Finalists Announced for the 9th Annual MyView Youth Film Festival

Press Release – Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit

Youth ages 10-24 across Eastern Ontario have been busy making short videos about something important to them.

Eleven original films have been nominated as finalists for the 2024 MyView Youth Film Festival:

• You Can Fight Climate Change by Ian Dennis and Isaac Dennis from Kemptville

• Springtime Melody by Elizabeth Newman from Kemptville

• Front of Yonge’s Happiness Journey by the Front of Yonge Public School Happiness Committee

• Get Outside by Ava Derouin from Almonte

• Social Media Doesn’t ‘Like’ You by Emma Yakimovich from Kemptville

• Community Love in Full Bloom by the Multi-Exceptional Program students at St. Michael’s Catholic High School in Kemptville

• Solitude by Miles Dockendorff from Kemptville

• Finding Home by Oscar Arkeveld and Chloe Waycik from Brockville

• Little by Little by Cypress Darling from Ottawa

• Pink Person by Eva Masson from Kingston

• Where I’m From(?) by Ella Miller from Forthton

 Please join us for a celebratory evening Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, June 12 at 7 p.m. at the Brockville Arts Centre (235 King St West in Brockville). Walk the red carpet, meet the filmmakers and see the nominated films on the big screen in a beautifully restored historic theatre.

Winners are determined by a panel of local celebrity judges and will be announced at the evening celebrations. The Grand Prize of $1000 is jointly sponsored by McGahey Insurance and Grenville Mutual Insurance and the “I Love My Community” $750 prize is sponsored by Exit Realty Eastern Ontario. New this year are the $500 prize for best original music sponsored by Jamming Around Man Productions of Kemptville and an additional $500 prize sponsored by the YMCA of Eastern Ontario. The age-category prizes are donated by YourTV.

This event is free to attend so please plan to come and see what young filmmakers have to say!

Our judges this year are:

Alexa Waycik – Previous MyView Winner

Cameron Wales – Brockville City Councillor

Dale Elliott – DCE Media/Hometown TV12

Herb Cloutier – Jamming Around Man Productions

Julie Fossitt - City of Kingston

The Brockville Arts Centre & City of Brockville Cultural Services is proud to host this celebration of youth voices and filmmaking at the Awards Ceremony. Want to watch the nominated films ahead of time? Check out the 2024 MyView Nomination Reel on the main page of our website at www.myviewfilmfest.ca.