WILMORE, Ky. (April 14th, 2025) – Asbury University’s Highbridge Film Festivals names the award-winning films and award category winners for 2025:
- Best High School Film: “The Legend of Marrow Creek”
Jed Davis, Lexington Christian Academy - Best Costume, Hair and Makeup: “The Mess”
Monique Caraman - Best Production Design: “The Mess”
Kaja Jaques - Best Sound Design: “3 Minutes”
Cameron Tapp - Best Original Score: “Stories End”
Aiden Chase Gaither - Best Visual Effects: “Ball: The Movie”
Ann Messinger - Best Cinematography: “How Did We Get Here?”
Tyler Chong - Best Editing: “Ball: The Movie”
Andrew Stratton - Best Documentary: “In Service To Others”
Kayden Purvis, Chance Middleton, Ethan Ivey, and Stone Thompson - Best Screenplay: “The Low Road”
Katie Jornod - Best Actor: “The Low Road”
Drew Farmer and Wesley Ridings - Best Actress: “How Did We Get Here?”
Kiley Reynolds - Best Director: “How Did We Get Here?”
Corrie Alford - Best Comedy: “Ball: The Movie”
Prod. Alexander Janus - Best Drama: “How Did We Get Here?”
Prod. Ethan Ivey - Servant Leader Crew Award: Nominated by Ethan Ivey, Davis Brown, and Alexander Janus
Ian Rhodes - Servant Leader Crew Award: Nominated by Chance Middleton, Dianna Kopp, Cameron Campbell
Lilli Bell - Audience Choice Award: “How Did We Get Here?”
Dir. Corrie Alford
View the showcase and awards livestream replay on our main page. Winning films, awards, and credits will be posted soon on the 2025 Showcase page.
Red carpet photos from the event can be viewed and downloaded from the Highbridge Film Festival 2025 Smug Mug gallery.
Asbury University’s acclaimed School of Communication Arts hosted the 2025 Highbridge Film Festival on the Asbury campus April 11th through the 12th. The festival culminated with the 21st-annual Highbridge Film Festival showcase screening and awards show at 7 p.m. pm Saturday, April 12th, in Hughes Auditorium.
ABOUT HIGHBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL
The Highbridge Film Festival began nearly two decades ago as a vehicle for Asbury University’s School of Communication Arts to showcase student films and encourage visual storytelling. Each year the festival selects about a dozen student films and provides a venue for special presentations from Communication Arts and a panel of judges drawn from the film and television industry. The film festival is entirely produced and promoted through the combined efforts of the School of Communication Arts’ Special Events class and student volunteers. 2025 marks the 21st edition of the festival, which has grown into a nationally recognized collegiate film festival delighting audiences and attracting wide-ranging interest from the film industry.