Westport Youth Film Festival
Saturday, May 01, 2010
This weekend, our town’s teens bring back the Westport Youth Film Festival for its seventh year. The WYFF is the only film festival in the world run for teens and by teens. Suzy thinks that’s pretty fab. So what’s the story? The festival kicks off Friday at 7 pm in Westport Town Hall with two incredible presentations: “Four films made by Connecticut high school students with a grant from Connecticut Project for the Constitution, and eight movies from “Peace it Together”, a British Columbia film program centered around teaching Canadian, Palestinian, and Israeli youth to promote peace through dialogue, filmmaking, and multimedia.”
The program continues on Saturday, May 8th, starting at 10 am. Two venues—Westport Town Hall and Toquet Hall—will showcase 65 student films from all over the world. The action spills over into Main Street with local high school band performances and free popcorn and soda at Oscar’s Delicatessen. The whole thing wraps up with an awards ceremony at 6 pm, with awards donated by Tiffany & Co. and Simon Pearce of Westport. Looks like Westport teens are definitely ready for their close up.
Get the scoop on the WYFF at www.westportartscenter.org. Or just call the Westport Arts Center at 203-222-7070.
Westport Youth Film Festival
Westport Town Hall
110 Myrtle Avenue and
Toquet Hall
58 Post Road East (Across from the YMCA)
Westport
Friday, May 7 at 7 pm and Saturday, May 8, starting at 10 AM
Festival passes are $10 for students, $15 for adults and can be picked up at the Westport Arts Center or the day of the festival.
