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The Boonies Film Festival in Warren PA
We were trolling the internet the other day and ran across the site for The Boonies International Film Festival in Warren PA. We love this idea, partly because we tried to get something similar started in Lewisburg several years ago but the idea fell on largely deaf ears. We salute the chutzpah of the event’s organizers. According to the festival website:
The Boonies International, an independent film festival for filmmakers of all ages, is motivated by our mission to create and develop film and educational opportunities and events.
The Boonies International 2011 will present the films and stories of filmmakersfrom around the world.
The Boonies 2011 will also shine a light on independent music, a wealth of art mediums and the future of technology — now. Artists everywhere can take part in this planet-wide grassroots phenomenon.
Education is inherent in The Boonies International. The Boonies has developed educational value into all aspects of the festival. Our broad encouragement of the arts includes the support of our local fringe and traditional arts through ourdonations to The Allegheny Center for the Arts (ACA). Because the ACA is also education driven and arts focused, the two non-profits are ideal partners. Ourestablishment of a “Scholarship Fund” for those studying the arts was one of our first acts as an organization. Scholarships are awarded annually to selected students.
Need we say that this kind of effort is something that the internet makes possible in a way it was never possible before?