The sixth annual District 95 Film Festival took place on February 13 and boasted winners of all ages. 

The festival brought students of K-12 from all around District 95 to produce a video for one of the 5 categories; comedy, drama, PSA, animation, and documentary. 

“I think the Film Festival is a really great event because it brings the whole district together to display certain individual’s talents and it’s just entertaining for anyone who attends,” Rachel Moore, junior and 3rd place winner of LZHS said.

Contestant’s videos were analyzed after the video submission deadline, January 26. Within that time, judges were able to choose winners of the night.

The overall winners, Grace and Dean Lambertsen, sophomore and senior, respectively, had participated in the contest before, but had always tried a more light-hearted approach to their films. However, this year, the Lambersten’s said that they took a more serious route with their winning film, “Looking Up.”

“It feels really good [to win]. We’ve been really doing funny [films] a lot, so [we said] ‘let’s try to do something more difficult this year.’ So we did artsy and I guess it really paid off,” Grace said. 

Many were also surprised about the age range of the contestants besides the winners and were attentive to what their fellow participants could pull out of their sleeves.

“I have never been to the film festival in the past, but having experienced it this year, I really liked the fact that films were created by students of all ages. It was awesome seeing the variety of content produced,”Blake Rowell, junior and 3rd place winner for LZHS, said.“[ The festival was] a great opportunity for students to showcase their works and get recognition for their passion.”