8th Annual MyView Youth Film Festival Awards Night Held on Wednesday, June 14th in Brockville – VIDEO

Brockville – The 8th Annual MyView Youth Film Festival Awards night was held on Wednesday, June 14th at the Brockville Arts Centre.

The free event started out with a Red Carpet event featuring the 9 nominees prior to the awards ceremony.

Nine local youth filmmakers were nominated as finalists at the annual film festival.

• The Need for Kindness by Elizabeth Newman from Kemptville
• Dogs by Carter Blake from Kemptville
• You’re Not Alone by Emma Yakimovich from Kemptville
• Social Media Dilemma by Jacob Matte-Kubecka from Cornwall
• Behind High School Preview by Shyanne Anderson from Ingleside
• Instant Gratification is Bad for Your Health by Adam Yakimovich from Kemptville
• Passing of Time by Zoe Mainville from Ottawa
• Horizon Boulevard by Joseph Gagliardi from Merrickville
• I Love My Community by Aiden Knudson from Mallorytown

And the winners were:

• The grand prize winner of $1000 was Emma Yakimovich for her film “You’re Not Alone”!
• The winner of age category 10 to 13 was Elizabeth Newman for the film “Need for Kindness”
• The winner of age category 14 to 17 was Jacob Matte-Kubecka for the film “Social Media Dilemma”
• The winner of the ‘I Love My Community’ was Aiden Knudson for the film “I Love My Community”

Winners were determined by a panel of local celebrity judges which included,

• Nancy Peckford – Mayor of North Grenville
• Cameron Wales – Brockville City Councillor
• Alexa Waycik – Previous MyView Winner
• Theresa Graham – Previous MyView Winner

The Grand Prize of $1000 is jointly sponsored by McGahey Insurance and Grenville Mutual Insurance, the “I Love My Community” $750 prize is sponsored by Exit Realty East and the age-category prizes are donated by YourTV.

The YMCA of Eastern Ontario is a new partner for MyView this year and helped amplify and celebrate youth voices for the festival.

The full awards ceremony was captured by Hometown TV12 and is available at the link below:

https://hometowntv12.ca/2023/06/20/8th-annual-myview-youth-film-festival-awards-night-now-online-at-hometown-tv12-video/