Students from the Ballard High School Video Production Program won multiple awards and honors at the 12th annual Northwest High School Film Festival May 18 at the Cinerama Theater in downtown Seattle.

The Northwest High School Film Festival is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound region.

This year, 267 productions were entered in the competition from 22 high schools. Ballard High School led the pack of winners with a total of 14 awards and honors.

The festival was judged by a panel of 18 industry professionals and college media professors.

Ballard productions were honored in five different categories, reflecting the diverse skills and talents of Ballard's video students, Matt Lawrench, Video Production Program teacher, said in a press release.

Some of the winning productions will be shown at 7 p.m. on June 11 at Ballard High School as part of The Showing, a screening of work by students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program. There is a suggested donation of $5. Visit www.bhsvideo.blogspot.com for more information.

Ballard's Northwest High School Film Festival winners:

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Comedic Narrative:

• "The Crumb" – Emily Deering, Karli Lafferty, Sarah Maloney, Taylor Rubright.
• "Dino Utopia" – Lily Bennett, Levi Friedman, Blair Scott, Ryan Zemke.

Documentary:

• "Bar Ink" – Robyn Cochrane, Spencer Miller, Georgia Peck, Justin Smith-Mercado.

Dramatic Narrative:

• "Reflection" – Sheridan Koehler, Blair Scott.

News Feature:

• "Stick With It" – Tinh Pham, Bryant Rubright, Dylan Spence.

Public Service Announcement:

• "Ballard NW Senior Center: Gardening" – Amelia Elizalde, Rikke Heinecke, Ashleigh Klemetson, Ryan Zemke.
• "Ballard NW Senior Center: Knitting" – Amelia Elizalde, Rikke Heinecke, Ashleigh Klemetson, Ryan Zemke.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Comedic Narrative:

• "Finding the Music" – Sheridan Koehler, Alex Scheller, Blair Scott.
• "Manimal" – Levi Friedman, Matthew Law-Phipps, Esther Magasis, Ryan Zemke.

Documentary:

• "Without Our Cars" – Sydney Jarol, Dylan Miller, Ryan Zemke.

Dramatic Narrative:

• "Dead End" – Emma Hutchison, Kaila Lafferty, Karli Lafferty, Kirsten Zeller.

News Feature:

• "The Beautiful Game" – Jacob Scott, Colin Shively, Edwin Tellez.

Public Service Announcement:

• "Loose Change" – Emma Hutchison, Georgia Peck, Alex Scheller.
• "Make a Wish" – Daniel Maldonado, Elizabeth O'Laughlin, Allie Stock.