Board President Welcome

FILMFEST

Board President Welcome...................................3 Executive Director Welcome ..............................4 Senator Welcome ...................................................5 City of Reading Mayor Welcome.......................5 ReadingFilmFEST Sponsors ................................6 ReadingFilmFEST Team........................................8 StudentFEST Screening .................................... 10 Friday Night Shorts..............................................12 Mental Health Block........................................... 14 Poetry Films............................................................15 Politics and Race Block ......................................16 Saturday Shorts.....................................................17 World Views Block............................................... 18 Sunday Shorts ..................................................... 19 Music Documentaries........................................ 20 Made in Reading.................................................. 21 AAUW-Reading Chapter presents LUNAFEST................................................................22 Features ................................................................. 24 Documentaries .....................................................26 Special Events ...................................................... 29 Educational Events .............................................31 Judges ..................................................................... 34 This is Reading - Revisited ................................36 Schedule .................................................................37

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I think back to 2015 when we started ReadingFilmFEST. We knew we wanted a festival that celebrated the efforts of independent filmmakers. Through the support of the wonderful Berks business and arts community, we’ve been able to offer hospitality packages, networking opportunities, location tours, and great audiences to our visiting filmmakers year after year!

This year we are also remembering This is Reading, the spectacular multi-media event created by Lynn Nottage and Tony Gerber in 2017. We will be screening the documentary film of the event, followed by a discussion with its creators, and live performances with the This is Reading dancers.

A look back is not possible without taking a moment to reflect on the challenges we’ve all faced over the last two years during the Covid-19 pandemic. Filmmakers, businesses, festivals, and arts organizations struggled to stay relevant and survive the restrictions and real fears imposed by the epidemic. I’m so proud that ReadingFilmFEST continued to provide and even expand our programming throughout this time. We adjusted, we modified, and we tried new things. Throughout the challenges, we grew.

As I look to the future, I see a revitalized ReadingFilm office, recognized and supported by the community as an economic development initiative. I see new opportunities for youth and local filmmakers to grow their skills. I see a local film production community that brings pride, excitement, and prosperity to the entire region. I see the vision that Santo Marabella, Letty Hummel, and the late Michael Constantine imagined when they formed the ReadingFilm office in 2006 coming to fruition!

Thank you to all those past and present who have made this happen! And hats off to Executive Director Cammie Harris, Associate Director Chris Woodward, our Board of Directors, Advisory Council, jury, judges, panelists, and volunteers! You are our 2022 ReadingFilmFEST stars!

See you at the movies!

Tracy Schott Board President