Archive for January 2025
Naperville’s Neuqua Valley HS students awarded top prizes in Student Silent Film Fest – Naperville Sun
Naperville’s Neuqua Valley High School was one of three winners in last week’s Student Silent Film Festival, taking home awards in cinema achievement and audience choice. “The recognition is great,” Neuqua Valley media production teacher John Gelsomino said in an email Thursday. “(But) I am most proud that this was a true team effort by…
Read MoreLyons Township team goes silent for Film Festival challenge – Chicago Tribune / Doings
There is more to be said about the short film “Color Blind” than is said in the film itself. It’s a fairly straightforward plot — a girl and boy meet and, suddenly, their black and white world bursts into color. But it’s also a silent film and it was made in 11 days and it…
Read MoreTeen silent films make Big Noise at 2025 Student Film Festival
More than 400 people attended the 2025 Student Silent Film Festival (SSFF) held on January 22, 2025, at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove. The festival was a film competition in which students from 11 Chicago area high schools created original motion pictures. The movies submitted told their stories in visual terms without the aid…
Read MoreSilent film speaks volumes for Lyons students – Riverside-Brookfield Landmark
The film is a tad eerie because it begins in a noir way – black and white, with no sound. A high school girl sits at a desk in a classroom and writes a note to the guy sitting in front of her. His response? Leave me alone. And that propels forward the Lyons Township…
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