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HIGHLANDS FILM FEST

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  • Home
  • 2021 THEME
  • Submissions
  • 2020 DRIVE-IN MOVIES
  • 2019 MOVIES
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FUN AND PRIZES!

TROPHIES FOR WINNERS!

Must be present at award ceremony to receive award. (In person awards contingent upon pandemic regulations.)

Add a Distinctive Laurel to Your Poster!

From the World Famous Hometown of Kevin Smith! Come to the Highlands Film Fest and make the pilgrimage to the Quick Stop where CLERKS was filmed!

Close the deal

Go to Film Freeway right now!

BE A WINNER! SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW!

Click to Submit Your Film at Film Freeway

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GET PRODUCED!

 Winners of the Highlands Film Fest will receive an InkTip Script Listing to promote themselves and their scripts to InkTip’s entire network of producers, managers, and agents.InkTip: Where producers go for scripts and writers.

2020 AUDIENCE FAVORITES

HOMECOMING MASSACRE

HOMECOMING MASSACRE

HOMECOMING MASSACRE

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BEST FEATURE FILM

 On Jonathan's 7th birthday, he witnessed a violent act toward his mother that triggered a mental collapse..now he's back to create horror and havoc!

DIRECTOR: KENNY WHITE

WE DIE ALONE

HOMECOMING MASSACRE

HOMECOMING MASSACRE

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BEST SHORT FILM

Captures the angst of a shy young man trying to find that very special person--until she finds him. 

DIRECTOR: MARC CARTWRIGHT 

YOU CAN'T SEE OUT

IT'S CALLED REVENGE

IT'S CALLED REVENGE

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BEST COLLEGE FILM 

 Five friends celebrating their last night of summer break into a home to party. The night, however, takes a wrong turn...

DIRECTOR: KAYLA MARRIOTT

IT'S CALLED REVENGE

IT'S CALLED REVENGE

IT'S CALLED REVENGE

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BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM 

After Annie dies in an "accident," her friends decide to bury her body to hide the evidence.

DIRECTOR: MICHELLE BURGER 

CO-DIRECTOR; JORDAN ORLANDO 

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OFFICIAL 2020 AWARD WINNERS

BEST FEATURE FILM

BEST FEATURE FILM

BEST FEATURE FILM

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DIRECTORS: LEE CUMMINGS, MITCHELL ALTIERI

 While skateboarding, Dylan, crashes into a beautiful young woman who turns out to be Popstar, Bebe A. Love.  Then things get weird.

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

BEST FEATURE FILM

BEST FEATURE FILM

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 DIRECTORS: BRIAN OSTERING, AMANDA DUNCAN

 Beautiful woman, unbalanced by madness, poisons her companions -- but why? Are they friends? Her bandmates? Her doctors? Who can tell?

BEST COLLEGE FILM

BEST FEATURE FILM

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM

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DIRECTOR: KAYLA MARRIOTT

 Five friends celebrating their last night of summer before college break into a home to party. The night, however, takes a wrong turn when they realize they are being stalked.

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM

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DIRECTOR: MICHELLE BURGER 

CO-DIRECTOR; JORDAN ORLANDO 

After Annie dies in an "accident," her friends decide to bury her body to hide the evidence.

Maybe that wasn't such a good idea...

 

BEST COMEDY

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM

BEST COMEDY

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DIRECTOR: BYRON EVANS

 A man awakens to find himself kidnapped, bound and gagged by a mysterious captor. Over the course of the night he will discover the true meaning of his abductor’s intentions. 

BEST ACTOR

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM

BEST COMEDY

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BAKER CHASE POWELL

 stars as Aidan

 A chance encounter dangerously intertwines the lives of three people with differing perspectives on love. 

DIRECTOR: MARC CARTWRIGHT

BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST FOREIGN FILM

BEST DOCUMENTARY

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DIRECTOR: THOMAS PHILLIPS

  Two Vietnam veterans try to piece together what happened to private Donald Sutton, a Korean War Veteran whose remains sat on a shelf of a funeral home for over 40 years 

BEST ACTRESS

BEST FOREIGN FILM

BEST DOCUMENTARY

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LAURA THAVAT

is the star of FROM SHADOW.  A police officer discovers a long list of missing persons cases dating back decades and a mass shooting with no motive could be connected. 

DIRECTOR: RYAN JACKSION

BEST FOREIGN FILM

BEST FOREIGN FILM

BEST FOREIGN FILM

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DIRECTOR: KEISHI SUENAGA

 An assistant professor Noriyuki Kusakabe (Chikahiro Hanamura) visits his second house with his student, Arisa Hayami (Sahel Rosa). The spirit of his former lover haunts the house.

BEST SHORT

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST FOREIGN FILM

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 DIRECTOR: MICHAEL SEABOLT

Are the monsters in Preston’s closet his past coming back to haunt him? Or is he just a kid with an overactive imagination? One thing is for sure, its going to be a night everyone will remember…

 

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST DIRECTOR

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DIRECTOR: JASON WILKINSON  

A rural diner is visited by a strange man, It's patrons quickly learn something terrible follows him. A horrific monster with unique powers gives chase. Those who cross his path learn you can never outrun - "Time." 

BEST SUSPENSE

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST DIRECTOR

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 DIRECTOR: NEILS BOURGONJE

A girl finds out that she has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him to the left moments ago. She starts to fear that the man is dangerously close to her. 

HITCHCOCK AWARD

HITCHCOCK AWARD

HITCHCOCK AWARD

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DIRECTOR: BRIAN ROBERT OLIVER

 Paul, a shy, middle aged milquetoast living alone with his domineering mother lures a young, vulnerable woman into their home under the guise of an apartment for rent. The Hitchcock Award is given to the film that best captures the spirit of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock.  This year MAMA'S BOY was the clear winner!. 

OUR DRIVE-IN MOVIES WERE A SUCCESS!

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Cathy Steele gave us a great review:

We went last night and it was great. They did an awesome job organizing this event! They gave free snacks and had the food trucks. The movies were all great but Swipe was the scariest and our favorite

Gina Melnyk said:

 Loved it. Well organized and the weather was PERFECT.

Can we squeeze in another night before it gets too cold?

John Gallagher liked it:

It was so much fun! Thank you for hosting the event!

Michele Krug chimed in:

This is definitely something they should do every year!  The movies were great and it brought back great memories of the drive-ins of my youth!

FILM FEST winners will receive prizes from OUR Partners

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