For Immediate Release
Contact: Julie Westendorff
jwestendorff@alleganyarts.org
301.777.2787 (ARTS)
Allegany Arts Council Announces Inaugural Mountain Maryland Film Festival
CUMBERLAND— The Allegany Arts Council has announced the inaugural Mountain Maryland Film Festival to take place November 8-9, 2024, in partnership with Loft 129. The competition will offer $1000 in cash prizes to filmmakers submitting shorts, or films under 15 minutes in duration.
The 2024 theme for the film festival is music – in addition to the filmmaking competition, which is now accepting submissions, the two-day event will also feature the director and producer of an award-winning documentary, “Firebird: Built to Burn,” which explores the town of Phoenixville, PA, and the musical and cultural festival created two-decades ago by building, and then burning, a wooden phoenix. Colleen Brady and Charlie Hudson, both award-winning filmmakers, will join the event for a live conversation.
On day two, popular music films including American Graffiti and Saturday Night Fever will be screened, along with a special block of shorts and an award presentation to the winning filmmakers. Following the day’s events, a late night will take place at a location to be announced.
Filmmakers interested in submitting for the competition may do so via Film Freeway, with a deadline of September 20. Tickets for the two-day festival will be available soon and can be purchased through the Arts Council’s website.
The Arts Council wishes to thank the City of Cumberland and Loft 129 for support of this program.
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