2024 YOUNG FILMMAKERS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Finalists Screened July 13 at Spotlight Cinemas in Columbia
After a record number of entries, the finalist short films in the South Carolina Film Commission’s 2024 YOUNG FILMMAKERS PROJECT screened at a special event on Saturday, July 13 at 2:30pm at Spotlight Cinemas Capital 8 in Columbia, SC, where this year’s winners were announced.
The program was FREE and open to the public. It included Q&A and reception with the filmmakers.
YOUNG FILMMAKERS is an annual filmmaking competition for South Carolina students in grades six to twelve. Entrants submit two-minute short films and are required to incorporate a specific prop into their two-minute short films. This year that prop was a guitar pick.
“The contest has proven to be a great thing for young South Carolina filmmakers,” said Matt Storm, Director of the South Carolina Film Commission. “It’s an opportunity to practice the craft of video storytelling, which is a major driver for all industries at this point with real career opportunities.”
“The future is bright for video storytelling in the state,” said Glenn Seale, Dean of Film, Media and Visual Arts at Trident Technical College in North Charleston, one of the contest’s main partners. “It was amazing to see what these filmmakers had cooked up.”
THE 2024 WINNERS WERE:
FIRST PLACE ($500 Prize):
Happy Anniversary
Lauren Douda and Austin Rios
Gilbert, SC
Lexington High School
SECOND PLACE ($300 Prize):
Pick One
Dana Dueñas Tafur, Dustyn Hill, Landon Lutzen, James Peterson
Summerville, SC
Pinewood Preparatory School
THIRD PLACE ($200 Prize):
Imagine and Create
Hayes Gladden
Rock Hill, SC
Rock Hill High School
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
If I Was A Worm
Ava Alvanos
Horse Creek Academy
Aiken, SC
Orion
Faye Marth and Elizah Johnson
Lexington, SC
Lexington High School
Picked
Lacie Cinnamon
Summerville, SC
Summerville High School
OTHER FINALISTS:
The Gig
Yahir Vazquez Aveldanez
Conway, SC
Academy for the Arts, Science, and Technology
The House on the Corner
Ethan Lopez and Justin Lopez
Greenville, SC
Homeschool
Inspiration
Zoe Williams
Murrells Inlet, SC
Academy of Arts, Science, and Technology
Lost
Sarah Bradley Wells
Clemson, SC
D.W. Daniel High School
Soundhole
Reese Evans
Lexington, SC
Lexington High School
Through the Sound Hole
Darajayne Stafford
Columbia, SC
River Bluff High School
