SAVE THE DATES! September 30 – October 9 for the 2022 Chesapeake Film Festival Easton, Maryland, April 11, 2022–Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Chesapeake Film Festival with a weekend of provocative, insightful, and innovative films at our LIVE Festival, followed by a week-long VIRTUAL Festival. The LIVE Festival begins Friday, September 30 with a […]
Continue ReadingEaston, MD – The Oxford Community Center and the Chesapeake Film Festival’s virtual workshop “The Journey of a Hollywood Idea” is set for online launch April 17 & 18, 2021 Aspiring filmmakers wondering how to get their film made, film enthusiasts and seasoned pros alike, are invited to get some online face time with five […]
Continue ReadingEaston, MD, February 19, 2021—The Oxford Community Center and the Chesapeake Film Festival’s virtual workshop “The Journey of a Hollywood Idea” is set for online launch April 17 & 18, 2021 Aspiring filmmakers wondering how to get their film made, and seasoned pros alike, are invited to get some online face time with five of […]
Continue ReadingYou will have the rare opportunity to meet the directors and producers from some of the films featured in this year’s Chesapeake Film Festival on Facebook LIVE beginning Thursday, September 24, 2020. Learn what these filmmakers were most passionate about when making their film and why they decided to make it. Find out what was […]
Continue ReadingEaston, MD – The 2020 Virtual Chesapeake Film Festival celebrates our environment with seven provocative films that focus on the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the habitats that sustain life for humans and animals. These environmental films, along with 40 other exceptional films, are FREE to an international audience during the four-day […]
Continue ReadingEaston, MD – A key feature of the Chesapeake Film Festival (October 1-4) is the delightfully, quirky, homage to the typewriter, California Typewriter. According to a review in the New York Times (‘California Typewriter’: Preserving the Past, Key by Key by Jeannette Catsoulis, Aug. 17, 2017): “California Typewriter might center on a small, beleaguered typewriter […]
Continue ReadingBringing Our Festival to the World and the World to Our Festival For Free! Easton, MD – From films made around the Chesapeake Bay, to films produced on the West Coast, to films from across the ocean, our 2020 Festival promises to be the most diverse and exciting in the 13-year-history of the Chesapeake Film […]
Continue ReadingOctober 1-4, 2020 Our Mission: Celebrating Film, Strengthening Our Community The Chesapeake Film Festival’s commitment to bringing outstanding independent films to the people of the Chesapeake Bay area remains a priority despite the challenges of 2020. Because of the pandemic, CFF has had to figure out an alternate means of delivering those films to you. […]
Continue ReadingFree Films on Thursday evenings in April and May 2020. Easton, MD – Back for his 456th blockbuster appearance: Will Shakespeare! Come see tales of power and romance, laughs and tears — and a heartwarming bit with a donkey. Suzanne Sanders, creator of Friending Shakespeare at the Chesapeake Forum, introduces five top-notch films, with hints […]
Continue ReadingWhere better to start off an evening of local environmental films than at the Eastern Shore Conservation Center hosted by four of the Chesapeake Bay’s biggest advocates: Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and The Nature Conservancy. The reception on October 4, 2019 is part of the Chesapeake Film Festival and precedes the […]
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