V-Fest Student Video Festival

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival
There is a special event to farewell the Chauvel Cinema .. PARASITE at 6:30pm on Monday 26th!!
If the Chauvel has been your cinematic spiritual home, it's a good idea to book seats as the cinema is filling up!
See you there at the Candy Bar at 6pm!! ❤

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival
This is it.. farewell Chauvel Cinema!!
Nuremberg is the final film (yikes!) and the final session is 6:15pm on Australia Day!
Meet me at the Candy Bar at 6pm and we can give the cinema the standing ovation it deserves!! 😪

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival
Some very sad news ... the Chauvel Cinema (which has been our spiritual home for 21 years), is closing on the 27th January.
Stay tuned for developments, and our new location! 😢

Palace Cinemas Announces Paddington's Beloved Chauvel Cinema Is Closing for Much-Needed Renovations After 40 years as Sydney's beating heart of independent cinema, the historic building is closing for some much needed renovations.

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival.. ❤️

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival
So last Monday night, 8th December, at the Chauvel Cinema Paddington, 255 enthusiastic and very lucky people (plus 306 people viewing VIRTUALLY on YouTube) were treated to one of the most exquisite collections of student short films in the history of V-Fest. Brooding drama, quirky animations and sophisticated social comment were amongst the themes explored. Technically sophisticated and conceptually challenging, the audience was on the edge of their seats for 100 minutes experiencing all the films! The judges had an enormous job deciding on the placegetters, and the audience enthusiastically voted for their favourite film.
A huge shout-out to everyone who attended and continues to support this little film festival which had its roots in the Vaucluse High School Hall in 1999!
And here are the prize winners for V-Fest 2025:
JUNIOR SECTION:
1st Place: Echoes Beyond by Catalina Petrola Mederos (Rose Bay Secondary College)
2nd Place: 5AM by Jiekai Miao, Marcus Zhu & Caspar Lai (Sydney Boys High School)
3rd Place: Cheat Code by Diksha Chowdhary & Stella Vo (Newtown High School of Performing Arts)

SENIOR SECTION:
1st Place: Fresco by Ian Flores (Rose Bay Secondary College)
2nd Place: Ultraviolet by James Cao (Sydney Boys High School)
3rd Place: My Best Friend by Miranda Keens (Burwood Girls High School)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
Through your Eyes by Wiley Park Girls High School Media Team

Thank you all for supporting our Film Festival and I hope you all have a wonderful summer, watch lots of films, and see you next year at V-FEST 2026!

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival .. Only ONE more sleep until the screening of V-FEST 2025.
Hopefully you can join us either LIVE at the Chauvel Cinema or VIRTUALLY on YouTube. Here is the link again, and in the description you will find the link for voting in the People's Choice Award. The link is active from 8pm until 8:30pm, and the results will be combined with the LIVE audience votes.
Please join us for what promises to be THE BEST V-FEST EVER!!!

V-Fest 2025 Welcome to the 27th V-Fest! This is V-FEST 2025, both LIVE and VIRTUAL!!!A HUGE congratulations to all the filmmakers whose work is screening in tonight's ev...

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival ..
just thought I'd repost the list of films screening on the night!!
ONLY 4 SLEEPS TO GO!!!

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival, only 9 more sleeps until the Premiere of V-Fest 2025.
Here is the new link for the YouTube Event at 6:45 on Monday 8th December... if you can't make the live screening, then please lock in the online extravaganza!!

V-Fest 2025 Welcome to the 27th V-Fest! This is V-FEST 2025, both LIVE and VIRTUAL!!!A HUGE congratulations to all the filmmakers whose work is screening in tonight's ev...

13 more sleeps until
V-FEST 2025
at the Chauvel Cinema

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival
So, after weeks of exhausting deliberation, here are the films which will be screening in competition for V-FEST 2025:

Junior Section (Screening Order)

o A Knock at the door by Aiden Berenstein
o Copy Cat by Beatrice, Bella and Ruby
o Replaced by Pat Pornsittisak
o Haunting Umbrella by Lindsay Wang, Lucy Tran, Kelly Ren
o Through your Eyes by WPGHS Media Team
o Echoes Beyond by Catarina Petrola Mederos
o 5AM by Jiekai Miao, Marcus Zhu and Caspar Lai
o The Dragon’s Lair by Felix Tilbrook
o Cheat Code by Diksha Chowdhary
o Here by Keanu Norman

Senior Section (Screening Order)

o Slackadelia by Charlie Ogilvie
o Chasing Giants by Julian Luchko
o Communication by Indianna Thompson
o Lumber: J4ck by Oscar Biggart
o The Looking Glass by Scarlett Holding
o In His Hands by Nicholas Kelly
o Fresco by Ian Flores
o Ultraviolet by James Cao
o Disconnect by Roxy Van Hoven
o My Best Friend by Miranda Keens
o Biloela by Eve Banyer
o Working Title by Avier Altamiranda

Congratulations to all the filmmakers who made the short list. You and your teacher will receive an invitation via email in the next few days.
And a sincere THANK YOU to the entrants whose films did not make the screening. The quality of the films was outstanding this year, making the short listing extremely difficult.
The DCP is currently being prepared for the Chauvel screening along with the compilation for YouTube.
So, please stay tuned as we prepare for the World Premiere of
V-FEST 2025 (Live and Online) on Monday 8th December : only 27 more sleeps to go!!

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V-Fest Stats for 2025
- 50 entries
- 9 schools (Barker College, Burwood GHS, Loretto Kirribilli, MLC, Newtown, St Aloysius, Sydney BHS, Wiley Park GHS and Rose Bay Sec. College)
- short listing required!

Hi V-Fest Student Video Festival, Your film entries are due tomorrow.. FRIDAY!!!
If you have not been able to express-post your film to Rose Bay Secondary College in time, please upload it to Google Drive and then send the link to me ([email protected]). Please make sure you give me access and that you also include an entry form!
Getting Excited!
And PLEASE let me know if you’re having problems! ☺️