Landry Flynn Captures Honors at Locust Valley Film Festival
April 17, 2024
Huntington senior Landry Flynn captured third place in the drama category at Locust Valley High School’s 18th annual film festival.
Ms. Flynn headed a group of seven Huntington High School film students. Sixteen high schools participated in this year’s festival.
“The film festival this year was extremely competitive,” Ms. Flynn said. “There were so many films deserving of recognition, making my award mean all that much more to me. I am excited to continue my filmmaking career after I leave Huntington High School, as I prepare to study film in college.”
The judges included industry veterans and educators from Five Towns College. The filmmakers and their teachers spent the day in the Harold A. Schmock Auditorium watching each other’s’ animation, broadcasting, comedy, commercial, documentary, drama, horror, music video, PSA and trailer short films. They enjoyed a lunch cooked by Locust Valley High School culinary club members.
“This year's festival was this most incredible to date,” said teacher Heather Swan, who leads Huntington’s film program. “Sixty-eight films made the final screening, comprising four hours and 10 minutes of quality entertainment. I was so proud of all the work our students submitted and beyond proud of Landry’s third place award in the drama category.”
Ms. Flynn was honored for her film titled ,”Tomorrow I Leave for College.” To view the film click on this link: https://youtu.be/amFRMgaQk-Q
Huntington’s participants included:
• Sophomore Jeremy Allen and junior Bladimir Cruz; Comedy/Commercial category; “Hot Pockets”
• Junior Cian Hendrick; Documentary; “The Long Island Tag”
• Sophomore Alex Tine; Documentary; “Troop 12, 100 Years of History”
• Senior Landry Flynn; Drama; “Dance With Death”
• Senior Riley LaCosta; Drama/Comedy; “Candy Craze”
• Sophomore Sam Klaaren; Public Service Announcement; “Distracted Driving”
Best in Show winning film “L’Estanger Urbain” from Locust Valley High School students Liam Grohman, Molly Bowden, Lucie Nixon and Andreas Kennedy will have the honor of being screened at the 27th Annual Long Island International Film Festival in July.
