WILLiFEST is back for its eighth season this Saturday with screenings all day. The Williamsburg International Film Festival's three day event launches with an invite-only Opening Night party on Friday, September 9th.
Saturday brings a full day and night of screenings at returning partner Knitting Factory starting at 1:00pm with our famed Animation Program. An Industry Panel on the fascinating technology of Virtual Reality takes place at Videology Bar & Cinema at 1:00pm. This panel is presented by the Center of Active Learning and will feature VR designers Jack Donovan of IrisVR, Richard Bottoms of GlassHand VR and Max Bolotov of Koncept VR.
On Saturday evening we proudly premiere the film Here Comes The Train by Joie Lee and feature film Second Chance directed by Carlos Cardona at 5:30pm. At 8:00pm we present the premiere of Dark Harvest starring Cheech Marin and directed by and co-starring James Hutson.
Sunday at 4:30pm we present the premiere of A Brilliant Genocide directed by Australian filmmaker Ebony Butler. This raw film exposes the brutal campaigns by the Yoweri Museveni regime with support from foreign governments.
Sunday evening brings us the premieres of Smile Again, Jenny Lee directed by Carlo Caldana at 6:30pm and at 8:30pm is Concealed directed by Shane T. Hall.
Tickets and Passes are available on our website at www.willifest.com/2016/tickets.
Direct Media inquiries and request press passes at www.willifest.com/2016/press.
Our full film lineup is available at www.willifest.com/2016/films.
Our entire schedule is available at www.willifest.com/2016/schedule.
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