The seventh annual Asheville Film Festival is happening this weekend - a somewhat pared-down version of the festival in years past, but a chance to support local talent, see some good flicks and sharpen your skills at the workshops. Highlights:
The "Focus on Local" screening is tonight (Friday, November 13) at the Diana Wortham, and it features Paul Schattel's Alison, a film he made here in Asheville with the help of a Media Arts Advantage Fund grant through the MAP. (See Paul's blog post below.) Also screening tonight is Beer Y'all... on everyone's favorite subject. Films from UNCA students screen on Saturday at the Fine Arts. Tickets and screening schedule are here.
YMI hosts two days of workshops, many of them from friends of the MAP: an animation session with UNCA's Lei Han and Philip Delacruz, a directors' panel with Rod Murphy, Paul Bonesteel and Paul Schattel, and a talk on sound design from David Schmidt of A Cappella Audio. Apple workshops at Pack Place run all day today and tomorrow. The educational offerings are all free - here's the schedule.
