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Film Prize Junior’s record-breaking 2021 festival came to a close last night during a live broadcasted Awards Ceremony where the winning films were announced and over $10,000 in scholarships and media grants were awarded.
The festival, presented by the Louisiana Film Entertainment Association (LFEA) and the Prize Foundation, featured a record-breaking 68 films from 37 schools across the state of Louisiana and saw over 3,000 votes come in from 49 states across the country as well as from England, Ontario Canada, and Puerto Rico over three times the number of votes from last year’s festival.
“I’m not sure we were fully prepared for the overwhelming response to Film Prize Junior 2021,” said Gregory Kallenberg, executive director of the Prize Foundation and Film Prize Junior. “These incredibly talented young filmmakers created some amazing films, and then they brought a massive crowd to the festival. We were blown away!”
After a record-setting online festival, Film Prize Junior comes to a close Wednesday night the young winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony.
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Middle and high school students from across Louisiana have been writing, acting, shooting and editing short films this year, resulting in a record-breaking number of submissions for the South s largest online student film festival that kicks off Thursday.
Film Prize Junior, the student version of the popular Louisiana Film Prize, had 68 short films submitted by students from 37 schools across Louisiana, including 13 Title One schools, organizers announced.
Some used iPhones and class time. Others lugged camera equipment into the woods by their house or a coffee shop downtown on weekends. Some found friends and family to be actors. Some placed and replaced Lego figures to create stop-motion animation.
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