CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sun, Mar 1, 2026
TEFF Student Award Winners Program 1
Venue: Online
Thomas Edison Film Festival celebrates the 1st Annual TEFF Student Filmmaker Awards. Program 1 features “Between Then & Now” by Paige Morton, winner of the “Made in NJ” Stellar Award, Princeton University; “Better Half” by Grace Demopoulos, winner of the Stellar Animation Award, RISD; “Handwoven” by Dasha Levin, winner of the Stellar Documentary Award, Chapman University; “WOAH, WOAH, WOAH” by Tae Yeon Han, winner of the Stellar Experimental Award, Sarah Lawrence College; and “The Man in the Blue Suit” by Evan Patrick Adams, winner of the Stellar Narrative Award, Florida State University. Please note – “Better Half” by Grace Demopoulos is not available for on-line viewing.
Sun, Mar 1, 2026
TEFF Student Award Winners Program 2
Venue: Online
Thomas Edison Film Festival celebrates the 1st Annual TEFF Student Filmmaker Awards. Program 2 features TEFF Official Selections including “All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones,” narrative by Max C. Tullio, Columbia University; “Anadromous,” animation by Ari Grubb, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts; “Puddle,” animation by Samual O’Dair Holovacs, School of Visual Arts; “Sunrise in Prison,” documentary by Quincy Bowie Jr., Daniel Chit, Katelyn Do, Andrew R. Hong, Eve Levy, Katie Lou, & Johans Saldana Guadalupe, University of Southern California; “Itlu (With Love),” animation by Sriya Reddy Nallannagari, Savannah College of Art & Design; “L’Ouverture,” narrative by Maggie Deer, Savannah College of Art & Design; “Mismatch,” animation by Luna Lee, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television; and “Not Your Script,” narrative by Phoebe Sifan Liu, University of Southern California.
Sun, Mar 1, 2026
TEFF Student Award Winners Program 3
Venue: Online
Thomas Edison Film Festival celebrates the 1st Annual TEFF Student Filmmaker Awards. Program 3 features TEFF Official Selections including “Whirlwinds,” animation by Leo Wille, Kansas City Art Institute; “Emulsion,” narrative by Aaron Dylag, University of Hartford; “So Much More to Offer,” animation by Cullen Burt, Grant Cosko, Xingyu Gu, Hunter Hartz, Aliiv Jiao, Saleen Lee, Alison Ma, Brisa Parra, Shelby Pine, Lyndzi Ramos, Tricia Saputera, Hanyu Sun, Kaan Ust, Elaine Wong, Rosemary Wu, & lla Zhou, University of Southern California; “Beyond the Clouds,” experimental by Andrew Imai, University of Notre Dame; “Rainbow Rain,” animation by Guyu Liang, University of Southern California; “Mother Clay,” animation by Armin Rangani & Raha Amirfazli, NYU Tisch School of the Arts; and “That’s Not Me,” experimental by Lucas O’Brien - Chapman University.