Teen Film Festival Winners for 2012 Named

     Winners in the 2012 Teen Film Festival include, left to right, Leo Schnepf and Josh Allred, second-place winners; Courtney Biggs, Nick Pratt, and Bryan Rankin, first-place winners; and Stephen Byrum, third-place winner. Pratt holds the Teen Film Festival Traveling Trophy to be displayed at the Coeur d’Alene library for the next year.

   The 2012 winners of the Teen Film Festival sponsored by area libraries received their prizes Saturday at the Hayden Library.

    The winners received certificates and cash prizes donated by the Friends of the Library from Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Community Library Network libraries. Videos were based on the theme “Own the Night,” that is also the Summer Reading theme for Young Adults.

    The winners were:

• First Place: Nick Pratt, Bryan Rankin, and Courtney Biggs.
• Second Place: Josh Allred and Leo Schnepf.
• Third Place: Stephen Byrum.

    The Teen Film Festival Traveling Trophy recognizing the first-place win will be displayed at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library for the next year.
    The winning videos and runners-up can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/user/2012TeenFilmFest?ob=0&feature=results_main