Arts & Entertainment
Students Earn Top Honors in Montclair Film Fest Kidz Shortz Competition
Milena Testa and Grace Baynes recognized for their film, 'The Playdate.'
Written by Teresa Akersten
Bloomfield student Milena Testa received a Grand Prize in this year's Montclair Film Festival Kidz Shortz Filmmaking Competition for the film "The Playdate," which she co-created with Grace Baynes of Glen Ridge.
"The Playdate" was the top-prize winner in the Cinemaniacs Grades 4-6 Small Group category.
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More than 60 films by young filmmakers from across the country were entered into the juried Kidz Shortz competition inspired by this year’s theme, "The Future: The Way I See It."
Winners receive free digital filmmaking classes at the Montclair Art Museum and their works will be shown during the upcoming Montclair Film Festival, April 28-May 4. For more information, visit www.montclairfilmfest.org.
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