The Media Arts Council works to further its mission to actively support local artists and integrate a wide range of arts into the life of the entire community.
Saturday evening awards ceremony (after the main showing)
After party at La Belle Epoque Wine Bistro
Media Community Center 3rd & Monroe St (next to the police station)
Tickets are now available!
All Three Nights ($20 - best value)
Thursday Night ($10)
Friday Night ($10 - includes Late-night Horror Fest)
Saturday Night ($10)
Workshops ($10 - includes both workshops, singles not available)
Online ticket sales end at 4PM for each day's showing. Reserved tickets will be honored up to 15 minutes prior to each evening's show time. Get there early to guarantee a seat.
2012 Festival Schedule:
Thursday February 23rd (7:00-10:30)
Desperate Crossing
Oscillating Garrett
Crashing by Design
Undivided: The Preston and Steve Experience
Another Day Another Life
Steve Phoenix: The Untold Story
Friday February 24th (7:00-10:30)
SquareFish: Beatles Favorites
Top Leaves
Sweet Love
Romaine
The Ruby Runs Red
Rain in Summer
Porthole to the Past
Race to the Bottom of the Earth
Friday Late Night Horror Fest (10:30-Midnight)
The Scream of the Screaming Screamer
The Record
Cantata in C Major
Clutter
The Walk Home
Blood Signal
The Survivor
Dead of Nowhere (in 3D)
Workshops -- Saturday, February 25, 12:30pm and 2:30pm
It's easy to feel intimidated by the thought of writing your first screenplay. Don't let the seemingly endless parade of screenwriting elements scare you away from writing your first script. In this workshop you will learn the basics of the craft.Film is a visual medium. You will learn how to tell a story visually with a focus on what the audience sees and hears, as well as plot structure, setting the scene, character development, and writing effective dialogue.
Workshop Leader Hezekiah Lewis is a producer, director, screenwriter, actor and teacher.He is a graduate of UCLA’s prestigious film school with an MFA in Directing. While attending UCLA, Lewis won the Abraham Polonski Award for Excellence in Screenwriting, the Four Sisters Award and the James Bridges Award for Excellence in Directing. His film The Warrior Queen won the "Best of Show" at the 2010 Media Film Festival.Hezekiah Lewis is currently an Assistant Professor of Communication at Villanova University.
This workshop will show a range of exciting clips from classic films in an attempt to give film lovers a greater appreciation for the diverse, multi-faceted medium that dominates our thirst for mass entertainment. Film, over these past 100 years, has certainly come a long way from its humble, silent beginnings. At its best, it rivals great art and literature.
Workshop Leader Marc Lapadula is a full-time lecturer at Yale University, where he runs the screenwriting curriculum. Marc has also lectured extensively on film at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia Graduate Film School, the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Smithsonian Institution.Lapadula has produced a number of feature films and has worked as a consultant and expert analyst for New Line and Paramount film studios. His former students have gone on to write hit movies including The Hangover and The Break Up.
The arts strengthen a community in so many ways and we need the Media community to help support M.A.C. so that we can continue to bring fun and free cultural opportunities to you and your families.
