Carter Rotcavich
Double Vida by Sharleny Gonzalez
The Night Of The Living Bear by Brooklyn Gonzalez
The Covid Blues by Meredith Gellman
Audio Waves by Jake Srebnick
Everyday by Maya Abel
- Intermission -
SECOND HALF
The Blue Samurai by Thomas Schultze
Adequate by Joseph Costanzo
The Shadow by Max Smiley
Robotics/Classes Building the Future by Thomas Schultze
Home by Kyleigh Shelley
The Benefits of playing High School Sports by Finn Riley
*Vaping: An Epidemic by Jack Fabiano
*Dirty Laundry by Lucien Beber-Turkel
What is Beauty? by Leah Baker
*Sketch by Brianna Brann
The Boys by Artie O'Neil
- Closing Remarks -
Festival Winners:
*Best Animated Short - The Blue Samurai, by Thomas Shultze
*Best Music Video - Adequate, by Joseph Costanzo
*Best Documentary Short - Double Vida, by Sharleny Gonzalez
*Best Narrative Short - Dirty Laundry, by Lucien Beber-Turkel
*Best Film of Festival - Audio Waves, by Jake Srebnick
Wellfleet Preservation Hall would like to thank the Harvey and Pamela Charitable Fund for their support of this project, and the Mass Cultural Council.
This festival was produced by the WPH staff, Susie Nielsen (Graphics and Design), Joe Ferreira (Submissions Review & Festival Programming), and Marin Misoda/MySoda Productions (Program Production, Technical Assistance).
Thanks to all who made this possible and to all the youths who participated!
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
This program is also supported by The Harvey and Pamela Geiger Charitable Fund.
