TRILLVISION Film Festival Summer & Spring 2025 Recap
The Spring and Summer 2025 TRILLVISION Film Festivals were both incredible successes. Below, you’ll find the official selections and winners from each event. We were proud to celebrate the outstanding films and filmmakers who made this year’s editions truly remarkable. Congratulations to all of our winners!
WINNERS – SUMMER 2025
Jury Awards
The TRILL Award
Pizza Killa (Sizzle Reel) – Directed by Chavoita LeSane
Best Narrative Film
Love Is Blind – Directed by Parneille Walker
Best Documentary Film
The Ebony Canal: The Story of Black Infant Health – Directed by Emmai Alaquiva
Best Music Video
Got It Bad – Directed by Robin Harris Jr.
Best Experimental Film
PATIENCE – Directed by Valentin Guiod
The Spirit Award
The Distance Between – Directed by Minda Harts
Student Spirit Award
A Baleful Reunion – Directed by Ishaan Teja
Audience Awards
Outstanding Narrative Film
Intervention – Directed by Vernon Heard
Outstanding Documentary Film
The Ebony Canal: The Story of Black Infant Health – Directed by Emmai Alaquiva
Outstanding Experimental Film
PATIENCE – Directed by Valentin Guiod
Outstanding Music Video
Got It Bad – Directed by Robin Harris Jr.
Best of the Festival
Love Is Blind – Directed by Parneille Walker
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS – SUMMER 2025
$278.14 – Directed by Mad Max
A Baleful Reunion – Directed by Ishaan Teja
Got It Bad – Directed by Robin Harris Jr.
Intervention – Directed by Vernon Heard
Jeez Louise – Directed by Ana Jimenez
Last of the Nobodies – Directed by Colter Olmstead
Legindary Documentary [Episode 1] – Directed by Wilbert Thomas & Dustin Booth
Living With Grandma – Directed by Finise Avery
Look Daddy Ima Cavalier – Directed by John Davis
Love Is Blind – Directed by Parneille Walker
Lullaby of Birdland – Directed by Kendra Williams
Money Shower – Directed by Vera Howard
Monk – Directed by Ryan McCormick
My Home Home – Directed by Eimy Celeste Carhuaz Cervantes
PATIENCE – Directed by Valentin Guiod
Pizza Killa (Sizzle Reel) – Directed by Chavoita LeSane
Prisoner 88 – Directed by Ben Saltzman
Spectrum Syndicate – Directed by Lily Dain
Structural Theory of a Broken Bowl – Directed by Elizabeth Lo
Talk – Directed by Ethan Hillel Baron
The Distance Between – Directed by Minda Harts
The Ebony Canal: The Story of Black Infant Health – Directed by Emmai Alaquiva
The Favor – Directed by D'Angelo Harris
Trust – Directed by Nicholas Lane
Votive – Directed by joy tirade
What Rania Sees – Directed by Kai Doguchi Wingo
Who Will Be There For Me? – Directed by Ethan Hillel Baron
WINNERS – SPRING 2025
Jury Awards
Outstanding Narrative Short:
Spectrum by Rick Stanton
Outstanding Documentary Short:
Breaking the Silence: A Black Nursing Documentary - Directed by Deasa Dorsey, Ashley Glass, Kendall Mathis
Outstanding Music Video:
Swampling: Dark – Directed by Adán Gabriel Rangel
Outstanding Experimental Short:
Lady Lazarus – Directed by Hannah Satterlee
Outstanding Cinematography:
Spectrum – Michael Baxter
Outstanding Lead Actor:
Jack Kennedy (The Last Vial)
Outstanding Lead Actress:
Taylor Harp (Confessions)
Outstanding Editing:
Silver Silhouettes - Julio García Escames
Outstanding Visual Effects:
INK! – Directed by Angelo Studioso and Triggered 2.0 – Directed by Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm & Mario Ricardo Rodriguez
Outstanding Makeup:
Pour Your Heart Out – Jasmine Nicole & Emma Gilliland (Assistant)
Outstanding Production Design:
The Bean Pit – Directed by David Alexander
The Spirit Award:
City Shadows – Directed by Danielle Anderson And Silver Silhouettes - JR Roache & Andre Wynter
Audience Awards
Outstanding Narrative Short:
Rock Bottom – Directed by Terrence Lee Duncan JR
Outstanding Experimental Short:
Lady Lazarus – Directed by Hannah Satterlee
Best of the Festival:
Silver Silhouettes - JR Roache & Andre Wynter
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS – SPRING 2025
Laiba – Directed by Kaveh Taherian
Rock of the Dead – Directed by Diego Ramos
Pour Your Heart Out – Directed by Torey Gerace
INK! – Directed by Angelo Studioso
Edie – Directed by Jake Ayala & Hannah Satterlee
It’s a People’s Problem – Directed by Vera Howard
The Last Vial – Directed by Curious (Jorge) Judas (Preciado)
The Bean Pit – Directed by David Alexander
Rock Bottom – Directed by Terrence Lee Duncan JR
City Shadows – Directed by Danielle Anderson
Swampling: Dark – Directed by Adán Gabriel Rangel
Confessions – Directed by Veronica Lynne Valenti
Triggered 2.0 – Directed by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez & Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm
Dice Game – Directed by Ryan Hopwood & Amber Hopwood
Spectrum – Directed by Rick Stanton
Silver Silhouettes - JR Roache & Andre Wynter
Lady Lazarus – Directed by Hannah Satterlee
Breaking the Silence: A Black Nursing Documentary - Directed by Deasa Dorsey, Ashley Glass, Kendall Mathis
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