NIKON

Nikon Film and Photo Contest
2024-2025 Judges

Short Film Competition Judges

Reagan Yorke and Jillian Smith (S&Q film)

Filmmaker Duo, Content Creators
U.S.A.

We are so honored to be judges this time and can’t express our excitement to see everyone bring their creative visions to life! Our filmmaking journey has revolved around taking risks through our unconventional storytelling, and with this we have had the chance to experiment and grow our style in ways like never before. We urge everyone to push boundaries in their films, try something new, work together, and most importantly have fun!

Biography

Jillian and Reagan are a female directing duo known for achieving international success with their films WEIGHT (2023), and CHEERS (2024), winning numerous festival awards including best annual female film. Subsequently, the duo shares their viral directing journey online, garnering over 300 million impressions and cultivating a growing film community. Their film production company, S&Q film, is anticipated to begin production on their third film releasing in 2025.

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