
Congratulations YH3 Winners







The 3rd Annual
YellowHammer Film Festival
Twenty Twenty-Two was a heckuva year to hold our second festival. We had a lot more interest and entries than we thought we would thanks to our partners and sponsors, not to mention our amazing internal team. We learned so much and have been able to apply that to our planning for YH3, happening on 10/27/2023 at Troy University in Troy, Alabama, and, of course, online!
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ICYMI: The YellowHammer Film Festival is a free and enriching interactive experience for high school and college students which will consist of workshops, a keynote speaker, a student film exhibition, and an awards ceremony. Anyone can attend the day long festival but only students can compete in the exhibition!
We genuinely look forward to hosting this important festival of arts, and film for the State of Alabama and we hope that the YellowHammer Film Festival becomes a staple in the community and lives of those students, educators, and filmmakers who participate.
Thank you for being a part of this festival and we look forward to seeing you all in person on the campus of Troy University on October 27th or online, whichever you prefer.
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Sincerely,
Chris Stagl, MFA
Festival Director
Associate Professor of Design, Troy University
Partners & Sponsors
Thank you to the following Partners and Sponsors for their assistance with making this festival a reality! If you would like to partner with YellowHammer to support future filmmakers please reach out: info@yellowhammerfilmfest.com

2023 Festival Presenters & Judges
















OPENING REMARKS
CHRIS STAGL
WILL NAPIER
12pm - 12:30pm
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TRACES, Voices of
the Second
Generation
Be one of the first to see this ground-breaking documentary by
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ISAAC BROWN
ERIC FLAGG
12:30pm - 2pm
A look back:
2022 YH Winners roundtable
VINNY ALBANO & JOHN STILLWAGON: LOVE, AARON
LEV ETTINGER: 1986
PHYNLEY JOEL: THE TROBIE
MAX KAPLAN: THE RABBIT
NATE HOBBS & REANNA THOMPSON: DR. PEPPER
HOWARD PURVEE: UNSEEN
HOSTED BY COLE PATTERSON
2pm - 3pm
CONSTRUCTING
"WINDOw"
FRAMES
A look at the process of
Award-Winning Animator
CHRISTINA GIORDANO
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3pm - 4pm
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DECONSTRUCING
Netflix'S "NIMONA"
TY PRIMOSCH
KJ MATHIESON
4pm - 5pm
KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
Chassidy jade
PRESENTS The success of failure - Making your own path in the film and media industry.
5pm - 6pm
FILM EXHIBITION
&
AWARDS CEREMONY
CHRIS STAGL
WILL NAPIER
6pm - 9pm
Closing remarks
CHRIS STAGL
9pm