Local students garner awards at film festival

By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com

ATLANTA, Ga. — Dunwoody High School took home two audience choice awards for their student-made short films at the fifth annual DeKalb County Student Film Festival at the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta March 21. Students, parents and teachers walked the red carpet at the theater before sitting down for the night’s program.

The film festival was put on by the DeKalb County School District, the DeKalb Entertainment Commission and re:imagine, an organization that assists young people with their filmmaking goals.

A total of 19 student films premiered. Each film required students to include a picture frame as a prop, a character named “Azari Binx” and the line “We’re running out of time.” The films spanned genres from comedy to horror.