AFF Seeks Committee Members & Volunteers for March 2013

Hello Film Fans,
After the resounding success of the First Annual Shorts Crawl on September 23rd, you can begin to see what we are planning for our March festival. It will be a four day long celebration of 50-70 features, shorts, narrative, animation and student films along the West Street Arts District corridor. We are planning to bring in film experts, industry guests, distributors, filmmakers, actors and others to the beautiful destination city in which we live.

We are seeking additional people to help up on a volunteer basis to work on several areas in preparation for the 21-24th of March. If you have skills or an interest in public relations, marketing, hospitality, operations, logistics, programing, technology, data base management and administration.

If you would like to find out more, please email us at volunteers@annapolisfilmfestival.net.

Special Events Chair, Sonia Feldman with Margo Speciale, Allison Porter and Julie Crudele at the Welcome Center in the Annapolis Visitor's Center during the Shorts Crawl.

AFF Shorts Crawl a resounding success!

Hello All!
Thank you for coming out to support us at our first community film event, the Annapolis Film Festival's First Annual Shorts Crawl! It was a gorgeous day in September full of fun, friendship and film screenings. Nine films in all were selected by our Programming Committee. It was a combination of narrative, documentary and animated short films that were shown to approximately 430 film fans in one day!

Thanks to the many volunteers, committee chairs, Board Members, venues on West Street and sponsors who made this great event possible.

Take a look here at a few snapshots that capture the day!
https://vimeo.com/50323784

Congratulations to all who worked so hard on the Shorts Crawl! It was a sell out! Thanks to Todd Stevens and Lee Anderson, here is a photo montage of the day...

AFF Shorts Crawl is Almost Here!

Hello Film Fans! Please tell everyone you know to get their tickets to participate in the Annapolis Film Festival's First Annual Shorts Crawl. They are available at all participating venues in the downtown Annapolis West Street area. They include: 49 West, Wild Orchid, Stan & Joe's Saloon, Metropolitan Kitchen & Lounge and Crush. On Sunday, September 23, 2012, sign in at the Visitor's Center at 26 West Street where you can trade your ticket for a colored wrist band. Then follow your group leader from venue to venue to see a variety of 9 short films from around the world consisting of scripted, animation and documentary films. Food and alcohol will be served at each venue. Tickets are $40. There are two possible options, midday from 11-4 or afternoon from 4-9 pm. Bring your friends, it should be a blast! We are doing this rain or shine! Tickets are also available online at www.annapolisfilmfestival.net.

First Annual Shorts Crawl - Sunday, September 23, 2012

First Annual Annapolis Film Festival Shorts Crawl Sunday, September 23, 2012 See several independent short films, eat drink and have fun along the West Street Arts Corridor. Here’s how it works: Please bring your ticket to the rear entrance of the Visitorʼs Bureau at 26 West Street (Parking at Gottʼs Garage on Calvert Street), for REGISTRATION from 10:30am to 11:30am. (Some additional tickets may be available for sale on the day of the event, but the majority of tickets are being sold in advance). SESSION ONE - a.m. You will be assigned to a group of up to 40 people and you will travel with your guide to your first venue, arriving there by 12 noon. (Your 3 venues will be assigned to you at registration). Each venue will provide a drink, light fare and approximately 30 minutes of short films. At 1:00pm, you will travel to venue #2 where the fun continues until 2:30pm. At 2:30, you will travel to venue #3 for yet another hour of food, drink and film ending at 4pm. SESSION TWO - p.m. You will be assigned to a group of up to 40 people and you will travel with your guide to your first venue, arriving there by 5:00pm. (Your 3 venues will be assigned to you at registration). Each venue will provide a drink, light fare and approximately 30 minutes of short films. At 6:00pm, you will travel to venue #2 where the fun continues until 7:30pm. At 7:30, you will travel to venue #3 for yet another hour of food, drink and film ending at 9pm. UNBELIEVABLE, RIGHT??? If you feel confused, DONʼT WORRY, your guide will lead you and entertain you too! Questions? Please write us at: info@anapolisfilmfestival.net You will enjoy 3 of our 5 participating venues: 49 West, Crush, Metropolitan, Stan & Joeʼs and Wild Orchid, to be determined at time of registration, space permitting. Note: This is a WALKING event. Please be prepared to enjoy the stroll. HAVE FUN!

Hello Film Lovers! WE NEED YOUR HELP! We are in process on planning and organizing the new Annapolis Film Festival slated to kick off on March 21, 2013. It is going to take a lot of work to bring 50-70 films to town for four days. If you or someone that you know, is interested in participating in some way, please contact the committee that you are interested in working with...they are listed below. PR/Marketing info@annapolisfilmfestival.net Hospitality hospitality@annapolisfilmfestival.net Programming programming@annapolisfilmfestival.net Operations operations@annapolisfilmfestival.net Volunteers volunteers@annapolisfilmfestival.net Please direct all other inquiries to info@annapolisfilmfestival.net. If you have questions or need immediate assistance, call FILMSTERS at 410-263-3023.

We are Official!!!!

Hello Film Lovers, Talk movie to me! We are excited to let you know that we have had our "coming out party" for festival donors this week. It was a lovely movie-themed event held at Board President, Rick Foster's private home in Edgewater. Over 150 of Annapolis' "Who's Who" list was in attendance. Food was provided by Palate Pleasers, wine by Mills Liquors, costumes courtesy of the Bay Theatre Company and the Candy Girls makeup and hair was done by Morgan Gerard Salon and Spa. We are official with dates on the 2013 calendar for March 21-24th. In addition, thanks to the efforts of Herrmann Advertising, we have now launched our official festival website found at www.annapolisfilmfestival.net. Check it out! There is a new film festival trailer available for viewing on the home page. We will keep you posted as more exciting events unfold! Lee Anderson, co-founder