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We are now accepting submissions for the 25th Lake Placid Film Festival program opens April 1st on FilmFreeway! Categories include feature length films, short films, and television pilot scripts. For full details, please visit our FilmFreeway page.
2026 Judges
Judging is entirely impartial and selections are on the basis of storyline, production, sound, and technological excellence.
Eric Granger
Director of the Shorts Competition Screenwriter & Producer
Doug LeClaire
Producer and Asbury Shorts Founder & Director
Ginny Schwartz
Retired College Director of Academic support and Adjunct Asst Professor, St. Lawrence University
Larry Jackson
Adirondack Board
Matt Fretz
Former Festival Director, Adirondack Film
Noah Ramer
Director of Communications Adirondack Film
Charlene Trotter
Adirondack Board
Sarah Patton
Executive Producer, Stone Lantern Films
2025 Award Winners
Pink Light
Directed by: Harrison Browne
Winner: Best In Show
Winner: Best Narrative
Felt
Directed by: Joseph Rossi
Winner: Best Comedy
Saving Sinterklaas
Directed by: Fiona Seabrook
Winner: Best Documentary
You Don’t Say
Directed by: Jeffrey D. Simon
Winner: Special Jury Award
The Golden Fish
Directed by: Lili Frongillo & Emma Baumer
Winner: Best Animation
Queen of the Catskills
Directed by: Jamie Kennard
Winner: Made Upstate Award
Cipher in the Clouds
Directed by: Logan S. Dorfman
Winner: Best Student Film
Vance and the Afterlife
Directed by: Sam Kimbrell
Winner: Best Comedy, Best In Show
Anomaly
Directed by: Ryan Jenkins
Winner: Best Narrative
It Visits Me
Directed by: Cameron Gallagher
Winner: Made Upstate Award
Artifacts: Matt Horner
Directed by: Emrys Ellis
Winner: Best Documentary
A Tree Once Grew Here
Directed by: Johnnie Smerad
Winner: Best Animation
Concetta
Directed by: Geraldo Hinch
Winner: Best Student Film
Swim Captain
Directed by: Christa Haley
Winner: Best Narrative, Best In Show
Or, The Whale
Directed by: Mark Keifer
Winner: Best Comedy
It’s Okay
Directed by: Jayme Coveliers
Co-Winner: Best Student Film
Frame Fumble
Directed by: Alexander Griffin
Co-Winner: Best Student Film
A Colonial Trading Woman: Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse
Directed by: Leslie Dann, Guido Jimenez-Cruz
Co-Winner: Best Student Film
Daddy’s Eyes
Directed by: Drew Ann Rosenberg
Winner: Best of Festival, Best Narrative
Swimming Through
Directed by: Samantha Sanders
Winner: Best Documentary
I Am Odd
Directed by: Aurora Russel
Winner: Best Student
The Train to Moscow
Directed by: Elliott Ambrosio
Winner: Best in Festival
Penumbra
Directed by: Daniel Byers
Winner: Best Drama, Best Student
Memory Builds The Monument
Directed by: Isaac Yowman
Winner: Best Documentary
Junk
Directed by: Amanda Rose
Winner: Best Comedy
Fulesee
Directed by: Christina Benz
Winner: Best Animation
The King and the Pawn
Directed by: Caleb Blue
Gold Award
FIG
Directed by: Rami Cohen
Silver Award
Rehak
Directed by: Pierre B
Bronze Award
Rockaway Sunset
Directed by: PJ Landers
Gold Award
The Tattooed Heart
Directed by: Sheldon Wong Schwartz
Silver Award
Master Servant
Directed by: Julie Koehnen
Bronze Award