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Meet the judges

We have an exceptional team of judges with backgrounds in scriptwriting, theatre, film, photography, directing, music, teaching, and more.

Langley
Cornwell

Theatrically trained, Langley is known for portraying self-assured, educated, stylish women often with unexpected secrets. A veteran character and improv actor as well as an established voice over talent, she spent many years in professional theater before transitioning into television and film acting. A true nature-lover, Langley is committed to environmental issues and she's a devoted animal advocate. 

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Belinda
Strowd

From the time Belinda could utter sounds her parents say, “she was always singing!”  Her Dad thought she would become a country music singer, but Belinda had a heart for teaching. She most recently served as Fine Arts Director at Providence Christian School in Dothan, Al.  While serving at PCS she also instructed a a middle school and high school choral program directed show choir, developed a band program and served as producer for all PCS Theater productions.  She has taught private voice for 20 plus years. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Vocal Performance.  Even though Belinda is officially “retired” she is extremely active in Southeast Alabama Community Theater where she has served both on and off the stage as an actress as well as vocal director.  Belinda is also active in her church where she serves as church pianist, assistant to the choir director & teaches a widows Bible study.  Belinda considers her greatest achievements as being the wife of the late Bobby Strowd and Mother to three adult children, Josiah, Jacob & Hannah Jo.  

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J adam
riley

J Adam Riley serves on the board of directors of Southeast Alabama Community Theatre with which he has performed onstage and backstage since the 2015 production of "Les Miserables."
Adam has been on-stage for such productions as "Chicago," "Hairspray," "Big Fish," and "Newsies," and he most recently directed "The Great American Trailer Park Musical."
He has co-authored two novels, "Dear Sir" and "Seal of the Archmage," with the late A. L. Hutchison, and has been on set for two movie productions, one of which was the award winning adaptation of the play "Second Samuel."

Dr. richard
tavernaro

Dr Tavernaro has lived several lives, so to speak, first as an officer in the US Army then as a high school counselor/swim coach, a psychologist in private practice and finally coming into the film industry in 2010. Aside from being a working actor, he is also an award-winning Writer, Director and Producer and is a member of the Producers Guild of America. Dr Tavernaro is the founder and executive director of the Cobb International Film Festival, now in its ninth year, and owner/executive director of the international filmmaking competition “Film Racing”. Dr Tavernaro does several things for local indie filmmakers, including hosting a monthly “Indie Film Night” at the Strand Theater on Marietta Square and is currently collaborating with a long-time friend to create a new streaming platform called “MiniFlix”, which is specifically for short films, which are typically overlooked by mainstream distributors.

Jordan-paige
sudduth

Jordan-Paige Sudduth is an autistic 22-year-old screenwriter, actor, and content creator. She began writing her first film in her freshman year of high school and made short films throughout her high school career. She now focuses primarily on screenwriting, but continues to do various freelance film production work. Her most recent short film, ACES, is nearing 1 million YouTube views, and has won over 30 awards in the film festival circuit so far. She graduated from Vancouver Film School's Writing for Film, Television, and Games program in August of 2020, sold her first screenplay in April 2021, and gained representation from CP Entertainment Management for screenwriting and her other creative endeavors in February of 2022.  

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