Down East Flick Fest 2021
Welcome to the 7th Annual Film Festival for Down East Flick Fest!
DEFF is a festival for short and feature-length independent films. This juried event is for experienced and emerging filmmakers of all genres. As always, we will celebrate all the collaborative arts that make filmmaking possible. We provide opportunities to promote your craft, network with working filmmakers, and talk with industry professionals. The overall winning film, the Best of the Fest, will win a cash prize. Stay tuned for full schedule. This year we will have five events that can also be screened online. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram Twitter, and TikTok.
Films | Panels |
Entertainment |Community Engagement | Awards
Friday November 19th at 5:30 PM
Live Screening with Directors' Q &A, Expert panelists, & Community Engagement. Congratulations to 4C Visuals Group and directors, Corbin Coleman, Charles Crouch of I'm Good Bro: Unmasking Black Male Depression, the winners of the 2021 Community Impact Award! Portions of this event including the Director's Q & A will be streamed live and this will be offered as a limited face-to-face event. Attendees must follow COVID 19 safety guidelines. Contact the organizer to register and for more details at info@dwneastflickfest.org.
Saturday, November 20th | 2-3:30 PM
Celestine Davis, DEFF's festival director hosts DEFF's first
FilmWise Interviews with veteran NC actor Lee Armstrong at 2 PM and
screenwriter Barry Ward at 3 PM. Hear stories of the triumphs and
challenges of filmmaking from the perspectives of these two down-east North
Carolina creatives.
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/downeastflickfests
Saturday, November 20th | 4-5:30 PM
Afrofuturism Panel on Zoom DEFF Facebook Live
UNAPOLOGETIC
FILMS: BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AFROFURISM
Zoom Link:
https://tinyurl.com/GeraMilesDEFF2021
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/downeastflickfests
Saturday, November 20th | 6-7:30 PM
Poetry in Motion on Zoom DEFF Facebook Live
POETRY IN
MOTION: CHARTING THE JOURNEY TO MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
Poet Regina YC Garcia hosts this panel to provide an
overview of what it takes to develop a poetry film. If you are interested
in how poetry films may expand the audience and life of your poem, you will not
want to miss this panel. An Open Mic will follow.
Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/ReginaGarciaDEFF2021
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/downeastflickfests
Sunday, November 21 | 8-9 PM
Donna Kain, hosts this panel of experienced and emerging
filmmakers who will lead the conversations on writing, directing, and
more moviemaking craftmanship. Be a part of the conversation! Join
us for a discussion about the usual and the pressing issues in the world of
filmmaking. Filmmakers, aspiring filmmakers and film lovers alike are invited
to join the conversation!
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/downeastflickfests
Sunday, November 21st | 8-9
PM
AWARDS CEREMONY
This
will be a live-streamed ceremony for award winners. One lucky filmmaker
will win the Best of the Fest award that comes with a cash prize of five
hundred dollars ($500.00).
Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/downeastflickfests