The 3rd Annual Billtown Film Festival’s 2012 theme, “Art, Women and the Environment” is taking shape. We are AWEstruck at the promising range of films that will be shown at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport on April 19-21, 2012. Films from local filmmakers will be featured. We will have notable films from national and international filmmakers, too. Get ready to enjoy 3 nights of great independent films.
Here’s a 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.
