Silver City's Fifth Annual Film Festival

Learn more at http://www.silvercityfilmfest.org/

Three days and nights of film screenings and presentations, in the heart of the Gila.

The 2008 Silver City Film Festival will be held October 10-12, 2008 during Silver City's Weekend at the Galleries, with events at The Fine Arts Center Theatre of Western New Mexico University and The Historic Silco Theater in Downtown Silver City.

The Festival will include more than 40 Short and Feature length films, Animation, Documentaries, a Junior Filmmakers Program, Artist Biography Films, Guest Speaker Presentations and Staged Readings of selected screenplays. Additionally, the entry process has been opened nationally and internationally this year.

The full Festival schedule will be available online in September. Opening Night will be at the Silco Theatre, Friday, October 10, with a screening at 8:00 PM. Doors will open at 7:30 PM.

For more information email: info@silvercityfilmfest.org or write to P.O. Box 1584, Silver City, NM 88062.

Tickets can be purchased at the door of any event or screening. Tickets or festival passes can also be purchased in advance at The Curious Kumquat, 111 East College Street in Silver City or by emailing info@silvercityfilmfest.org. Full Festival programs will be available in Silver City mid-September and throughout the weekend at the venues as well as the Chamber of Commerce and The StudioSpace, 109 N. Bullard Street.

More about the Festival:
Arts and cultural offerings such as The Silver City Film Festival have been shown to increase a communities' quality of life. They are fun, enjoyable, and will bring newcomers, dollars, and recognition to Silver City and all of southwest New Mexico. It is also another step in Silver City becoming a force in New Mexico's burgeoning film industry and community. This growing industry is an asset for economic development, helping to attract an educated, creative work force that local communities, businesses and the state of New Mexico actively promote.

The advantages and benefits of having a film festival to Silver City cannot be summed up in one sentence, please join us this Autumn.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: email the Film Festival!

2008 Festival Schedule:

FRIDAY October 10 Opening Night at the Historic Downtown Silco Theater, Screening at 8 p.m.
SATURDAY October 11 –Screenings and Events, details to be announced
SUNDAY October 12 – Daytime Screenings and Events, Closing Reception. Details to be announced

About the Festival Guest Speakers:

DETAILS ON FESTIVAL GUEST AND PRESENTATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED.