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2025 Short Film Festival
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Thank you to our Critics who provided comments for our filmmakers.
- Steve Gadlin (Featured Critic)
- Serial silly projects guy. I draw cats, and make guitars fart. Toot toot.
- Cameron Pride - Warren Theatre Class of 2019
- Cameron Pride is a WTHS alumni and a life-long theatre kid. After graduating from Warren, they got a degree in theatre from Illinois State University, where they were president of the sketch comedy group, The Normal Humor. They thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to support future filmmakers.
- CJ Goodwyn
- CJ is a Texas film producer, director, writer and actor of the American descent. He is know for Sherlock Holmes Mare of the Night, currently touring the US Theaters, the Roman drama, Eyes of a Roman (2022) and his horror films Jackson, Goodnight Ellenbie and GH5. CJ believes in exploring different genres of film and looks forward to his next slate of films he has lined up in the future. Which include a Texas Period Piece and a new horror series from the classic monster era.
- Ricardo Bouyett
- Ricardo is a Queer Puerto Rican filmmaker based in Chicago. He is the founder of Bouy Films, a small independent production house that champions marginalized voices through cinematic storytelling. He is currently fundraising for a new in-house cultural project, Antes Que Se Me Olvide (Before I Forget). To find out more information you can check out the campaign at www.bouyfilms.com/aqsmo
- Joshua Perkins
- Tom Stajmiger
- Owner of a California-based film production company, Pollen Path Entertainment, from 2018-2024. Made 3 short films that played in festivals around the world, including two that were shown in the world famous TLC (Grauman's) Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Also produced the vampire horror feature film, "Captive," that was selected to be a "Tubi Original" and came be seen on the Tubi streaming platform.
- G. F. Gallagher
- Gerry Gallagher is an actor, writer and voice artist from Chicago, currently living in the western suburbs. LinkedIn
- James McGuinness
- Friend of Adam Miller. Dad of 2. British chap living in Highland Park. Part-time author.
- Lauren DeJulio Bell
- Lauren is a writer and educator in the Chicago Public Schools and University of Illinois Chicago. She teaches literature, drama, creative writing, and professional writing. She co-edited a book on Chicago stories (Growing Up Chicago, May 2015, ) and is currently working on a poetry collection. Happy to be part of this team!
- Emily Crohn
- Emily Crohn was an advisor for the High School Repertory Company at the Children’s Theatre of Western springs from 2014-2020 where she directed “Bunnicula,” “1984,” “Harriet the Spy,” “Ozma of Oz” and others. Currently, Emily is the Director of Special Education for an elementary school district.
