Berkshire Country Day School to Hold 3rd Annual Drew Bridges Memorial Upper School Film Festival

LENOX, MA (05/20/2010)(readMedia)-- Berkshire Country Day School, an independent school for students in preschool through ninth grade, will be hosting its Third Annual Drew Bridges Memorial Upper School Film Festival on Friday and Saturday, May 28 and 29, at 7:00 p.m. at BCD's Winthrop Theater, 45 West Street in Lenox, MA.

"The Drew" Film Festival will showcase student short films made in BCD film courses under the direction of Jesse Howard. The festival honors Andrew Bridges, a BCD student who died of Cystic Fibrosis in 2007.

The Film Festival will include the short films: Uncharted by Caleb Braun, Beatrice Butler, Jack Corcoran, Victoria Flower, and Josh Shapiro, i luv u by Helena Bruggemann, Sadie McClelland, Ryder Moriarty, Grace Rossman, and Isaak van der Meulen, and A Peace of Mind by William Benner, Sam Blair, Charlie Coan, Ben Wheeler, and Kelt Wilska, made in BCD's spring after school film program; What Happened to Mr. Randall by Caleb Braun, Charlie Coan, Josh Shapiro, Isaak van der Meulen, and Kelt Wilska created in the advanced filmmaking course; All-Star by Helena Bruggemann, Mary Grace McNulty, and Blake Whitehead, and Karma Police by William Benner, Jack Corcoran, and Ryder Moriarty, music videos produced in the intermediate film course; and Duly Noted by Beatrice Butler, Sadie McClelland, Halina Piasecki, Grace Rossman, and Girl World by Abby Burns, Victoria Flower, Abby Guterman, Catherine Wessel, exploratory video works created in the introductory film course.

The student filmmakers executed every phase of the process from conceptualizing, outlining, and writing scripts, to planning, rehearsal, and shooting scenes, to editing scenes and adding music.

BCD's Film Program has been instrumental in turning out award-winning student film makers. In 2007 and 2008, eight out of the fifteen student films selected for showing at BiFF were shot by BCD students. Last year, BCD current and former students swept the Winner's Circle in the student film category. And this year, four of the five films accepted (including the first prize film) were made by groups that featured BCD students. Come on out to "The Drew" to see the amazing work these students are doing!

"The Drew" plays on Friday, May 28 and Saturday, May 29 at 7:00pm at BCD's Winthrop Theater, 45 West Street in Lenox, MA. For more information, please call (413) 637-0755 or go to www.berkshirecountryday.org.