Storytelling in the filmmaking process is the essence of the New York State Writers Institute’s Albany Film Festival taking place this Saturday at SUNY Albany’s uptown campus, beginning at 10:30 am.
This annual spring event is free and open to the public. The festival hosts filmmakers and screens films that explore the craft of diverse storytelling in cinema, foster a deeper understanding of social justice and celebrate the human experience in all its dimensions.
The Festival includes in-depth panel discussions and how-to workshops with writers, screenwriters, filmmakers and film industry professionals, film critics and authors who have adapted their books into films.
Full-length and short film screenings of new work from student filmmakers to acclaimed directors will be shown, along with conversations and Q&As that encourage audience participation.
All day long John Warren, founder and editor of the New York Almanack, will be in the short film screening room showing a selection of short films (each 25 mins or less) in categories that include experimental (10:30 am); animation (11:45 am); horror (12:15 pm); documentary (1:15 pm); comedy (3 pm); and drama (4:15 pm).
The festival concludes with a presentation of the Ironweed Awards for Exemplary Achievement in Film and the Short Film Awards at 6 pm.
All festival events on Saturday – which are free and open to the public – will take place in the Campus Center West on SUNY Albany’s uptown campus at 1400 Washington Avenue in Albany.
Find more informationabout the Albany Film Festival, including a complete schedule, here.
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