Reno Film Festival Announces Annual Oscar Shorts Screenings
The Oscar-nominated and winning live action and animated short subjects will be screened in Reno Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27. Evening shows at 7:30 pm will screen at the Joe Crowley Student Union at UNR and a 2 pm Saturday matinee will be shown in room 108 of the Sierra building on the TMCC Dandini campus.
Tickets are available at the door or in advance at www.renofilmfestival.com or from Neil in the TMCC library. Ticket prices are $8/general and $5/student. Bring two cans of food to benefit the Food Bank of Northern Nevada and take $1 off. (Those purchasing tickets in advance will be reimbursed at the door.)
Festival organizers are currently accepting entries for three contests: March 12 is the deadline for both this year’s annual poster contest and the Reno Indie competition. The Indie competition has a late deadline in April and the synopsis contest has April and May deadlines. Information on all three contests is at the festival’s website, www.renofilmfestival.com
This year’s 10th annual Reno Film Festival is slated for June 13-20 and will feature the annual Indie Shorts competition with short films in a variety of categories, classic films, educational sessions, parties and more. A complete Reno Film Festival schedule and ticket information will be posted at the festival’s website as this year’s program is finalized later this spring.
Festival sponsors for the 2009-10 season include the City of Reno’s Arts & Culture Commission, E.L Cord Foundation, DP Foundation, Terry Lee Wells Foundation and the Nevada Arts Council & National Endowment for the Arts. Media sponsors include Yellowbook, KTVN-TV, Americom/Reno Radio Representatives, Bea-Design for Marketing, H & A Productions, KNPB Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, KUNR Public Radio – FM 88.7, Red Machine Multimedia and the Reno News & Review.
