The SCAD Savannah Film Festival Ended its Weekend with More Exciting Programming & Screenings

The SCAD Savannah Film Festival ended its weekend with more exciting programming and screenings. Madelyn Cline, Vanessa Burghardt, Anna Diop, Ty Simpkins, and Banks Repeta were honored at Entertainment Weekly’s Breaking Big Panel.

Additional guests in attendance were director Frank Chi (38 at The Garden), producer Travon Free (38 at The Garden), director and producer Kathlyn Horan (The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile), actor, writer, and producer Colman Domingo (New Moon), director and writer Raul Domingo (New Moon), editor Scott A. Boyd, producer Giselle Byrd (When We Arrive as Flowers), creative director Jared Hogan, VFX artist Jessica Love (Thor: Love and Thunder), director Jacob Menache (Of the Moment: Sculpting a Union’s Future), director and producer Susan O’Brien (When We Arrive as Flowers), director, writer, and producer Kate Hamilton (Miss Patti), directors and writers Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg (Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game), producer Andrew Beck (A Very Fragile Thing), director, writer, and producer Jacob Menache (Of the Moment: Sculpting a Union’s Future), director Sam Cullman (Our League), Joanna Cassidy (Blade Runner), producer Charles de Lauzirika (Blade Runner: The Final Cut), costume designer Michael Kaplan (Blade Runner), art director David L. Snyder (Blade Runner), moderator Frank Radice, directors Julie Cohen and Betsey West (Gabby Gifford Won’t Back Down), subject Gabby Giffords (Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down), subject David Johansen (Personality Crisis: One Night Only), record producer Jack Douglas (Personality Crisis: One Night Only), director David Tedeschi (Personality Crisis: One Night Only), actors Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, and Michelle McLeod (Women Talking), director Maria Schrader (She Said), director, writer and producer Angad Aulakh (The Atomic Dream), and director and writer Mark Polish (Murmur). Sadie Sink virtually accepted the Rising Star Award before the screening of The Whale.

Entertainment Weekly’s Breaking Big awardees on Day 7 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Sadie Sink virtually accepts the Rising Star Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Madelyn Cline walks the red carpet for Day 7 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Anna Diop walks the red carpet for Day 7 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Gabby Giffords walks the red carpet for Day 7 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, and Michelle McLeod walk the red carpet for Day 7 of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Celebrating its 25th year, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival and competitions provide SCAD students with opportunities as unique as the selected films. This year, the festival received more than 1,500 submissions for the competition series. During the festival, students from every academic discipline connect with leaders from the entertainment industry through master classes, coffee talks, lectures, workshops, and panel discussions. Savannah, a premier film hub in the Southeast, promotes quality movies produced by independent and studio filmmakers.  

Photo credits by Getty Images for SCAD Savannah Film Festival