11th Annual Brookfield Film Festival Runs April 5-7

The Brookfield Arts Commission (BAC) and the Friends of the Arts of Brookfield, Inc. (FOA) present the 11th annual Brookfield Film Festival, Shorts and to the Point, by hosting three screenings of selected shorts at the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts. Show dates are Friday, April 5 at 7:30 PM, Saturday, April 6 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, April 7 at 3:00 PM.

Seating in the Brookfield Theatre located at 184 Whisconier Road in Brookfield is limited, and reservations are recommended. To make reservations, please email bacreservations@gmail.com or call Vicki Henninger at 203-740-2034.

Admission is $15 (suggested donation) and includes a complimentary beverage, light refreshments and desserts. Donations to the film festival allow the BAC, through the FOA, to fund a variety of activities presenting and supporting the arts in our community including an award to graduating Brookfield students pursuing college education in the arts.

This year’s selection of shorts range thematically from characters breaking the fourth wall to familial relationships, the memory journeys of someone with alzheimer’s, race relations, gender identity, and the joys of a community band. Included works run from a microshort (which is a film five minutes or under) to short features over 15 minutes long. Featured are live action and several different animation techniques. Three of the films were Oscar nominated, and one, Bao, was this year’s Animated Shorts Oscar winner.

Brookfield Theatre for the Arts is happy to welcome the Brookfield Film Festival. According to President, Lou Okell, “This is a great opportunity to support Brookfield students and arts in our community through this important cultural and fundraising event.”