MyView Youth Film Festival Winners Announced at June 5 Awards Ceremony!
June 9, 2025
The results are in! Six local youth film-makers were nominated as finalists in the Tenth anniversary MyView Youth Film Festival. Last Thursday night they, along with several alumni film-makers from the nine previous festivals, came together with friends, family, community members and the media for an impressive event at the Brockville Arts Centre to celebrate, and reveal the winners.
- Grand Prize $1000 winner for overall best film: Just Be You by Ian & Isaac Dennis from Kemptville (sponsored by McGahey Insurance and Grenville Mutual Insurance)
- Winners of the YMCA prize (sponsored by the YMCA of Eastern Ontario): Dear Future Me by the Multi-Exceptional Program Students at St. Michael’s Catholic High School in Kemptville ($500)
- Winner of the 10-13 age category: Finding Confidence by Mara Knudsen from Athens(prize sponsored by YourTV)
- Winner of the 14-17 age category: Brunham and Sebo: Theoretical Services by Harrison Campbell & Miles Dockendorff from Kemptville (prize sponsored by YourTV)
- Best of the Fest Tenth Anniversary winner: You’re Not Alone by Emma Yakimovich from Kemptville ($500 prize sponsored by the North Grenville Times)
All nominees got to enjoy an electric red carpet media event and then see and hear their films on the big screen at the beautiful, historic Brockville Arts Centre theatre. The awards were presented by both festival sponsors and celebrity judges. Comedian and writer, Carolyn Bennett, closed the evening with some encouragement for young people to stay involved in media creation on behalf of the Brockville Arts Centre’s commitment to supporting youth voices. Two of these local films (Dear Future Me and Brunham and Sebo: Theoretical Services) will also be going on to compete in the Ontario Youth Film Festival which takes place in November.
Check out MyView’s socials @myviewfilmfest for more pictures of the event and you can watch the nominated films – including the winners, on the website at www.myviewfilmfest.ca
Contact
Rebecca Shams – On behalf of the MyView Youth Film Festival Planning Committee
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