Connecticut’s female-centered story festival established in 2024, is thrilled to announce its third year of storytelling by creators from around the globe. StoryFest will feature short narrative, documentary, and experimental films, and series pilots from female and female-identifying creators, as well as spoken word poetry, music video, live narrative storytelling, stage and screenplay readings. The inaugural festival celebrated female storytellers from 10 countries including Iran, New Zealand, Italy, UK, and the United States.

StoryFest founder, Dusty Noval McCullough is a producer, writer, and director, and is an adjunct professor of creative writing at Manhattanville University in Purchase, NY. She has enjoyed a diverse career as a visual artist and educator. Her how-to book, Writing the Short, is scheduled for release Fall 2025.