2021 Expo Fest Intro
2021 Expo Fest Awards
2021 Expo Fest
Award Winners
Films
Overall
Best Picture
Hidden Treasure - ESUMS
Best Editing
Night Maverick Stands Up - Woodland Regional High
Best Acting
Mr. Hollywood - Wethersfield High
Best Cinematography
Undercover Freddy - Woodland Regional High
Best Screenplay
Lockbox - Wethersfield High
84 Hour Challenge
First Place
Undercover Freddy - Woodland Regional High
Second Place
Reunion - ESUMS
Third Place
The Art's Desire - Woodland Regional High
Animation Challenge
First Place
Shepaug Valley Middle
Second Place
Operation Prince Rescue - Woodland Regional High
Third Place
When I Grow Up - Shepaug Valley Middle
Book Trailer Challenge
First Place
The Dreaming Tree - Newington High
Second Place
Hatchet - Newington High
Third Place
Wonder - ESUMS
Documentary Challenge
First Place
Hidden Treasure - ESUMS
Second Place
Reimagining Prisons - ESUMS
Third Place
Reimagining The Classroom - Timothy Edwards Middle
Editors Challenge
First Place
WAL - Woodland Regional
How To Challenge
First Place
Creative in COVID - ESUMS
Second Place
Best Oatmeal Recipe - ESUMS
Third Place
Surviving Online School - Timothy Edwards Middle
Middle School Challenge
First Place
The Day It Rained - Shepaug Valley Middle
Second Place
A Broken Dream - Shepaug Valley Middle
Third Place
The Great Eggscape - Shepaug Valley Middle
Open Challenge
First Place
In The Dark - Timothy Edwards Middle
Second Place
Mr. Hollywood - Wethersfield High
Third Place
Lockbox - Wethersfield High
PSA Challenge
First Place
Night Maverick Stands Up - Woodland Regional High
Second Place
The Toothpaste Man - Woodland Regional High
Capstone
Overall Humanities, Arts and Social Justice
First Place: Academia Lost - Christopher Nivers - Pomperaug
Second Place: Modern Mixing - Brynn Paccione - Pomperaug High
Third Place: STEM for BIPOC & Women - Adira Ahmad Rizal - Hill Regional Career High
Outstanding STEM
First Place: Memento - Liam Delaney - Pomperaug High
Second Place: DomeFlow - Shivaun Mathews - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Tether Spaceways - Cole Stevens - Pomperaug High
Teams
Computer Science Challenge
First Place: Byte Sized Cookies - Newtown High
Second Place: Simple Thought - Kaynor Technical High
Excellence in Engineering
Wheeling Aces - East Haven High
Middle School Challenge
First Place: Sharp Focus - Thomas Edison Middle
Second Place: Hacks4You - Thomas Edison Middle
NGSS Challenge
First Place: Pomp Kitchen Innovations - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Upward Eco - Pomperaug High
Technology Challenge
First Place: Stylo - Wamogo Regional High
Second Place: SwiftStep - Wamogo Regional High
Special Awards
PIP
Outstanding Overall Project
First Place: Radio in the Shadio - Lincoln Nichols - Woodbury Middle
Second Place: Signing A Song - Kyleigh Paige - Woodbury Middle
Third Place: Good News With Gracie - Gracie Walkup - Woodbury Middle
Outstanding Cook Project
First Place: In the Kitchen With Leo - Leonardo Folchi - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Cooking in 4 Months - Andrew McNamara - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Cody's Cookbook - Cody Forbes - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Alana's Vegan Recipe - Alana Brockett - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Do Project
First Place: Out The Bury Clothing - Ryan Magee - Pomperaug High
Second Place: The Climate 'Chaos' - Gowthami Vidapankal - City Hill Middle
Second Place: R.A. With R.E.E. - Harlen Bass - Woodbury Middle
Third Place: OutTheBury - Michael Ryan - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Health Project
First Place: I am Fit and Fabulous - Allyanha Black - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Transforming The Body - Jin Xuan Yap - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Working Out Together - Paris Phillips - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Alpha Fit - Bjorni Qosja - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Learn Project
First Place: Radio in the Shadio - Lincoln Nichols - Woodbury Middle
Second Place: Signing A Song - Kyleigh Paige - Woodbury Middle
Third Place: Cold Cases With Kelly - Kelly Buban - Woodbury Middle
Outstanding Make Project
First Place: Matrixed - Andrew Grivner - Woodbury Middle
First Place: Tackle Prime - Mike Iwanicki - Pomperaug High
Second Place: No Bike Left Behind - Emily Aldo - Pomperaug High
Third Place: The Bike Rack - Rowan Vas - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Media/Film/Tech Project
First Place: Good News With Gracie - Gracie Walkup - Woodbury Middle
Second Place: Let's Get Rich - Kyle Enger - Pomperaug High
Third Place: The New Way - Nathan Desrosiers - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Music/Arts Project
First Place: DAC 2021 - David Consiglio - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Drawing With Eva - Eva Ripperger - Woodbury Middle
Third Place: In Chaos We Find Peace - Lauren Lavertue - Woodbury Middle
Third Place: Fromo-Book Books and Audio - Seth Fromowitz - Pomperaug High