WEST VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

SPRING 2007 STUDENT FILMMAKING WINNERS


This contest is only open to students enrolled in a West Virginia educational institutions
(home-schooled students are also eligible)

DIVISION I (Kindergarten - 8th Grade)

Winner – “Baby Sitter Blues”
          3rd Grade Library Club (Librarian: Demi Lewin)
          Rosemont Elementary School, Martinsburg, WV

DIVISION II (9th – 12th Grade)

1st Place Winner – “Neon”
          Jason Alexander Smith
          Jefferson High School, Shepherdstown, WV
2nd Place – “Winter Dreams”
          Dakota Sabo
          Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, WV
3rd Place – “Hero of Canton”
          Ben Egan
          Pocahontas County High School, Dunmore, WV

DIVISION III (College and Graduate Studies)

NARRATIVE CATEGORY
1st Place Co-Winner – “Maneater”
          David Smith & Kris Peraldo
          Marshall University, Huntington, WV
1st Place Co-Winner – “Nothing More”
          Kevin Scarbrough
          WVSU, Institute, WV
2nd Place – “Big Game”
          Chris Petts
          WVSU, Institute, WV
3rd Place – “Anatomy of an Argument”
          Stephen (Skip) Shannon 
          WVSU, Institute, WV

DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY
1st Place – “Tremor”
          Chris Raines, Kyle Raines & Anthony Muraca
          Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
2nd Place – “Kenya’s Wait”
          Sun Rae Smith
          Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
3rd Place – “Puppet Masters”
          Kevin Scarbrough
          WVSU, Institute, WV

TRAILER CATEGORY
1st Place – “Miracle Caster”
          Michael Sydenstricker & George Scoulas
          WVSU, Institute, WV
2nd Place – “Mother of the Year”
          Jerry Brannon
          WVSU, Institute, WV