ENVISION FILMS, LLC
Nationally recognized, Envision Films is an independent film production company focused on compelling story-telling, artistic collaborations and media education. Developing both scripted and non-scripted productions, our work explores complex characters, extraordinary issues and change within healthcare and the arts.
FILMMAKING INSTRUCTION
Jeffrey B. Teitler holds degrees from Yale University’s, Yale School of Drama and New York University’s, Tisch School of the Arts. Currently, he serves as full Professor of Production within Central Connecticut State University’s Department of Communication. He is also an Artist-in-Residence at Hartford HealthCare and a regular Medscape contributor. Instructionally, students (university and independent) explore issues, conceive ideas, develop scripts and produce fictional /non-fictional cinematic works through the independent film production process. Our results, commercially and instructionally regularly achieve national recognition.
ENVISION FILM AWARDS
DIGITAL HEALTH AWARDS, Winner ’21 – LAMPLIGHTER AWARD WINNER, Gold/Silver- ’21 – FINE ARTS FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection – ’21 – DANCE IS ACTIVISM FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection – ’21 MEDSCAPE / COVIDLAND – MEDSCAPE/WEBMD Publication – ’21 LONDON INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE AWARDS – Official Selection – ’20 INDIE SHORTS AWARDS MIAMI – Official Selection – ’20 MEDSCAPE / WEBMD MEDIA SERIES – Publication – ’20 –MEDSCAPE / WEB MD FILM COMMISSION – Publication – ’20 INDIEFEST HUMANITARIAN AWARD – Award of Distinction’20 – SAN DIEGO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection’20 – AWARENESS FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection’19 – INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL CHANGE FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection’19 – URBAN FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection’19 – (IN)JUSTICE FOR ALL FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection/Special Recognition’19 – CAPITOL CITY BLACK FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection ’19 – SAN FRANCISCO DANCE FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection ’19 – COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL – Feature Selection ’19 – DAVINCI INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS – Finalist ’19 – FILM INVASION LOS ANGELES – Official Selection ’19 – FORT WORTH INDIE FILM SHOWCASE – Best Documentary ’19 – LOWER EAST SIDE FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection ’19 – DOCS WITHOUT BOARDERS – Outstanding Excellence ’19 – LATTITUDE FILM AWARDS, LONDON – Bronze Winner ’19 – NEW HAVEN DOCS – Official Selection ’19 –LOS ANGELES FILM AWARDS – Festival Winner ’19 -QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – Festival Winner ’19 – AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection ’17, URBAN MEDIAMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection ’17, ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection ’17, IMPACT DOCS AWARD – Documentary Filmmaking – ’17, CINEMA LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection – ’17, MANCHESTER LIFTOFF ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection’17, STORYMODE FILM FESTIVAL – Best Documentary ’17, CASE – Circle of Excellence Award ’17, ACCOLADE AWARD – Documentary Filmmaking ’17, BEST SHORT AWARD – Documentary Filmmaking ’17, AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH FILM FESTIVAL – Official Selection – ’16, CASE AWARD – Educational Filmmaking – ’16, ACCOLADE AWARD OF MERIT – Documentary Filmmaking – ’09, OFFICIAL SELECTION – BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – ’09’, PLATINUM REMI AWARD – HOUSTON WORDLFEST– International Film Festival (07), OFFICIAL SELECTION – SILVERLAKE FILM FESTIVAL – Los Angeles, CA (07), FIRST PRIZE WINNER –SONY?VIDEOMAKER FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL (07), OFFICIAL SELECTION – SOUTHERN FILM FESTIVAL (07), OFFICIAL SELECTION – YALE CABARET, WEST, OFFICIAL SELECTION – GOLDEN STAR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES, CA, OFFICIAL SELECTION – SOUTHERN FILM FESTIVAL, TOP 20 SCREENPLAY – KEY WEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, TOP SCREENPLAY – TELLURIDE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (INDIEFEST)
ENVISION FILMS RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM: LEF FOUNDATION – PETER J. KNOX – WISE FAMILY FOUNDATION – SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER – CONNECTICUT COMMISSION ON CULTURE AND TOURISM – COMMUNITY BANK FOUNDATION – CCSU FOUNDATION – UCONN FOUNDATION – WADSWORTH ATHENEUM
Saint Louis Children’s Hospital To Feature The Sweetest Land
For Immediate Release:Connecticut – July 27, 2021After a long hiatus, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are pleased to announce, THE SWEETEST LAND has been selected to screen by Saint Louis Children’s Hospital w as part of their 2021 Pediatric Trauma Symposium.https://youtu.be/W0FAi6tiwpoWith an up-tick in violent crime across the country, along with the film’s critical […]
Hartford HealthCare, Jeff Teitler and Envision Films win multiple LampLighter Awards
For Immediate Release Connecticut, July 2021 During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hartford HealthCare commissioned 4 short videos from Envision Films / Jeff Teitler, to explore the local health response. Today, we are so pleased to have collaborated with Hartford HealthCare and are honored by the multiple LAMPLIGHTER RECOGNITIONS those works have received. In this first piece, […]
COVIDLAND Wins a Digital Health Award
Medscape, Hartford HealthCare and Envision Films / Jeff Teitler win a silver Digital Health Award for COVIDLAND – A documentary film about survival and hope in the ICU.
ONE IN FOUR – Awarded Additional Festival Selections
Connecticut, Feb 8th 2021 We are pleased to announce ONE IN FOUR, is an Official Selection at the 8th annual Fine Arts Film Festival on June 8-th-14th in Venice California as well as Earl Mosely’s Dance is Activism Film Festival and will be presented on Feb 24th and 25th. Beginning in 2018, […]
THE ONCOLOGISTS Premieres: A Medscape, Hartford HealthCare and Jeff Teitler production
CONNECTICUT, February 20th, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Envision Films / Jeff Teitler, in collaboration with Hartford HealthCare (Connecticut’s largest HealthCare system) and Medscape, (a leading online Medical Journal) launch THE ONCOLOGISTS – a new documentary film series exploring the unforeseeable challenges, triumphs and the human experiences within the treatment of cancer patients. Unpredictable […]
COVIDLAND Inspires a WebMD Endorsement
COVIDLAND, a documentary film, directed by, Jeff Teitler and featuring Dr. Megan Panico inspires a WEBMD Segment with Dr. John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer.
COVIDLAND Premieres: A Medscape, Hartford HealthCare and Jeff Teitler production
Caring for extreme COVID-19 cases on the front lines in ICU. Presenting COVIDLAND a Medscape Hartford HealthCare and Jeff Teitler Film
CCSU Film Alumni and Students Produce with Grammy Artist
CCSU Film Alumni and Students Produce for Grammy Award Winning Artist, Pharoae Monch. Rashad Frett, Josh Therriault & Professor Jeff Teitler
Medscape launches an 8-part Envision Films Series
Click images to view the stories on Medscape. Following the peak of Coronavirus, Envision Films / Jeff Teitler set up several photo sessions to honor the stories of health providers during the 2020 pandemic. Immediately, profound moments of concern, poignancy and beauty emerged. IT CAN ALL BURN – FEATURED ON […]
United States Congressional Black Caucus Awards Arts Scholarship to CCSU Film Student
Connecticut, August 2nd, 2020 Unapologetically, filmmaking and film education deals with human issues, characters and conditions. It is a complicated process, requiring technical, aesthetic and directorial instruction, on topics students freely choose. With an industry-endorsed curriculum and unprecedented student-achievements, last year, politics and university power plays engaged in an all-out assault on arts education, […]
Envision Films & Hartford Health Inspire a National Geographic Segment
Connecticut, June 10, 2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hartford Health Care commissioned 4 short videos from Envision Films, to explore the local health response. In doing so, we were introduced to Jay Bailkowski, a security supervisor at Hartford Hospital. Only weeks before, Bialkowski spent 17 days clinging to life on a ventilator with COVID-19 as his ICU […]
Envision Films Collaborates with Ekklesia Contemporary Dance
Connecticut, May 29, 2020 In support of live and performing artists and arts organizations, Envision Films, LLC is pleased to collaborate with Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet in film and photography production. https://youtu.be/rsdilkCTydQ Intent on producing high quality cinematic works with a focus on Ballet and Contemporary Dance, we are pleased to add EKKLESIA to our artistic collaborative. […]
Hartford Courant Publishes Envision Films
Connecticut, May 22, 2020 Heather Richards – American Medical Response – Hartford, CT During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical practitioners and first responders documented their experiences with their phones. In an effort to preserve their times, they allowed us to edit that footage into 8 mini episodes within the pandemic. Today, we […]
Envision Films Published on Medscape – A Week on The COVID Ward
Connecticut, May 6, 2020 Envision Films in collaboration with F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE, MEDSCAPE and Yale New Haven Hospital release a 9-minute editorial. MEDSCAPE PUBLICATION AND VIDEO CAN BE SEEN HERE Entirely phone-shot, Wilson provides a visual, insightful and compassionate account on the front lines of COVID-19. Wilson, whose science communication work can also […]
Envision Films Collaborates with Hartford HealthCare on The COVID Portraits
CONNECTICUT, April 22nd, 2020 Envision Films, LLC / Jeffrey B. Teitler and Hartford HealthCare agree to collaborate on 4 film portraits. Noting the historical significance of the Corona Virus along with the unprecedented and heroic acts of care, Hartford Health will feature a new tribute film on the front lines, every week this month. In […]
Envision Films Signs Production Agreement with Medscape
CONNECTICUT, April 20th, 2020 Envision Films, LLC / Jeffrey B. Teitler and Medscape, a WebMD company sign publication agreement in collaboration with F. Perry Wilson, MD MSCE on a editorial film commission to commence at Yale New Haven Hospital. The piece will document Dr. Wilson, who is an Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine, […]
The Women’s Film Festival in Philadelphia Selects CCSU Film Students
The heart of CCSU FILM’s achievement has always centered around the original ideas of our students While some ideas are controversial, others can be light-hearted and comedic. But more than dreaming ideas, our students regularly exercise, cast, explore, costume and rigorously develop the necessary skills to produce their ideas. The process is by no […]
THE SWEETEST LAND WINS HUMANITARIAN AWARD
CONNECTICUT, January 23, 2020 The IndieFEST Film Awards, recognized by IMDB and a top 100 reviewed film festival on Film Freeway, has awarded THE SWEETEST LAND a Humanitarian Award of Distinction. Each year IndieFEST bestows Humanitarian Awards to deserving filmmakers who are committed to making a difference through impactful filmmaking that highlights a critical need of […]
SAN DIEGO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL SELECTS THE SWEETEST LAND
CONNECTICUT, January 19, 2019 We are honored to announce the SAN DIEGO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL has selected THE SWEETEST LAND. Founded in 2002, the San Diego Black Film Festival has grown to become one of the largest black film festivals in the country. THE SWEETEST LAND will screen on Saturday Feb 1st. For tickets […]
AWARENESS FILM FESTIVAL SELECTS THE SWEETEST LAND – A LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONNECTICUT, September 4th, 2019 THE SWEETEST LAND will receive its West Coast / Los Angeles Premiere at the AWARENESS FILM FESTIVAL, followed by a Q&A, Thursday, October 10th, 5:30-7:00 PM, LA Live Regal Cinemas, 1000 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA LIVES CAN MATTER In urban America, there are community promises made, […]
THE SWEETEST LAND TO SCREEN IN MIAMI, AUSTIN AND SAINT LOUIS
We are pleased to announce upcoming screenings of THE SWEETEST LAND at multiple film festivals in Saint Lous, Austin and Miami. Special thanks to the Capital City Black Film Festival, Urban Film Festival, commUNITY Arts Festival. Violence can be prevented. COMMUNITY ARTS FESTIVAL – SAINT LOUIS, MO – SEPT 8 CAPITAL CITY BLACK FILM FESTIVAL […]
FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT FILM SHOWCASE SELECTS THE SWEETEST LAND
We are pleased to announce THE SWEETEST LAND is an OFFICIAL SELECTION within the FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT FILM SHOWCASE. The film will be featured this July in TX . FWIFS is a top 100 best reviewed festivals on Film Freeway. LIVES CAN MATTER.
DOCS WITHOUT BORDERS FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS THE SWEETEST LAND
We are pleased to announce THE SWEETEST LAND has won an OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE AWARD within SOCIAL ISSUES from DOCS WITHOUT BORDERS FILM FESTIVAL Stay connected to future screenings and updates through our FACEBOOK or INSTAGRAM pages
WNPR’s WHERE WE LIVE FEATURES THE SWEETEST LAND
By CARMEN BASKAUF & LUCY NALPATHANCHIL Where We Live In 2017, nearly 40,000 people died from gun violence in the U.S. according to the CDC. Aswad Thomas is a survivor. A victim of a Hartford shooting outside a convenience store in 2009. He is also one of the people featured in the documentary The Sweetest […]
OFFICIAL SELECTION – LOWER EAST SIDE FILM FESTIVAL, NYC
We are so pleased and honored to announce that THE SWEETEST LAND has been selected to screen, on June 10th, 2019 within the Lower East Side Film Festival. NYC. EVENT DETAILS 7:00 PM Doors Open | Open Beer & Wine Bar! 7:30 PM Film Begins 8:30 PM Q&A with Filmmakers VENUE Village East Cinema 181-189 2nd Ave, New […]
THE SWEETEST LAND WINS LOS ANGELES FILM AWARDS
We are so pleased to announce that THE SWEETEST LAND has won Best Documentary Feature in the Los Angeles Film Awards. Thank you LAFA!!! https://www.lafilmawards.net/february-2019
FROM STREET VIOLENCE TO SHOWBIZ – NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
Read on the NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT This is the first of a series of reviews of movies showing at the New Haven Documentary Film Festival, or NHDocs, which runs May 30 through June 9 at the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, the main branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, Cafe Nine, and the […]
HARTFORD GUN-VIOLENCE DOC ‘THE SWEETEST LAND’ TO BE SCREENED IN NEW HAVEN
Read On the Hartford Courant by Susan Dunne In 2009, Aswad Thomas was a college grad and was looking forward to a career playing basketball in Europe. That didn’t happen. On Aug. 24, Thomas was shot on Albany Avenue in Hartford while leaving a convenience store. Thomas survived and walked again, but his life changed forever. […]