Digital Film Nominations For NATAS NW Student Emmy Awards
Summary : Congratulations to BHS Student Nominees.

Congratulations Ballard Students!
Just Announced!
Student Production Awards NOMINEES
Last weekend (April 2025), our students were nominated for 14 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) NW, Student Emmy Awards for their short films made in the past year. Congratulations to our film students and especially proud that these incredible students nominated for 14 awards overall, many of whom are competing against each other!
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), Northwest Chapter promotes excellence and encouraging the next generation of television & visual storytelling talent by recognizing the outstanding work created by high school & college students in news, program, and craft categories.
These awards are open to any College, University, Trade Schools and High School student in the Northwest chapter area. Recipients will be recognized at a special awards event to be held at Fremont Studios in Seattle at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2025. Award recipients in the High School categories are automatically entered in the National Student Production Award competition.
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NATAS Student Emmy Awards ’25! Nominees
“We are proud to announce that Ballard High School’s Digital Film Program has been nominated for fourteen NATAS NW Regional Student Emmy Awards! The nominations from this chapter highlight excellence in student-produced film/television from schools across Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.”
- Nominated for Photography, Editing, and Fiction Short Form “Trapping You”
- Directed By: Hazel Hartman ’25
- Produced By: Viviana Corsini ’25, Miriam Goodman ’25 and Juliet Murphy ’25
- Nominated for Photography, Arts/Entertainment/Culture “A Moment in Time”
- Directed By: Lake Neill ’26
- Produced By: Hazel Hartman ’25 and Miriam Goodman ’25
- Nominated for Editing “Chop Chop”
- Edited By: Sophia Poole ’27
- Produced By: Oleksandra ’27, Sadie Jessup ’26, and Caleb Bolan ’25.
- Nominated for Writing and Nonfiction Long Form “Chou’s Buffet”
- Directed By: Meilee Riddle ’24
- Nominated for Writing and Fiction Short Form “Taking Care”
- Directed By: Lake Neill ’26 and Gianna Goldyn ’26
- Produced By: Hazel Hartman ’25, Millie Wagenbrenner ’26, Scott Torelleni ’26, and Claude Rosa ’26
- Nominated for Nonfiction Short Form “Waystone- A Way into Warhammer”
- Directed By: Gabi Szainfeld ’25
- Nominated for Feature News Report “Majestic Bay Theater”
- Directed By: Gabi Szainfeld ’25
- Nominated for Music Video “Aurelia”
- Directed By: Juliet Murphy ’25
- Produced by: Viviana Corsini ’25
- Nominated for Music Video “Letters to Melissa”
- Produced by: Gianna Goldyn ’26, Lake Neill ’26, Luella McNichols ’26, Sadie Jessup ’26, Millie Wagenbrenner ’26