2025 Reel Voices Film Fest
Thank You to ALL who participated in the 2025 Reel Voices Film Festival
which was held February 1, 2025.
Feel free to browse this page to get information about the event
and hope to see you in 2026!
This virtual event included a live watch party, talks with the judges, and the awards ceremony!
We spent a great time voting, asking questions to the judges, and chatting live with other audience members!
Meet the Judges!
We are excited to introduce our panel of judges for the 2025 Reel Voices Film Festival Original Short Film category. They are professionals with diverse experiences in the film industry who actively support educational filmmaking activities. They are looking forward to watching and commenting on your films, and sharing their expertise and passion for film with you during the livestream event!
Matthew Allen is an award-winning Australian screenwriter who’s written and rewritten scripts for, and optioned scripts to, the producers of such films as TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (Arnold Schwarzenegger), THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN (Hugh Grant), THE BOONDOCK SAINTS (Willem Dafoe), RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (Kenneth Branagh), THE BUCKET LIST (Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman), GRUDGE MATCH (Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro), THE EQUALIZER (Denzel Washington), and TURBO KID (Michael Ironside). His produced work includes a theatrically released feature he was a script doctor on and an NBCUniversal TV movie. Allen lives in Japan, but has been hired to write on film projects in the US, UK, Indonesia, and Turkey.
Matthew gave a live talk "Screenwriting QnA" during the livestream event on February 1st, 2025, from 14:00-14:30pm! Student filmmakers asked him so many questions and got some great advice one how to write stories and scripts for their next film!
Nilesh Kumar is a Film Curator from England with over a decade of experience in the arts. Currently pursuing an MA in Korean Studies at Yonsei University, Nilesh’s career spans a blend of film production and curation. As a producer and art director, he has created fashion films, music videos, commercials, and short films.
In the realm of film curation, Nilesh ran an underground cinema and gallery in Seoul. His curatorial work includes an exhibition celebrating the centenary of Korean cinema and, in 2023, an exhibition at Cinema Galeries in Brussels dedicated to Oldboy (2003), the iconic modern South Korean classic by Park Chan-wook.
Nilesh gave a live talk "Connecting to the Core" during the livestream event on February 1st, 2025, from 13:30-14:00pm! He shared his wisdom about defining and expressing your film's vision! It was so wonderful to get his feedback and perspective on the student films!