Clearwater Film and Music Festival

This four-day festival features live music and 54 films from around the world, as well as educational panels with the chance to meet filmmakers, actors, animators, musicians, and producers. Featured talent includes New York filmmaker Luke Matheny, who won an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film for “God of Love,” and local actor, producer, and writer Jim Fitzpatrick, who recently appeared in “Dolphin Tale,” which was filmed locally and opens this week.

Today’s schedule lists panels in Web series development, navigating film school, film production, and acting for the screen; films such as the documentary “In the Footsteps of Willie Sutton,” and music from Gypsy Star and Not Broken Yet.