Our Mission Statement

The Bridgeport Film Fest is making “philanthropy through film” a priority in Bridgeport, CT. This nonprofit initiative is dedicated to the discovery, championing  and development of independent filmmakers and audiences.

Through various programming the festival seeks to showcase, guide and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the Bridgeport community and beyond. Local audiences will be enriched by the films, workshops, panels discussions and other forms of artistic expression curated by the festival team and will ensure the promotion of Downtown Bridgeport to continue to thrive as a cultural artistic center.

Furthermore, we will give five Bridgeport high school seniors majoring in the arts and/or communications a $2,000 scholarship for pursuing higher education.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO OUR CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN!

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Meet Our Film Fest Jury

AJ MATTIOLI
Filmmaker, Distributor & Founder of Mattioli Productions

BOBBY YAN
Six Time Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker 

EMORY PARKER
Filmmaker & Co-Founder of
​Blue Slate Films

EUGEN BRÄUNIG
Documentarian, Producer & Co- Founder of
​ Macro Films

JEREMIAH KIPP
Writer, Director & Founder of Kipp Films

NATALIA BOUGADELLIS
Filmmaker & Co-Founder of
​Blue Slate Films

PATRICK WIMP
Writer, Director &  Founder of
Digital Hydra

ROB ALICEA
Writer, Producer & Founder of Leaving Normal Productions

ROBIN CLOUD 
Award Winning Writer & Director 

SARAH ANN MASSE
Writer, Filmmaker, Actor & Founder of Hire Survivors Hollywood

SARA NEWENS
Emmy Award Winning Editor, Filmmaker &
​Co- Founder of
Wild Pair Films

SHAUNYA THOMAS
 Producer & Founder of The Melanin Pride Film Festival

About Our Festival

SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT HERE

Submissions for the inaugural Bridgeport Film Fest are now open through the Film Freeway website!

We are open to anyone who wishes to enter! We strongly encourage POC and Women Filmmakers to submit. We have a goal to screen AT LEAST 50% of projects by Black, Brown and Indigenous Filmmakers. We also plan to screen AT LEAST 50% Female Filmmakers.

We are accepting short films and original content with a running time of 25 minutes or under, including: 

• Narrative Short Films
• Documentary Short Films
• Webseries Episodes
• Experimental Short Films
• Student Short Films  
• Connecticut Short Film (films shot in Connecticut) 
• Music Videos
• Super Shorts (Shorts 2 minutes and under) 
• ​Environmental Films
• "The Lock Down Diaries" (films made during quarantine) 

Select winners will receive:

• Awards, Certificates and Official Laurels
• A virtual meeting with Jason Kyle, Development Coordinator at SONY Pictures. 
• A modest cash prize (TBA)
• Audience Awards
• And more to be announced! 

The Bridgeport Film Fest will be hybrid with both in person and virtual screenings, and take place tentatively July 23-25, 2021 at the renowned Klein Memorial in the historic city of Bridgeport, CT. Due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic we will follow up with these adjusted details in Spring 2021. 

Over the course of the weekend we will have multiple short film screenings, filmmaker Q+A's, workshops, panel discussions, live music events, VIP gala and an awards ceremony! 

We look forward to you submitting and joining us! 

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