A New Theme Each Year
The Festival designs its program to resemble a huge comprehensive course on a cultural theme, which illuminates the social and artistic impact of moviemaking. Festival themes have included Music and the Movies (1990), The Reel South (1992), Love and Other Obsessions (1994), U.S. and Them (1995), and Cool (1998). Over 60 films are shown in just four days, with nearly one hundred speakers. Directors, actors, scholars, and writers enrich the Festival experience and welcome the opportunity to reflect with audiences on the art and purposes of filmmaking.
