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Since 2013, Cinema students at Liverpool High School have run a humble film festival during the last week of classes in June. Using Sony Handicams and iMovie, students would produce short films that they would screen to their friends and teachers after school in the auditorium. It was a blast.

Fast forward to 2023 and LHS has a fullfledged film program. Using camera, sound, and lighting equipment standard to budding creators in the film industry, Communication Arts students are telling the best stories that Liverpool students have ever told with a lens, and in professional quality.

Written and edited with some of the same programs used in Hollywood, these young creators are getting a head start at a future

lcsd holds first-ever Winter student Film Fest

career in video production.

Last Thursday, Feb. 9, the LHS auditorium was the site of the first annual Winter Student Film Fest.

Guided by Timothy Nicholas, an English teacher at the school that handles the media arts courses, students have been learning about the film noir genre and have planned, written, shot and edited their own short films to mimic some of the storytelling elements and techniques typical of the style. The event was free and open to all.

Those who would like to view the students’ work, which has been posted on YouTube, can visit youtube.com/ playlist?list=PLPNz5eUq6ZqGn-Gtyai2H7cjZKBUGfE9A.