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2025 festival info:


2025 award categories







meet the 2025 judges





graham
barbour


graham barbour is a cinematographer living in brooklyn, ny. growing up, he loved good lighting, and was thrilled to discover in college that he could make a career of it. he works in both commercial and narrative worlds, and is currently in pre-production for his third feature: an LA-based dark comedy.













sophie
morganstern


sophie morganstern is an associate producer at the hartford film company, which specializes in the production of narrative films, commercials, and more. she is committed to providing opportunities and education for the next generation of filmmakers, teaching every summer at real art ways' youth film apprenticeship eye on video.













lionel r
jeffries



lionel r jeffries is a writer and filmmaker from connecticut whose creative interests include history, introspection, the supernatural, and the strange. he recently completed his debut feature film, waterwick-- a 2 hour psychological thriller filmed and set in rhode island that jeffries and co. have worked on for over three years. waterwick is spiritually a direct descendent of jeffries' quiet corner film festival entry cold sweat, which won first place in 2016.













quinton
brogan



quinton brogan is a director of photography and a member of the local 600. working primarily in commercials, his work spans all genres. he takes a special interest in the technical and creative aspects of the job. he's currently represented by radiant artists.











2025 official selections

in randomized screening order




alleyway

baer linderson, ACT magnet school





phantom

mia mclaughlin, haddam-killingworth high





make the cut

violet bernier, killingly high







silent shadows

izabella garceau, ACT magnet high





the watcher i see you

mercilyn ackom-brew, east haven high





two orbs too many

giovanni morales, ella t. grasso technical high







2101

robert alves, killingly high







paranoia

finn reynhout, ACT magnet high





make your mark

kiera jacobi, nonnewaug high





HKTV

reagan aronson, haddam-killingworth high



best performance: emmerson goeden





the pumpkin pie perpetrator

marcus swain, jake walsh, & elizabeth dipetro, old saybrook high





everything

melora halligan, & oliver borlaug, howell cheney technical high school











2025 red carpet