Trinity Film Festival


Founded in 2012, and now in its seventh year, Trinity Film Festival is a international platform for undergraduate filmmakers, held in our nationally acclaimed, 1930’s-style movie palace on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, CT.



Celebrate undergraduate short films from around the world at the 8th annual Trinity Film Festival! TFF offers undergraduates from around the world the opportunity to premiere their short films on the big screen for an audience of peers, professionals, and local filmgoers. Please join us for a spectacular night of films, awards, networking, and the celebration of cinema!



Trinity Film Festival is an annual celebration of the best undergraduate filmmakers in the world. An intimate event at one of the premier independent movie theaters in the United States, audiences, judges, and accepted filmmakers watch the short films together in our 1930s-style theater, followed by an Oscars-style awards party on the beautiful campus of Trinity College. Attending filmmakers will be the stars of the evening, and will have the opportunity to network with other filmmakers, hear feedback directly from audience members, and win cash prizes on a night they’ll never forget. Past filmmakers have hailed from North America, Europe, and Asia. This year, the films will be viewable virtually for a very limited time at www.trinfilmfestival.org on the days immediately preceding the Saturday celebration at Cinestudio. Come dressed to impress as we roll out the carpet for the 11th annual Trinity Film Festival!



Saturday afternoon and cartoons (aka animated shorts) were a happy part of many Americans’ childhoods. Although these Oscar-nominated shorts are a bit mature for people under 17, the young at heart are welcome to enjoy these little gems. It kicks off with Robin Robin; Boxballet; Affairs of the Art; and Bestia. The winning short, The Windshield Wiper is an inventive mix of hand painted backgrounds with keyframe-animated cg characters.

 



Very often new directors get their first feature film assignment after making a highly rated Oscar nominated short. We hope this deserving group of eclectic and international of filmmakers will get their shot! On My Mind; Please Hold; The Dress; and Ala Kachuu – Take and Run. And the winner is…The Long Goodbye, directed by Aneil Karia, from a screenplay written by actor Riz Ahmed (The Sound of Metal, The Night Of).



In a longtime Cinestudio tradition, it’s time for the screening of this year’s Oscar nominated -and winning -short films! Five diverse but equally enthralling documentaries rule tonight, and show just what the sometimes overlooked genre can do. Audible (U.S., Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean); When We Were Bullies (U.S./Germany, Jay Rosenblatt); Three Songs for Benazir (Afghanistan, Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei); and Lead Me Home (U.S., Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk). Taking home the Oscar was The Queen of Basketball (U.S., Ben Proudfoot) She is one of the greatest living women’s basketball players. Drafted to the NBA. But have you ever heard of Lusia Harris?



Trinity Film Festival is an annual celebration of the best undergraduate filmmakers in the world. An intimate event at one of the premier independent movie theaters in the United States, audiences, judges, and accepted filmmakers watch the short films together in our 1930s-style theater, followed by an Oscars-style awards party on the beautiful campus of Trinity College. Attending filmmakers will be the stars of the evening, and will have the opportunity to network with other filmmakers, hear feedback directly from audience members, and win cash prizes on a night they’ll never forget. Past filmmakers have hailed from North America, Europe, and Asia. This year, the films will be viewable virtually for a very limited time at www.trinfilmfestival.org on the days immediately preceding the Saturday celebration at Cinestudio. Come dressed to impress as we roll out the carpet for the 12th annual Trinity Film Festival!




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