Quiet on the Set! Teens strip away sound for the 9th annual Student Silent Film Festival
The Student Silent Film Festival (SSFF) is a film competition in which students from 12 Chicago area high schools create original motion pictures. Unlike other film competitions, however, the movies submitted will tell their stories in visual terms without the aid of voices or sound effects. The 9th annual festival takes place at 6:45 p.m.…
Read MoreNaperville’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…
Read MoreMedia students from Hillcrest turn scary short into award-winning film – Daily Southtown
A trio from a high school in the south suburbs planned to attend a Halloween party recently but two friends didn’t want the third to come, so they gave him the wrong address. When he found out, he was so mad he was driven to murder. Luckily, this wasn’t actual mean girls and boys, but…
Read MoreThree High Schools win top honors at Halloween Student Silent Film Festival
Students from three area high schools received awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema for their silent film submissions at the Halloween Student Silent Film Festival (SSFF) held Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove. Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award includes: The Halloween Student Silent Film Festival was a film…
Read MoreLyons Township HS students receive honors during Student Silent Film Festival – Chicago Tribune Doings
A film submission from Lyons Township High School students, “Stood Up,” received top honors at the Student Silent Film Festival on Jan. 25 at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove. According to a news release, the Student Silent Film Festival was a film competition in which students from 11 high schools created original motion pictures.…
Read MoreSilent film fest fest pits Shepard teacher’s team against her daughter, but for both it was an ‘amazing experience’ – Daily Southtown
Jodi Pelini, digital media teacher at Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights, has wanted her students to participate in the Student Silent Film Festival since she first heard about it a few years ago. After her team entered this year’s contest, she learned she’d have one more reason to attend: Her daughter was competing as well.
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