2009 Film Festival activity
from projects created at or supported by TAP:

The Michigan Student Film and Video Festival in Detroit
held April 26th
Best of Show only is screened at this festival:

Best of Show:
Here There Be Monsters: Adin, Emily, Josh, Dominic, Colin, Jimmy, Zoë, Kat, Clayton, Forest, Megan, Kayleigh, Guil, Timo, Charles, Leslie.
Message in a Bottle: Zoë
Rain, Rain, Go away: Boaz
Excellence:
Don't Pollute: Lenora and Olivia
Dancing Skeleton (with clouds) Olivia
Merit:
Dreams: Tanner

Interlochen's 2009 Future of Cinema International Film Festival
held May 1
Alien: Emma and Forest
Message in a Bottle. Zoë

Kalamazoo Animation Festival International 2009
held May 14-17
Dancing Skeleton (with clouds): Olivia
From the Box, to the Store, to the Stove: Zachary

Josh Mulligan, 18, works on a cell animation project for the Student Animation Workshop. Sixteen high school students are working in groups to learn animation, both old and new methods, during a 4-week intensive course.
Jan-Michael Stump / Record-Eagle

Sixteen high school students immersed themselves in the creative process this weekend during the second of four monthly sessions of the Student Animation Workshop. The workshop was held at The Art Place in Traverse City and put on by the Digital Arts Film and Television organization from Detroit. Above, Kat Gawronski, a sophomore at the International Academy West at Lakeland High School, snaps photos for the group morph animation project.
Carol South / Special to the Record-Eagle
October 17, 2008
September 13, 2008

As part of the 13th annual United Way of Northwest Michigan Volunteer Center Day of Caring, the State Theatre and the United Way, sponsored the first ever "Live United Video Contest". Youth videos were centered on the theme of how volunteerism impacts Northwest Michigan and how giving back to your community makes a difference.

The winning entries were:

First Place
Lenora Paige and Olivia Allen-Wickler video entitled:
Get Animated: Don't Pollute

Second Place
Zoe Allen-Wickler and Christina Weinhag video is entitled:
Get Animated: Help Fundraise

Click here for the full story.
Don't Pollute


Help Fundraise

(clic the pic to see the flic!)

Tyler Smith, 16, paints one of the walls at The Art Place on Union Street. The Art Place is moving its location from Suttons Bay to Traverse City in order to take advantage of its close proximity to the State Theatre and the Opera House.
Douglas Tesner / Record-Eagle
Clare Wescott, 11, shows her sister Hannah Wescott, 13, a flip book she made for an animated movie she’s producing at the Get Animated Workshops. Record-Eagle/Douglas Tesner
2008 Film Festival activity from projects created at
or supported by TAP:
The Michigan Film and Video Festival in Detroit, held June 7th., 2008
Best of Show only is screened at this festival:

Best of Show:
Silly Monkey: Sophie
Happy Christmas Time: Alisa
Leelanau Theme Song: TAP Production
wwwww.sbdnl.tap: TAP Production
Play Nice with Dogs: TAP Production
Excellence:
The Invisible Flower: Olivia
The Making of the World: Ella
A Silent Movie: Graham
50 Kids: TAP Production
Honor:
Under the Ground: Ladida
The Unusual Butterfly: Corrine
The Mysterious Ball: Irene
I'm a Raindrop: Andrew and Rachel

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Windsong Film Festival in Fort Wayne, Indiana, held May 17th.
All movies were screened at this festival.
Engraved plagues have arrived at TAP for First, Second and Third Place
Award certificates for Honorable Mention and Outstanding Performance are also at TAP.
We'll display these at TAP for Art Walk and then make sure you recieve them asap.

First Place:
Silly Monkey: Sophie
Better Know A President: Corrina
Under the Ground: Ladida
50 Kids: TAP Production
Second Place:
Happy Christmas Time: Alisa
Box: Clayton
Leelanau Theme Song: TAP Production
Third Place:
The Unusual Butterfly: Corrine
The Mysterious Ball: Irene
Perspective: Zoe
Play Nice with Dogs: TAP Production

Honorable Mention:
A Silent Movie: Graham

Outstanding Performance:
Flipbook!: Lenora
A Well-Seasoned Life: Kayleigh
Better Know A President: Corrina
Perspective: Zoe
Happy Christmas Time: Alisa
Under the Ground: Ladida
A Silent Movie: Graham
The Mysterious Ball: Irene
The Unusual Butterfly: Corrine
Silly Monkey: Sophie
The Invisible Flower: Olivia
The Making of the World: Ella
I'm A Rainddrop: Andrew
I'm A Raindrop: Rachel
Leelanau Theme Song: Amy Hubble

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Interlochen's 2008 Future of Cinema International Film Festival, held April 19th
Flipbook!: Lenora
A Well-Seasoned Life: Kayleigh
   Perspective: Zoe


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