Meet the 2025 Judges
Each season, the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival exhibits over 30 films from around the globe that compete for a variety of awards that range in genre, production, performance, and audience categories. Each film selected for exhibition and competition is screened in one theater over the course of six days.
Festival judges experience each film for the first time along with the audience and will typically rotate moderating the post screening Q&A's with attending filmmakers.
2025 Shorts & Features Competition Judges
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2025 Beyond Competition Judges
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