Asbury’s annual Highbridge Film Festival is quickly approaching. The event will be in Hughes Auditorium on Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m. Directly after the viewing, there will be a red-carpet after party in the Miller Media Communications Building. A live pre-show broadcast will begin at 6:40 p.m. on the Highbridge Film Festival Website (highbridgefilmfestival.com).
Asbury and even high school students create and submit films to the festival. A handful of the best and most creative films are chosen by a panel of judges to present at the event. Submissions are judged for acceptance based on their technical professionalism and storytelling strength.
The festival was created to inspire, promote and support creative storytelling for young artists, and it has become one of the top cultural events in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region.
Here is the official selection of the films and directors to premiere:
“In Service to Others” by Kayden Purvis, Chance Middleton, Ethan Ivey, Stone Thompson
“No One Was Supposed To Be Home” by Sam Santrock
“The Mess” by Dianna Kopp
“Ball: The Movie” by Ann Messinger
“Clink” by Davis Brown
“How Did We Get Here?” by Corrie Alford
“3 Minutes” by Cameron Tapp
“The Low Road” by Ian Wang
“Stories End” by Aiden Gaither
“Legend of Marrow Creek” by Jed Davis (High School submission)
A trailer for the film “Forememberence” by Asbury master’s student Travis Kane Price, which was the winner of the 2024 Bailey Storytelling Award, will also premiere.
The judges for this year’s festival are Barry Cook, Maria Canals-Barrera and David Barrera.
Barry Cook, an award-winning director and visual effects artist, is best known for his works with Disney’s “Mulan,” “Tron,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin.” Maria Canals-Barrera, an award-winning actress, is best known for her starring role as Theresa Russo in Disney’s “The Wizards of Waverly Place” and many other Disney originals. David Barrera is an award-winning veteran film and television actor with over 100 film and television credits including “Lincoln Lawyer” on Netflix, “Castle,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “CSI: Miami,” “The Closer,” “N.C.I.S.,” “Criminal Minds,” “The Mentalist,” “The West Wing” and “24,” for which he received an ALMA Award nomination.
Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased online, at kiosks in the cafeteria or in the STUCE. To purchase online, visit (http://our.show/hbff2025).
Photo courtesy of Macy Carmony.
