Deadline Nears for Triplex Festival Submissions

04:02PM / Monday, July 14, 2025Print Story | Email Story

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Triplex Cinema is taking submissions for Trifest, an inaugural International Youth Film Festival to be held Sept. 19 to 21.

Trifest will showcase and celebrate films made by young filmmakers from around the world, aged 25 years and younger. The festival will screen films in all categories, including narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation, with programs focusing on both the international and local perspectives. Films, can be any genre or length, made with any camera — including mobile phones and other devices.

The festival weekend will include an opening reception, screenings of all selected films, conversations with the filmmakers, an awards ceremony featuring cash prizes, and other special events to be announced.

Nicki Wilson, the executive director of the festival, came up with the idea when she was putting together last fall's Berkshire County Teen Film Festival for the Triplex.

"We received several submissions from outside our area and I thought how exciting it would be if we expanded our festival in 2025 to include young people from around the world," said Wilson.

"I spoke to several people about the feasibility of a youth international film festival and the response was enthusiastic. Out of that group, a small artistic team was formed that included Molly Cooper, Andreas Engel, Sam Handel, Ben Elliott and myself. Together we came up with what we would want the festival to look like."

She said films have been submitted from all over the world and that the festival is "hopeful that we will get a large number of local submissions, too."

The submission deadline is Aug. 1. Local residents can submit for free by using code TRF1001 on the Trifest website. To learn more about the festival and to submit, go to trifest.org.

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Victim Identified in Fatal Richmond Crash

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11:23AM / Friday, October 30, 2026

RICHMOND, Mass. — A 25-year-old South County man died Thursday in the fiery crash on Route 41.

The Berkshire District Attorney's Office on Friday reported that the victim was Christopher Lee Kilmer, 25.

The single-vehicle accident took place on Route 41 in Richmond near 2715 State Road. A Hyundai Sonata driven by Kilmer was travelling northbound when it crossed into the southbound lane and off the road; the car was engulfed in flames when first responders arrived.

According to the DA's Office, West Stockbridge Fire and County Ambulance declared Kilmer dead at 9:53 a.m. when the Fire Department "was able to extinguish the fire."

"It was at this time (when the fire was extinguished) that first responders observed a single occupant in the vehicle and made the declaration of death," according to the press release.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has taken custody of the body.

On Friday morning, several South County fire departments posted tributes on Facebook to Kilmer, who they reported was a member of the West Stockbridge and Alford fire departments.

"Every first responder carries a fear that one day the next emergency call will involve someone they know, a friend, a neighbor, or someone they love. But perhaps the greatest fear of all is when that call involves one of our own," the post read.