The 3rd Annual Billtown Film Festival in Williamsport Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the inclusion of the national touring Lunafest film festival as part of BFF’s 3- night program. Lunafest honors the talents and stories of women everywhere through a series of inspirational short films. Lunafest will be held on BFF’s opening night, April 19th only, at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport. Proceeds will benefit the Williamsport YWCA and the Breast Cancer Fund. The theme for the Billtown Film Festival is “Art, Women and the Environment”.
Lunafest is a 90-minute program of films by, for, and about women is shown in up to 200 venues and to 20,000+ attendees throughout the U.S. and Canada. LUNAFEST raises funds and promotes awareness for local women’s nonprofit organizations through each screening.
The BFF will also show films by local filmmakers too. After Lunafest we will show Lynn Estomin’s Out of Step, a film about women veterans’ writer’s project. On Friday, April 20th, the film stART (formerly known as Williamsport Art Attack) will be shown. Although the film was broadcast on WVIA TV, it has been re-edited by director Lorena Benequez with the BFF in mind. Lorena will have a Q&A session after the screening of her film.
On Saturday, April 21, we will have two one-hour films and several short films on various subjects to round out the program. After the show there will be a wrap up party at Ozzie and Mae’s Hacienda Restaurant and Cantina.
Also there will a mini-art show featuring women artists in the lobby of the CAC on all three nights. We will also have information concerning Art, Women and the Environment at an information table in the lobby.
Each night will be different. Doors will open at 6:30 pm, shows will start at 7 pm. The show will last about 2 hours each night. Tickets are $5.00 at the door.
The complete schedule will be posted on this website soon…
Below: We’re gonna’ fill da’ house on April 19th! Imagine every seat filled in the Community Arts Center! Here’s a clip that’s flowing with positive energy! And then check out the video retrospective of last year’s BFF event. Several members of the audience offered their thoughts after the screenings. Check out what they had to say about the 2011 Billtown Film Festival.
Art, Women and the Environment. A.W.E. Awesome. The theme for the 2012 Billtown Film Festival will highlight the burgeoning art scene in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; the cinematic talents of women filmmakers and women’s issues; and the environmental challenges facing the Central Pennsylvania region. The event will have 3 separate nights of intriguing, and perhaps controversial, insights into seemingly divergent social topics. There will be some overlap between the designations but the festival’s criteria will be loosely structured as to encompass a broad range of works.
The Billtown Film Festival organization is dedicated to supporting the film industry in Pennsylvania by encouraging greater cinema attendance and by educating the public about independent films. We screen films at multiple venues in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. We support and encourage filmmakers, especially students, to manifest their creative expressions through film and video production.
We want more thought-provoking, intelligent and artistic films that, hopefully, will expand our horizons and promote cultural harmony. We want to maintain and improve the quality of life in our region by appreciating the cinematic artists’ sometimes controversial interpretation of our world. We want films and videos that will enlighten and entertain. All points of view are considered.
The Billtown Film Festival also seeks to improve the economic development of the downtown business district in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and the Central Pennsylvania region. The Billtown Film Festival encourages the production of documentary or narrative films that specifically detail the rich histories of Central Pennsylvania. But we’re more than that! We want all voices to be heard cinematically. If you are a filmmaker show us your stuff. Our next blowout event will be April 2012.
