Youth Jury
The Atlantic Film Festival Association is excited to present the cast of youth jurors accepted for the 7th ViewFinders: International Film Festival for Youth. The jurors will get one of the first looks at the ViewFinders program, spending dozens of hours screening films that come to ViewFinders this year.
The Youth Jury is responsible for selecting the best of films screened at the ViewFinders Festival and handing out awards at the Closing Gala. Selected jurors also receive an intensive crash course in film critique and appreciation from film curator for the Atlantic Film Festival and Dalhousie Art Gallery, Ron Foley Macdonald.
7th ViewFinders Youth Jury
Janis McCulloch, Grade 8, Parsborro
Olivia Dorey, Grade 8, Hammond Plains
Ben Harrison, Grade 11, Fall River
Andrea Gigeroff, Grade 9, Dartmouth
Alex Carter, Grade 9, Halifax
Youth Jury Awards
Best Animated Film – My Happy End, Directed by Milen Vitanov
Best Short Film – When Elvis Came To Visit, Directed by Andreas Tibblin
Best Documentary Film – Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life, Directed by Logan Smalley
Best Feature Film – Ben-X, Directed by Nic Balthazar
Best Feature Film - Honourable Mention – The Substitute, Directed by Ole Bornedal
Last Year's Youth Jury Awards
Thanks to all of our 2007 Youth Jurors: Alex, Mathieu, Arielle, Andrew and Liam – you were great!
After a crash course in film critique and appreciation these jurors spent dozens of hours screening films that came to ViewFinders this year. Here are their top choices in each of the chosen categories:
Youth Jury Awards
Best Feature Film – God Grew Tired of Us
Best Animated Film – The Danish Poet
Best Short Film – Blood Sisters
Best Documentary – Generation XXL
Feature Film Honorable Mention – Azur & Asmar
2007 ViewFinders Youth Jury
Front row
Alex Lapp, 15, Bedford
Mathieu Blouin, 12, Dartmouth
Arielle Séruntine, 14, Antigonish
Back row
Andrew Coll, 16, Dartmouth
Liam Gareau, 15, Hammonds Plains
