Dawnell Smith
“Frame by Frame: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Festival”
Independent film festivals celebrate an art form that integrates everything from music and cinematography to set-building, writing, acting, costuming, special effects, creative financing, and more. Putting on a festival integrates its own assortment of disciplines with the end-goal of showing films that local audiences might not otherwise see. But don’t be fooled. A film festival isn’t about kicking back and chilling out with celebrities. It’s about illusion and story-telling, magic and investigation, imagination and community.
About Dawnell Smith
Dawnell Smith mostly runs errands, and sometimes writes, makes art, watches kids’ soccer, and retreats to the mountains with her dogs. She is also one of the key members of the Anchorage International Film Festival team and can be contacted at dawnell (at) anchoragefilmfestival.org or sometimes @ANCFF on Twitter.
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Nicely said! If it wasn’t for independent and international film, just think, we’d be stuck with Hollywood…