Strictly Students Film Festival

Last month the 4th annual Strictly Students Film Festival was held here in Smithtown. It's a non-for-profit festival dedicated to high school students I created 5 years ago along with local volunteers. I have to say I'm really proud of the films these student's have created. Thanks to the upgrades in digital technology students can now create really professional films inexpensively. I included a link to a few of the winning films from the past years- check them out below.

Matt Gelfman: Sololoquy

Alex Siliato: America's Ninth

Kelly Goeller: Alive

Also check out the short behind the scenes making of documentary:The Making of America's Ninth

You can also check out reviews of the festival and more information here: Strictlystudentsfest.com

Film Festival Madness

We are now one month away from this year's strictly students film festival and I am starting to get excited. I screened 25 films this weekend with my board and there were a few amazing student films. The fest is in it's 3rd year so it's begun to grow and the films are getting better every year. This year we are offically a non-for-profit company and we will continue to keep the festival free for high school students who are interested. I can't wait to see the rest! I'm in the middle of editing a film for Big Brothers and Big Sisters for the festival. We reached out and made a film with the BBBS kids and their Bigs. The kids came up with a pretty cool idea and the film looks pretty cool so far. We are going to premiere the preview tomorrow at a large event. It should be cool.