The Chesapeake Film Festival will return to Easton, Maryland, September 19-21, 2014 with more than a dozen inspirational films. The festival began in 2007 and won the “Best New Event” award for the State of Maryland and Tourism. The festival annually brings an interesting and diverse selection of films to Talbot County during a three-day extravaganza, which kicks off with an exclusive opening night party, panel discussions and the screenings of award-winning films.
For opening night, the festival is screening “GOOD OL FREDA” – the tell-all documentary of Freda Kelly, a shy teenager from Liverpool asked to work for a young local band hoping to make it big. Freda finally tells her tales for the first time in 50 years. Critics say it will definitely make you feel “Glad All Over!” [Bellbottoms optional].
The festival will shine the spotlight on a local success story from a family with more than one star. “MOVEMENT AND LOCATION” is written by and starred in by Alex Orban (now known as Bodine Boling), the granddaughter of a Caroline County native, Aubrey Bodine, a very prominent Baltimore Sun photographer. It’s a “gentle” sci-fi story about a new arrival from 400 years in the future to today’s Brooklyn, NY. Attempting to make a new life for herself, the heroine is thrown into turmoil when she discovers other visitors from the future, including her husband. Her choice is between her new life and the past she left behind in the future.
Major film festivals don’t suddenly appear on the silver screen by magic, of course. From screenings in Los Angeles, New York, Cannes, Toronto and Sundance, the festival’s savvy programmers have gathered the best-of-the-best independent and foreign films, many of which have subsequently been nominated for Oscars. Responding to previous year’s audience suggestion, this year’s festival will also feature a classic film, to be announced soon.
The festival will welcome viewers to the historic Avalon Theatre for three days of outstanding films, as well as to the Talbot County Library, where there will be special free films for kids. Check out the powerhouse festival lineup and purchase tickets on line for our 7th annual event atwww.chesapeakefilmfestival.com.
See you at the movies!
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