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Al Topich
2024 Judge
Alexander J. Topich is an award winning filmmaker and writer based in central Arkansas. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Central Arkansas in 2015.Â
His short films have been screened all across the United States as well as across the globe at various film festivals. He has spent time as an educator teaching a variety of film courses at the University of Central Arkansas. He has spent the past decade as a freelance filmmaker and photographer.
 Currently he writes for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Arkansas’s largest news publication. He has a weekly column reporting on the local film scene.
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