The Berkshire International Film Festival

Posted by Fetch Mon, 19 May 2008 17:10:00 GMT

This weekend OTL, along with writer/director Jeff Lycett, headed to The Berkshire International Film Festival. We were headed there to represent our short film, Denim which Jeff had written and directed. It seemed to be one of the few comedic short films in their program but it played really well and the audiences seemed to enjoy it a lot. If you are looking for good festivals, that treat filmmakers really well and that have a community that comes out for movies that might otherwise have a hard time getting seen, then be sure to submit to this festival. We had a great time and hope to go back next year.

Some movies that we checked out and can highly recommend are two documentaries (one which is in negotiations for a distributor and the other that is still looking for one) and they are Flow: For Love of Water and Split: A Divided America, respectively. Flow is a documentary about both the need for clean, accessible water as well as the issues surrounding the privatization of water. Be sure to check out this film and visit their website for more information and to sign their petition at: www.flowthefilm.com. Split: A Divided America, deals with how partisanship has taken over the policitcal process. Check this movie out at: www.splitdoc.com. We also got a chance to see the Sundance darling: Teen America which was also incredibly engrossing.