2022 YOUNG FILMMAKERS PROJECT
WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

The Two Minute Shorts Screened
at YFP Film Fest on June 11

After a record number of entries and an exhaustive judging process by our panel of esteemed evaluators, the 2022 Young Filmmakers Project finalists were screened at the YFP Film Festival on June 11 at Richland Library Sandhills in Columbia. The event was free and open to the public.

Each two-minute short was shown on the big screen, followed by Q&A with the filmmakers, announcement of the winners, and awarding of prizes. There was a brief reception afterwards, where the young filmmakers, professional filmmakers, and other members of the community mingled.

The winners were (with links to view):

FIRST PLACE (tie) - $500 Prizes
Fool’s Gold
Isaac Cinnamon
Summerville High School
Summerville, SC

Remembrance
Steven McCartt
West Florence High School
Florence, SC

SECOND PLACE - $300 Prize
pieces of you
Kaitlyn Ellison, Kaitlyn Beaudreau, Bella Ilcheson
Anderson Career Center
Easley, SC

THIRD PLACE - $200 Prize
Contrast
Kayleena Nguyen, Takoda Nevitt, Amber Sanders, AJ Loan
The Academy for the Arts, Science, and Technology
Myrtle Beach, SC

HONORABLE MENTION
Anemoia
Kali Burdick
Homeschool
Myrtle Beach, SC

The other 2022 YOUNG FILMMAKERS PROJECT Finalists were (with links to view):

Die Konfrontation
Shaw Shurley
Wade Hampton High School
Greenville, SC

Inside The Locket
Jackson Bales, Charles Bales
Patrick Henry Academy
Ridgeland, SC

Item #1
Sophia Harlow, Ella Smith, Hannah Stonefield, Logan Anderson
The Academy for the Arts, Science, and Technology
Conway, SC

The Locket
Myla Williams
South Carolina Virtual Charter School
North Charleston, SC

Lost Love
Laura Lillibridge
Northwestern High School
Rock Hill, SC

Sigil
Luke Bleyer, Morgan Diven, Brian Johnston, Anthony Prisco
The Academy for the Arts, Science, and Technology
Little River, SC