2020 Expo Fest
Video Content
2020 Expo Fest Intro
2020 Expo Fest Awards
2020 Expo Fest
Award Winners
Films
84 Hour Challenge - watch!
Fall (2019)
First Place
The P.I. - New Fairfield High
Second Place
Hearts - New Fairfield High
Third Place
RIFT - Woodland Regional High
At Home (2020)
First Place
TAME - New Fairfield High
Second Place
A Letter of Color - Timothy Edwards Middle School
Third Place
The Lion Charm - ESUMS
Overall
Best Editing
RIFT - Woodland Regional High
Best Acting
Hearts - New Fairfield High
Best Cinematography
A Letter of Color - Timothy Edwards Middle School
Best Screenplay
The P.I. - New Fairfield High
Best Picture
TAME - New Fairfield High
Animation Challenge - watch!
First Place
Paper Planes - ESUMS
Second Place
The Ballot - ESUMS
Third Place
Quest for Equality - ESUMS
A Day In The Life Challenge - watch!
First Place
Allie the Dog - Timothy Edwards Middle School
Second Place
Rayne’s A Day In The Life - ESUMS
Third Place
Yardball - Timothy Edwards Middle School
Comedy Challenge - watch!
First Place
All the Wrong Acronyms - Timothy Edwards Middle School
Second Place
Bone Alone - Timothy Edwards Middle School
Third Place
Soup - Shepaug Valley High
Documentary Challenge - watch!
First Place
Intersect New Haven - ESUMS
Second Place
The Most Dangerous Haven - ESUMS
Third Place
Survivor - Amity Regional High
Editor’s Challenge - watch!
First Place
I Am Only A Child - ESUMS
Second Place
Tranquility - ESUMS
Third Place
Nostalgia - ESUMS
Open Challenge - watch!
First Place
Smokescreen - Woodland Regional High
Second Place
The Last Avenue - Woodland Regional High
Third Place
Into the Minds of Women - ESUMS
Capstone
Overall Outstanding Project
First Place: Forward Films - Kat Bonomo - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Growing Together - Madison Markelon - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Shell-Less Chicken Embryo Project - Munetsugu Kojima - Fairchild Wheeler
BioTech
Outstanding Environmental Justice
First Place: Forward Films - Kat Bonomo - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Clean Culture - Jacob Nicolari - Pomperaug High
Third Place: ECO Sustainability - Gulbahar Erkmen - Hill Regional Career High
Outstanding Health
First Place: Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy After Knee Reconstruction - Olivia Hoxley - Farmington High
Second Place: Anxiety in Dentistry - Rachel Higley - Farmington High
Third Place: Oncology Aftermath - Gillian Fulton - Farmington High
Outstanding Humanities
First Place: Your Small Moments - Bailey Quinn - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Pup Tunes - Sidney Baron - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Connected - Micaela Sepelak - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Scientific Research
First Place: Shell-Less Chicken Embryo Project - Munetsugu Kojima - Fairchild Wheeler BioTech
Second Place: Pro-Tec Hoods- Michael Andruk - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Social Justice
First Place: Growing Together - Madison Markelon - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Active Habits - Ryan Furr - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Establishing a Middle School Robotics Team - Krishna Patel - Hill Regional Career High
Outstanding Technology
First Place: Future Skies - Levi Fitzpatrick - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Fluct.U.Wake - Ella Storey - Pomperaug High
Third Place: Gridlocked - Justin Kwapong - Pomperaug High
Teams
Best Overall
First Place: Byte Sized Cookies - Newtown High School
Second Place: The Gray Tray - Thomas Edison Middle School
Third Place: Anemoi - ESUMS
Computer Science Challenge
First Place: Byte Sized Cookies - Newtown High School
Second Place: Link’d - Wethersfield High School
Third Place: Dyslexia Operations - Wethersfield High
Excellence in Engineering
AFRAMES - ESUMS
Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Infinity Speakers - ESUMS
Middle School Challenge
First Place: The Gray Tray - Thomas Edison Middle School
Second Place: Kel Jel- Thomas Edison Middle School
Third Place: Vibe Check - Woodbury Middle School
NGSS Challenge
First Place: Anemoi - ESUMS
Second Place: Spread the Seaweed - Chase Collegiate
Technology Challenge
First Place: College SOS - ESUMS
Second Place: R.I.F.T- Wamogo Regional High School
Third Place: Green Co. - Wamogo Regional High School
Special Awards
PIP
Outstanding Overall Project
First Place: Say No To Plastic Water Bottles - Gayathri Vidapankal - City Hill Middle
Second Place: Skateboarding with Rubie - Rubie Lombardi - Woodbury Middle
Third Place: Online Show With Lizzy - Lizzy Leifert - Wamogo
Outstanding Art Project
First Place: Exploring Art - Melanie Boria - Woodbury Middle
Second Place: Art Through the Ages - Aidan Briatico - Wamogo
Third Place: Show to Tell - Hazel Fitzpatrick - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Build Project
First Place: Landscaping - Ethan Waskiel - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Carpentry Basics at Home - Kaitlyn Boyce - Woodbury Middle
Third Place: Mucci Basement Project - Christian Mucci - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Film/Performance/ Entertainment Project
First Place: Online Show With Lizzy - Lizzy Leifert - Wamogo
Second Place: Juli’s Project - Juliane Weik - Wamogo
Third Place: Electric Green - Adam Zarif - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Learn Project
First Place: Skateboarding with Rubie - Rubie Lombardi - Woodbury Middle
Second Place: Pratt Financial Modeling - Michael DeRienzo - Pomperaug High
Third Place: The Longest Yard - Greg Grom - Pomperaug High
Outstanding Music Project
First Place: A Walk In The Park - Emily Bernards - Wamogo
Second Place: Creating an Orchestral Piece - Daniel Anderson - City Hill Middle
Third Place: Backwater Reviews - Brendan Toon - Woodbury Middle
Outstanding Personal or Community Enrichment Project
First Place: Say No To Plastic Water Bottles - Gayathri Vidapankal - City Hill Middle
Second Place: My GF/CF Diet - Eva Lavertue - Woodbury Middle
Third Place: Care Kit - Kaiden Esteves - Wamogo
Outstanding Technology Project
First Place: Aspen Adler - Olivia Cavanaghl - Pomperaug High
Second Place: Coding a Game With Sarah - Sarah LaBelle - Pomperaug High
Third Place: StarGazer - Liam DeLaney - Pomperaug High