Pre-Teen Division (Grades K - 6)

Finalists

The Rat Carnival, 2:00 minutes
by Gina Soule, Nicolette Taggart, Alex Noyes
Soule School, Freeport

The Return of the Hungry Tomato, 2:00 minutes
by Mari Neale, Lucy Garrec, Sophia Wright, Amanda Theriault
Soule School, Freeport

Toad Is the Uncle Heaven, 4:30 minutes
by Mrs. Salem’s 2nd & 3rd Grade, ESL Class
Riverton School, Portland

Winners

No More Milk, 2:00 minutes
by Lynne Elwell, Chelsea O’Brien, Wil Smith
Soule School, Freeport

How We Came to America, 5:00 minutes
by Ms. Arvedson’s 4th & 5th Grade ESL Class
Riverton School, Portland

Junior Division (Grades 7 - 9)

Finalists

Don’t Touch, 2:00 minutes
by Katie Lauze, Marina MacDonald, Teika Moore, Danielle Lavoie
Kay Allison’s Spark Art Class
Lewiston Middle School, Lewiston

Hell, 1:30 minutes
William Field
Independent, Freeport

The Making of a Frog Stuck in Ice, 11:00 ( 2 minute excerpt shown)
by Team 82 Students of Christine Cook and Diane Bleakney
Kasey Blais, Dana Castonguay, Ryan Conologue, David Labonte, Brett Masse, Melissa Morin, Wade Morgan, Tony Travaglini
Lewiston Middle School, Lewiston

Winners

Le Passé å L’Avenir, St. Mary’s, The Past to the Future
5:00 minutes
by Michel Courchesne, 8th Grade French Class
Nicholas Parker, Katie Lacasse, Alex Catevenis, Josh Hixon, Nathaniel Jillette, Mychal Ward-Pistone, Beth Schutt, Courtney Turnello
Lewiston Middle School, Lewiston

Eyes of Independence, 9:00 minutes
by Kimberly Tremblay, Jess Warner
Lake Region Middle School, Bridgton

Senior Division (Grades 10 - 12)

Finalists

The Life of Marsden Hartley, 3:00 minutes
by Irene Coleman
Deering High School, Portland

The Art of Impact, 8:00 (2 minute excerpt shown)
by Chas Bruns
Independent, Bangor

The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant, 13:00 (2 minute excerpt shown)
by Caleb Krantz, Jackie Marshall, Miranda Copeland, Jessie Mace, Tamara Brady, Emily Mawhinney, Kathryn Parenteau, Devra Markley
Cathy Johnson’s Film Course, Washington Academy, Machias

Darkfall, 24:00 (2 minute excerpt shown)
by Matthew Crockett
Independent, Cape Elizabeth

The Call, 7:30 (2 minute excerpt shown)
by Oscar Boyson
Independent, North Yarmouth

The Class Report, 15 minutes (2 minute excerpt shown)
by Lucas Bessey
Independent, Bath

Welcome To The Ghetto, 6:00 (3 minute excerpt shown)
by Lucas Bessey
Independent, Bath

Winners

Last Words/Last Words/Out, 12:00 minutes
by Kenneth White
Independent, Pownal

Prometheus Bound, 30:00 (7 minute excerpt shown)
by Kal-El Bogdanove
Medomak Valley High School, Waldoboro

The Brink of War, 16:00 minutes
by Matt Tyler
Independent, Old Town

Grand Prize Winner

Fingertip Points Out The Problem, 9:30 minutes
by James Kienitz Wilkins
Independent, Auburn

The Public Screening and Awards Presentation of the 24th Maine Student Film and Video Festival will be held Saturday, July 7, 2001, at 1:00 PM at the Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville, Maine. The screening is free and open to the public. This screening of finalists and winning movies is held in conjunction with the Maine International Film Festival.

The MSFVF is open to Maine residents 19 years of age and younger. This year it received 42 entries from students in grades K - 12 representing all parts of Maine. The movies submitted to the Festival are judged on the basis of originality, content, style, and technique. Movies are reviewed in three categories:

• Pre-Teen Division, grades K - 6
• Junior Division, grades 7 - 9, and
• Senior Division, grades 10 - 12.

This year’s Grand Prize winner is James Kienitz Wilkins, a junior at Edward Little High School in Auburn, Maine. For his movie Fingertip Points Out the Problem, Wilkins receives a scholarship to the International Film and Television Workshops in association with Rockport College in Rockport. The scholarship is worth $1,995 for a two week course for young filmmakers being held this summer at the Workshops. Fingertip Points Out the Problem is 10 minutes long and will be shown in its entirety at the July 7 Festival screening.

Wilkins is past winner of the MSFVF. In 1999 his movie A Curious Exertion was a winner in the Junior Division. In 2000, his movie Fight a Force of Friendly Fire was a winner in the Senior Division. James is a talented visual artist and musician as well.

The three judges for the 24th MSFVF were:

• Dan Osgood, commercial director at VP Films, Portland. He is currently directing the Partnership for Tobacco-Free Maine television spots broadcast on stations throughout Maine.

• Cindy Foley, Director of Education and Assistant Curator at ICA, Maine College of Art, Portland. Foley is past director of the Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase, Wexner Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

• James Cole was twice a grand prize winner of the MSFVF and is an independent moviemaker living in Portland. A graduate of USM, Cole’s latest video, The Girl Who Would Be Russian, has been selected for screening on July 11 at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville.

The MSFVF’s director is Huey, an independent filmmaker, member of the Maine Touring Artists Program and the New Hampshire Arts-In-Education Program. Huey has been the Festival’s director since 1978. He resides in Portland.

The Festival is sponsored by the Maine Alliance of Media Arts, a federally tax-exempt non-profit organization. Funding is provided by Films by Huey and Michael Vermette. Equipment and editing time has been donated by Maine International Film Festival, VP Film and Tape, Maine Video Systems, and the Multilingual Program of the Portland Public Schools.