Why We Started the Noe Valley Girls Film Festival

 by Charlotte and Ella (Age 12)

We first started making movies together in the 5th grade. We both had already made short  films on our own beforehand.  

One weekend, we both decided to work together on a project called the “Adventures of Annoying Apple”. The movies were about an apple with his own unique personality that would come to life and go on all sorts of adventures.  We used editing software and learned how to make simple effects.  For example, we could make things disappear, fly through the air, and edit our voices so they sounded different.  We each also created our own production company. Charlotte’s was named Murphy Films after her dog, and Ella’s was named Avocado Films, because of the avocado tree in her backyard. 

Our younger 3rd grade sisters then joined us. They starred in several movies, and we all had so much fun much working on the films. Then, after a while, we were thinking... We love filmmaking so much, that what about starting our own film festival for all the kids of Noe Valley so that the best films could be seen by real live audiences?

We started to  meet together every week to work on the project.  After a few meetings, we decided to limit it to eighth grade and under girls only in order to promote girls making films in Noe Valley. 

We hope to create an annual event that will bring girl film makers and Noe Valley residents to together for a fun filled evening of great film and local spirit.