Torrington High graduates win critics' choice award at Agrigento film festival in Italy

Torrington High graduates win critics' choice award at Agrigento film festival in Italy
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Award-winning Torrington filmmakers (and recent graduates of Torrington High School) Bobo Lwin, Trevor Llewellyn, and Mateusz Haratyk, received commendations from Torrington Mayor Elinor Carbone and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes in a ceremony at Town Hall. They were accompanied by their mentors from the Connecticut Academy For the Arts (CAFTA)Teresa and John Sullivan, and cheered on by their family and friends.

Their silent film, “Nailed,” inspired by the writing of 1934 Nobel Prize-winning author Luigi Pirandello, won the Critics’ Award at the eponymous film festival held in Agrigento, in Sicily, Italy.

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