{"id":5178,"date":"2026-06-01T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/?p=5178"},"modified":"2026-05-31T16:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:14:52","slug":"vpms-student-film-fest-was-a-reel-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/5178\/student-life\/vpms-student-film-fest-was-a-reel-good-time\/","title":{"rendered":"VPM’s Student Film Fest Was a ‘Reel’ Good Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The day of the film festival this year was quite an event to remember. I can picture it so vividly right now. Coming into the school to experience\u2026 Well, I wasn\u2019t quite sure, though I knew that it would be a captivating couple hours. I felt a twinge of nervousness in my stomach, I don\u2019t know what it stemmed from: either the fact that I had forgotten that I needed cash to go see the films (keep that in mind, dear reader), or the fact that I was in one of those films. I quickly ran into the Auditorium where a seat was saved for me, with a bag of goodies that was shoved into my hands by my talented friends who had made the movie I had worked a little bit on. I idly waited for the event to start, and with the comment of the person behind me about \u201chow I was supposed to heat the microwaveable popcorn in the previously mentioned goodie bag?\u201d The lights dimmed and once the sound was sorted out, we began.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Firstly, all of the films, not only the ones that won, were absolutely amazing. I admit I know nothing about the production of a piece of art like that, but I had a tiny bit of knowledge from working on one of them to know that it was an extremely tedious and tremendous undertaking. I humbly say that I was charmed by every film, from an extremely funny, sweet, and\u2026 cheesy love story, to a powerful monotonous piece where the large turning point of the plot required putting butter in coffee. They were all beautifully conceived, the variety was definitely one of my favorite parts because it reminds me that so many people in Memorial are so creative and talented. In addition to films with plots, there also were a couple of musical features, which really were a testament to the artist\u2019s incredible musical capabilities, but also their bravery and commitment, since I know that recording singing or instrumental music can turn out not in the way you wanted, so mad props for that.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the end, there were always prizes. Viewers clamoured for pencils to etch out their favorite thing they had just seen. <\/span>The winners from the event were:<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Animation – Maia Caruth for Number One Fan\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Documentary – Jonathan Farley for The 60 Year History of VPM<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Narrative – CC Garland for A Very Cheesy Love Story<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Visual Achievement – Gunnar Streitz and Osiris Erickson for The Gricken<\/span><\/p>\n

Audience Choice Award –\u00a0 Ethan Scheeler for The Boogieman\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I highly recommend coming to the next event like this, because I had a great time, and to the creators of those great films, thanks for having such bravery and imagination to fill a night full of joy.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The day of the film festival this year was quite an event to remember. I can picture it so vividly right now. Coming into the school to experience\u2026 Well, I wasn\u2019t quite sure, though I knew that it would be a captivating couple hours. I felt a twinge of nervousness in my stomach, I don\u2019t…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":5180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[359],"staff_name":[288],"class_list":["post-5178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-life","tag-june-26","staff_name-olga-sifakis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5181,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5178\/revisions\/5181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5178"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=5178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}