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"Elysium", a short film by Ari Jones '22 and Ella Good '22, won the Best Experimental category at the Arlington International Film Festival's 2021 High School Filmmaker's Program, Voices of our Youth. The students wrote, directed, shot, and starred in the 5-minute film as part of Camp Flix's 2020 online session. Watch Elysium here!
Film submissions for Voices of Our Youth were reviewed by an esteemed panel of judges, Jaina Cipriano, Padriac Farma, Christina Oniel, and Hamed Soleimanzadeh. Upon awarding the students with Best Experimental film, the jury's statement read, “Surrealism of a girl’s night out - this short is the dream that becomes your teenage years once there is distance between. These filmmakers draw you into their world and hold you tight until they decide to release you.”
AIFF will screen Voices of Our Youth submissions at the festival in November. This year’s program focuses on engaging young audiences with topics as women's rights, comedy, love, family, human rights, music, and much more. For more information, please visit AIFFest.org.
Congratulations to Ari and Ella!