Westflix is an annual student-run film festival for California teens presented by Harvard-Westlake School since 2004. This year, 150+ films were submitted from high schoolers all over California. After a rigorous judging process, 14 exceptional films were selected.
Our WESTF21X screening and awards event hosted by Beanie Feldstein and the student festival directors took place virtually via BingeWave and Zoom on the evening of Friday March 19th, 2021.
6:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Pre-Show: Red Carpet + Raffle
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Screening Event hosted by Beanie Feldstein '11
9 p.m. – 10 p.m. Post-Show: Awards Ceremony
10 p.m. - 11 p.m. After Party w/ AuxxyRoxxy
The Day After, Saturday March 20th, 2021, student filmmakers attended a virtual workshop and feedback session with Olivia Wilde from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
WESTF21X Official Selections
A Ship Called Lili: The Lillian Trilling Story by Natasha Clement, Alexa Druyanoff, Ian Kim, Dovely King, Eve Levy, Idalis McZeal, Ella Moriarty, Gracie Sandman, Hank Schoen
CAPSULE by Sasha Vogel
Cereal by Dusan Brown
Chicken by Riley Scott
Concrete Beating by Theo Taplitz
Delirium by Joe Grode
Duet by Melody Caudill
Euphoria by Wyatt Andraos, Sammy Goyal
Expectations by Chiemeka Offor
My Best Friend by Benji Tucker
Puppet Show by Georgia Evensen
Sporting Anthology by Kyle Reims
Surf Report by Aidan Peterson
The Puppet by Will Nordstrom
WESTF21X AWARDS
Lizzie Award for Best Overall
A Ship Called Lili: The Lillian Trilling Story
Lizzie Award for Originality/Creativity
The Puppet
Lizzie Award for Direction
Delirium
Lizzie Award for Writing
Chicken
Lizzie Award for Cinematography
Cereal
Lizzie Award for Acting
Cereal
Lizzie Award for Production Design
Duet
Lizzie Award for Sound/Music
Concrete Beating
The Sally Menke Award for Editing
Puppet Show
Humanitarian Award
Expectations
The Lizzie: Founder’s Award
Surf Report
The Cheri Gaulke Award for Visual Storytelling
Euphoria
Directors’ Choice Award
My Best Friend
Audience Choice Award
Cereal