YOUNG FILMMAKER PROJECT FINALISTS SCREEN AT VIRTUAL FILM FEST
2021 Winners Announced!

The 2021 Young Filmmakers Project Virtual Film Festival was held on June 5 via Zoom webinar. Each of the finalists’ films were screened, with engaging Q&As with each filmmaker. View the film festival above.

The Young Filmmakers Project is an annual filmmaking competition for South Carolina high school students, from the South Carolina Film Commission and Trident Technical College.  Designed to encourage media arts education and to explore the craft and career, it’s accompanied by a series of instructional programs such as screenings, meet-ups and panels with South Carolina crew and department heads.

The winners were also announced at the film festival. Selected through a rigorous scoring process by a panel of judges, final results are below. View all the films above.

FIRST PLACE:
Ups and Downs
Isaac Cinnamon
Summerville High School
Summerville, SC 

SECOND PLACE:
From Start to Forever
Parker Inman
Aynor High School
Conway, SC

THIRD PLACE:
A Beginners Guide to Good Business
Sarah McFeely
Eastside High School
Greenville, SC

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Not Myself
Gracie Teague, Allison Sheffield, Shea Ashley, Mackenzie Wiggins
Palmetto High School
Williamston, SC

Yo-Yos & Spreadsheets
Durham Cribb
Myrtle Beach High School
Myrtle Beach, SC 

The other finalists are:

Anxiety
Jackson Yaman, Carrie Sharpe, Justice James
River Bluff High School
Lexington, SC

Jerry’s Nik Naks
Brandon Russell, Ansley Pate
Hanahan High School
Hanahan, SC

Memories
Chase Preston, Evan Racz, Hunter Nichols
Clover High School
Clover, SC

Old Friend
Cody Satzger
T.L. Hanna High School
Pendleton, SC

Space YOYOS
Langston Thomas, Caleb Belk, Jauron Pruitt, Daniel Styles
Palmetto High School
Pelzer, SC

Yo-Yo Showdown
Kaitlyn Ellison, Kaitlyn Breaudreau, Hunter Cox, Roman Maurney
Powdersville High School
Easley, SC 

Yovid
Dylan Ruggiero, Alec Howard, Savannah David, Olivia Keeter
Hanahan High School
Hanahan, SC