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    • 2024 Bermuda Youth Film Festival Winners (some participants are missing from photo)

2024 Bermuda Youth Film Festival Films

  • Best Film & Best Director - Bear with Me: A Virtual Tour - Stephanie Hardy, Somersfield Academy 
  • Best Edit - Froggy Frenzy: The Pool Table Duel - Brandon Sangster, Eddy Burchall & Kyle Mello, Saltus Grammar School
  • Best Genre Film (Comedy) - No Comment - Annabelle Davidson, Bermuda High School
  • Best New Talent & Best Use of the Signature Item - A Parisian Banquet & Match Made - Seri Fisher, Warwick Academy  
  • Best Documentary - Why exercise is important for teens - Kira Dunley-Owen, Madison Fletcher, Isla Fletcher, Zooey de los Santos & Isabella Neururer, Bermuda High School
  • Best Actor (male) - Horrors Within - Ben Copeland, Saltus Grammar School 
  • Best Actor (female) - Bear With Me - Laura Frith, Somersfield Academy
  • Best Production Values & Best Sound Edit - A Quiet Evening - Florence Russell, Warwick Academy 
  • Encouragement Award: Best use of Art - Tree Frog Inspiration - Ashling DeSilva, Bermuda High School
  • Encouragement Award: Best use of Horror - Dream a Little Dream - Aiden Swiss, Saltus Grammar School
  • Encouragement Award: Thinking outside the box - Mr Hopper’s Game Show - Milly Thompson & Rikki Lee Pitcher, Warwick Academy 
  • Encouragement Award: Best ‘hidden’ signature item - Friends and Football - Anari Stovell, Dellwood Middle School
  • Up & Coming - The Whistlers & the Artist - Diana Bishop, Warwick Academy 
FILM REQUIREMENTS:
  • Films MUST be planned, shot and edited by a student from the age category indicated. However students are strongly encouraged to cast ‘age appropriate’ to maintain the integrity of the narrative eg. adults played by adults.
  • Films can be shot on any form of filming device; smart phone or video camera
  • Films must be a NARRATIVE or DOCUMENTARY that uses the art of film making to tell a story
    • To clarify, that means no music videos, Tiktoks or abstract art films, the films should also NOT be a camera just pointed at an actor or actors performing.
  • Films MUST NOT depict nudity, weapons, actual violence, suicide or any footage that may suggest that actors or animals have been placed at risk during the filming.
  • Films MUST credit the source of any music used. If the artist is local then they should also sign an actor’s release form. **Please be mindful of YouTube protocols regarding well-known artist’s music.**
  • Students may only submit ONE ENTRY per film category but schools may enter multiple entries by different film makers
  • Email if you wish to clarify anything regarding these restrictions 
  • Students may submit their films independently of a school course but must have a member of their teaching staff endorse their submission to confirm that the film has been viewed by an adult and deemed to meet the above criteria. (Teacher Acknowledgement Form can be found below)
  • Films must be uploaded to YouTube and the link shared to the email provided along with the authorisation form. Actor release forms should be signed by ALL actors to confirm that they are happy for their image to be shown to a public audience. Location agreement forms should be signed by anyone who owns any property where filming may take place, other than public spaces, the school or personal home of the film makers. These forms will be required should your film(s) be chosen for viewing. If not provided upon request the film will be disqualified.  
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Bermuda Youth Film Festival Judges
Free Workshops:
 
To be confirmed and announced soon
2025 SIGNATURE ITEM: 
Bermuda Gombey

A signature item is for the purpose of identifying that the film was produced for the express purpose of the Festival in the year of the current Festival.

The signature item is an item that must appear somewhere in the film at some point during the narrative (not in the credits). It may appear as an image in the background, a logo, an ornament, item of jewelry, poster, emblem, live footage incorporating the item or any other form at the filmmakers discretion. It may even be used as a key element or feature of the film. 

FILM LENGTHS: 
MIDDLE SCHOOL: 
  • 60-second sprint
  • 1-3 minute short shorts
SENIOR SCHOOL
  • 60-second sprint
  • 1-3 minute short shorts
  • 3-5 minute shorts
KEY DATES FOR 2024:
Final Submission - Saturday, 24th May
Judging -
First week of June
Screening at BUEI - To be confirmed 
 
*PRIZES:
Will be announced closer to film submission deadline
READ MORE ABOUT THE 2024 FESTIVAL WINNERS:

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