Cinematic arts center to host free film festival
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August 21, 2013 : By Melissa Skinner/Liberty University News Service
Liberty University Cinematic Arts, Zaki Gordon Center will showcase several movies from major film studios prior to their national release during this year’s Labor Day Weekend Film Festival, Aug. 29-31.
Screenings will be shown on Thursday, Aug. 29, and Friday, Aug. 30, at Cinemark Movies 10 in Candlers Station Shopping Center, adjacent to Liberty’s campus. All events are free and open to the public.
“This marks the beginning of Liberty’s cinematic arts department’s relationship with the major movie studios. It also demonstrates the studios’ interest in our film program to allow the first-time screenings to happen in Lynchburg,” said Stephan Schultze, executive director of Cinematic Arts.
The following films will be shown:
Several breakout sessions will take place on Saturday, Aug. 31, hosted by a panel of actors, writers, directors and producers, including Justin Tolley, Johnny Remo, Danny Carrales, Jon Erwin, Andrew Cheney, Russ Rice, Dan Gordon, Christopher Morrow, Bobby Downes, and Todd Robinson.
The schedule can also be viewed at www.Liberty.edu/cinemapremiere.
Thursday, Aug. 29, Cinemark Movies 10
Friday, Aug. 30, Cinemark Movies 10
Saturday, Aug. 31, Liberty University School of Law Supreme Courtroom