The 1st Annual Reel East Film Festival Premieres this Friday in Camden County
The first annual Reel East Film Festival is honored to bring independent and upcoming feature films and shorts to Camden County and greater South Jersey. This event will feature screenings of new and classic films, discussions, workshops, and a gala. Attendees can look forward to meeting regional and visiting filmmakers over the course of three nights in June. A weekend festival, Reel East serves area residents, visitors, students, local businesses, and the regional film community. Committed to a global perspective and the power of storytelling, the festival will feature independent films of all levels and genres. Director John Sayles will be there on August 23rd to screen his new film, GO FOR SISTERS.
Dates: August 22nd and 23rd, 2014
Address: Ritz Theater; 915 White Horse Pike, Haddon Township, NJ
Cost: $7 to $40, depends on ticket. Buy Tickets Here
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This is the full Schedule for REFF 2014:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014
Friday, 6 pm: Short film program, followed by “Brotherhood of the Popcorn”, the latest from filmmaker Inda Reid that documents a group’s 35-year tradition of meeting to celebrate the silver screen. Hosted by film critic Irv Slifkin (Filmadelphia).
9 pm: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger (1927) with live musical accompaniment, presented by filmmaker Andrew Repasky McElhinney (A Chronicle of Corpses¸ the forthcoming Christmas Dreams) with a post-screening discussion. (A short film program will follow.)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014
Saturday, Noon: A screening of a lost Humphrey Bogart film, presented by film critic Matthew Sorrento (The New American Crime Film; editor, Film International).
2 pm: Stephen King “Dollar Baby” Short Films – a program of adaptations of short works by the master of horror, presented by OFCS film critic Brian Holcomb.
4 pm: “Going Attractions”, the new film by April Wright that chronicles America’s unique tradition of drive-in movies, to be screened just miles from the drive-in’s birthplace in Camden, NJ. Presented by screenwriter Faith Brody Patane (Miss December).
6 pm: “Diagram for Delinquents”, the theatrical premiere of a new documentary on comic book censorship, from South Jersey filmmaker Robert A. Emmons, Jr. (Goodwill: The Flight of Emilio Carranza [2007], De Luxe: The Tale of Blue Comet [2009]) who will appear for a post-screening discussion.
8 pm: An Evening with John Sayles, who will present his film, “Go For Sisters”, with a post-screening discussion.
11 pm: “I Lay Where I Fall”, the new film by Andrew Stubbs that chronicles musician Juston Stens’ trip across America, on a 1972 Triumph motorcycle, as he undergoes a personal artistic journey while collaborating with bandmembers from Wilco, Spoon, Those Darlins and the Mynabirds. Stens will appear to introduce the film and provide a post-screening discussion.
Throughout the festival, The Movie Poster and Book Shop of Barrington, NJ will be presenting their collection of memorabilia for those interested in purchasing a piece of authentic movie history or just a great book about movies.
