Community members from across Charlottesville packed inside the Paramount Theater on the Downtown Mall to witness Light House Studio’s Youth Film Festival Sept. 7. For nearly a quarter of a century, the festival has acted as a labor of love and a celebration of the talents of Charlottesville youth.
Students range in age from elementary to high school and vary in skill level from the novice directors to seasoned creatives. United by a love of the craft and working towards a single creative goal, they are able to produce magnificent works of art that are screened at one of the town’s most magnificent venues.
Rachel Lane, Light House’s program director and leader of several filmmaking workshops, spoke to the remarkable creativity and ingenuity of the students throughout the production process this year…