Occupy The Film Festival

An interview with host Blair McClendon on WKCR 89.9 FM New York City about the organizing behind Occupy the Film Festival is now available on our Press page.

Hear what directors and experts had to say about their films at Occupy the Film Festival!  Please visit our new Filmmaker Q+A page.

We have added links on our site to the short films and one feature that are available for viewing online! From playful instructional videos to probing news analyses to sweeping feature docs, from New York City to Honolulu, from Greece to Spain, see the variety of films we featured at Occupy the Film Festival by clicking on their titles on the FILMS page. Be sure to scroll all the way down for the shorts lineup.

Check back here next week for filmmaker question-and-answer sessions with Directors Sara Blom, Dennis Trainor Jr., Victoria Hayes and Karen Bruce at occupythefilmfestival.com.

Occupy the Film Festival participated in MAG-Net’s September Digital Dialogue national call, “Occupy the Theaters: Celebrating Media and Films as Catalysts for Social Change,” with organizers from Participant Media, Global Action Project, Line Break Media  and Streaming for Change Festival moderated by Betty Yu of the Center for Media Justice. To listen to this lively discussion about the importance of media to organizing, advocacy and social change in light of the Occupy movement, please visit the MAG-Net site.

Check out this awesome short film about Occupy the Film Festival by Amanda Hass of Paper Tiger Television. Thanks to Amanda for capturing the festivities! Filmmaker Q+A sessions will be posted soon.

Projections by the Illuminator. Logo design by Caroline Sykora.

Part II of Dr. Torchin’s review of Occupy the Film Festival is now available in Souciant magazine: http://souciant.com/2012/09/occupy-the-film-festival-part-ii/

This and other press coverage will be posted on our new “Press” page above.

Dr. Leshu Torchin, Lecturer in the Department of Film Studies at University of St. Andrews, has written a superb piece about the festival in Souciant, a magazine of politics and culture. Part Two is forthcoming. Check it out at http://souciant.com/2012/09/all-protest-no-porn/