In addition to several films, this year’s Akron Film Festival features more workshops than ever. On Saturday at the Akron Digital Media Center, there are workshops on motion design and title animation. Saturday at the Akron Art Museum there will be a seminar on deconstructing Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and one on cinematography. On Sunday at…
Joe Siebert, director of the short documentary The Real Bold Badmen discusses how a chance meeting during high school led to his new film about one of Northeast Ohio’s first independent filmmakers.
Chris Holmok is an independent filmmaker from Akron. His short movie See Jane Work, won the Akron Film Festival’s Movie Mashups contest in August. It screens as part of the festival on Sept. 24 at 10:55 p.m. at the Akron Art Museum. Here, Chris talks about making movies. All the elements have always been there.…
Philip Swift, director of the short documentary “Sincerely, P.V. Reese” discusses how his Akron roots convinced him to create a personal essay about the death of his best friend. The movie will be shown as part of the Akron Film Festival at the Akron Art Museum on Sept. 23 at 7:45 p.m. A few years…
