We are proud to announce this year’s winners from the Illinifest Student Film Festival!! Grand Jury: Exist Best Picture-Midwest: Lightswitch Best Director-Midwest: Nick Kinder (Lightswitch) Best Screenplay – Midwest: Homecoming Best Cinematography – Midwest Student: Painted Red Best Actor: Olle Frelin (Schoolyard Blues) Best Actress: Florence Monge (Blessed Days) Best Sound Design: Sequential Social Impact […]
Illinifest Student Film Festival is happy to announce a new partnership with Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology has resulted in the Festival’s first annual “Beckman Institute Award for Science in Film.” Midwest director Teddy Holcomb’s film Sequential will receive the inaugural award for the 2018 Illinifest Student Film Festival, which includes a Festival trophy and a […]
The films in this year’s Official Selection cover a broad spectrum of topics and themes, with the intention of representing as wide of a swath of human experience as our submission pool allowed. These are not films that seek to give easy answers or leave their stories wrapped up in a neat bow, but to […]
Credit for this beautiful poster goes to Senior Journalism student and Illinifest Organizer Hinna Raja!
The winners have been announced! Here is a list of our winners this year! Audience Award — Lance Lawson: The Case of the Misplaced Politician Best Experimental Film — Residue Grand Jury Award — wHole Best Picture Midwest Student — Capital Best Director Midwest Student — Capital, Semih Bedir Best Ensemble Cast Midwest Student — […]