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WILMORE, Ky. (April 15th, 2024) – Asbury University’s Highbridge Film Festival names the award-winning films and award category winners for 2024:

Best High School Film: “Gone Viral”
Jed Davis, Lexington Christian Academy

Best Costume, Hair and Makeup: “Love at First Sight”
Sam Santrock

Best Production Design: “Mount Olympus: Gas and Deli”
Carson Sams and Summer Hollis

Best Sound Design: “Voices She Sees”
Carmen Clemente and Aiden Chase Gaither

Best Original Score: “Plant Mom”
Lilianna Fischer

Best Visual Effects: “Buddy”
Ian Wang

Best Cinematography: “Buddy”
Tyler Chong

Best Editing: “Racing the Empire”
Tyler Chong

Best Documentary: “Racing the Empire”
Tyler Chong

Best Screenplay: “The LABtoB”
Tyler Chong

Best Actor: “The LABtoB”
TJ Lau and Taegan Lau

Best Actress: “Once Upon a Goodbye and Plant Mom”
Emmy Cummings

Best Director: “The LABtoB”
Tyler Chong

Best Comedy: “The LABtoB”
Prod. Tyler Chong

Best Drama: “Plant Mom”
Prod. Canaan Yan

Servant Leader Crew Award: Nominated by Carmen Clemente and Ian Wang
Kayden Purvis

Audience Choice Award: “Love at First Sight”
Sam Santrock

View the showcase and awards livestream replay on our main page. Winning films, awards, and credits will be posted soon on the 2024 Showcase page.

Asbury University’s acclaimed School of Communication Arts hosted the 2024 Highbridge Film Festival on the Asbury campus, April 12th through the 13th. The festival culminated with the 20th-annual Highbridge Film Festival showcase screening and awards show at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 13th, in Hughes Auditorium.

ABOUT HIGHBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL

The Highbridge Film Festival began nearly two decades ago as a vehicle for Asbury University’s School of Communication Arts to showcase student films and encourage visual storytelling. Each year the festival selects about a dozen student films and provides a venue for special presentations from Communication Arts and a panel of judges drawn from the film and television industry. The film festival is entirely produced and promoted through the combined efforts of the School of Communication Arts’ Special Events class and student volunteers. 2024 marks the 20th edition of the festival, which has grown into a nationally recognized collegiate film festival delighting audiences and attracting wide-ranging interest from the film industry.