The 2022 Legacy Theatre Film Festival
Legacy concluded its first annual Legacy Theatre Film Festival in the quaint village of Stony Creek in September, 2022 in Branford, CT. This beautifully restored historic theatre has undergone a state-of-the-art 5 million dollar renovation and has opened to produce live theatre in its inaugural year as Legacy Theatre in 2021. Congratulations to the Winners of the First Annual Legacy Theatre Film Festival:
Overall Legacy Theatre Film Festival Winner- Jennifer Boyd, The Street Project
CT Filmmaker Award- Karyl Evans, Mabel Osgood Wright and Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand
Full-Length Documentary Award- Jennifer Boyd, The Street Project
International Award- Mark Winik, Dog Healers
Short Drama Award - Bryan Poyser, Don’t You Go Nowhere
Short Comedy Award - Shara Ashley Zeiger, I Mustache You
Short Documentary Award- Sarah Elizabeth Porter, Horseshoe Crabs: How 350-Million-Year-Old Sea Creatures are Vital to Human Survival
Feature-length Drama Award- Chris Rucinski, Northern Shade
Feature-length Comedy Award- Lara Morton & Noah Golden, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Lara Morton & Noah Golden
Best Young Filmmaker Award - Koko Vandernoot, Why I Give
Best Actor Overall Award - Jesse Gavin, Northern Shade
Best Actress Overall Award - Lauren McCann, Girl Boxer
To submit a film for the Legacy Theatre Second Annual Film Festival, please visit: https://filmfreeway.com/LegacyTheatreFilmFestival
Schedule
Monday, September 19
10-11:30am: Documentary Block
Horseshoe Crabs: How 350-Million-Year-Old Sea Creatures are Vital to Human Survival (6 min) by Sarah Elizabeth Porter & Andrea Kramar
Born at the Water’s Edge by Mary Lee Weber & Dana Springer (28 min)
The Street Project by Jennifer Boyd, Lindsay Thompson & Chad Ervin (52 min)
11:30-11:45am: Break
11:45am - 1:15pm: Documentary Block
Mabel Osgood Wright by Karyl Evans (18 min)
Dog Healers by Karina Flowenbaum & Mark Winik (30 min)
Life and Gardens of Beatrix Farrand by Karyl Evans (40 min)
1:15-2 pm: Interview with Documentary Filmmakers Mark Winik, Sarah Porter, Andrea Kramar, Mary Lee Weber, and Karyl Evans (interviewed by Stephen Dest)
2-3pm: Lunch
3pm
Waimea by Steve Herold & James L. Palmer (10 min)
Talkback with Kevin Kolack, Charley Tucker, and Patricia Damon (actors)
Alden Deforming to Life by Daniel Kuriakose (46 min)
Talkback with Daniel Kuriakose
4-7pm: Filmmaker Networking Hangout at Thimble Island Brewing Company, 16 Business Park Drive (RSVP at Box Office required)
Tuesday, September 20
10am-12pm
August in the City by Christie Conochalla & Lisa Tedesco (15 min)
Hope You Feel Better by Stephanie Ruiz & Kelsey Cabell (12 min)
Ethan Song by Nick Rapuano & Jill Nesi (11 min)
10:45am: Talkback “Making of Ethan Song” with Jill Nesi and Nick Rapuano
Secret Ashes by Nat Lopez (8 min)
Talkback with SC Murray, Executive Producer
Don't You Go Nowhere by Bryan Poyser (8 min)
Evening Escape by Peter Charney (4 min)
I Mustache You by Shara Ashley Zeiger (13 min)
Locked Down by Larissa Salazar, Claire Imler & Jessica Stossel (5 min)
Me, Myself & I by Laura Thoma (4 min)
Talkback with Laura Thoma: Pandemic Films
Lunch Break
2-4pm
Cells of Quarantineby Betsy True & Nadine Bernard (10 min)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Lara Morton & Noah Golden (108 min)
4-7pm: Filmmaker Networking Hangout at Arturos, 53 School Ground Road, Branford (RSVP at Box Office required)
Wednesday, September 21
10am-12pm
Sacraficios by Larissa Salazar & Jessica Stossel (12 min)
Evolved by Kristina Erikson (10 min)
Talkback with Kristina Erikson
Northern Shade (95 min) by Chris Rucinski
Talkback with Chris Rucinski and Friends
Alden Deforming to Life by Daniel Kuriakose (46 min)
Lunch Break
2-4pm
Sad Sally by Doug Purdy (11 min)
Seedling by Brooke Purdy (13 min)
Real Laws in Real Places by Cristina Doikos & Liz Samuel (4 min)
Avacadon’t by Daniel Monico & Rebecca Kilroy (3 min)
Talkback with Liz Samuel
Girl Boxer by Lauren McCann (20 min)
Talkback with Lauren McCann and Friends
Monday and the Winter Moon by Sarah Lemieux (11 min)
Talkback with Sarah Lemieux
Why I Give by Koko VanDernoot & Will Mulder (22 min)
Mirage by Caleb Reese Paul (5 min)
4pm: Panel and Awards Ceremony at the Gallery at Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library (Free to the Public)
Panel: Award-Winning Filmmaker, Actor, Author, Acting Coach Matt Newton, Award-winning Writer/ Director/ Producer Stephen Dest, Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker Karyl Evans (interviewed by Legacy Theatre Artistic Director Keely Baisden Knudsen)