The Amity Regional High School Film Club won first place on June 3 in the Skills21.org film festival. The winning five-minute short film, Act Your Age, was written, planned and produced entirely by the students in the film club over the course of the 2021-22 school year.
The film festival accepted submissions from high schools and middle schools across Connecticut. The Amity Film Club won in the open film category, one of several categories that were awarded. The other categories were best documentary, best 84 hour film, and best augmented reality film.
“I was ecstatic to have our club win the award,” said Daniella Landino, an Amity senior and president of the Video Club. “I am incredibly proud of the video club members for everything they contributed to the film and was ecstatic to win the award,” she said.
The sponsoring organization, Skills21, is a Connecticut-based national leader in digital learning and STEM achievement.