The #Motherhood shorts program covers the ups and downs & the joy and pain of motherhood, including the difficulties in conceiving, and the decision of when to have children. Multi-alum Sarah Moshman will be here presenting the short A Mother Is Born. bit.ly/2023LCFFS08

Sometimes you watch a movie, and just say, OMG! WTF! Did I just see that? This collection of 3 shorts will definitely have you shocked at what you've seen. I really don't want to say much more about any of them, it's better to go in not knowing anything! bit.ly/2023LCFFS09

With Peter Bradley is a celebration of art-making and the creative contributions of Black artists to American life. It puts a long-overdue lens on Bradley and shows his rightful place in the ongoing movement toward racial equity in the arts and our society.bit.ly/2023LCFFDF06

That's a wrap on the #2023LCFF!

If everything goes well, we should be announcing our award winners tomorrow!

Excited to announce the first batch of award winners, the Jury Awards for Short Films. Best Narrative Short: Demon Box Best Documentary Short: A Chocolate Lens Best Student Narrative Short: The End Of The World Best Student Documentary Short: The Search bit.ly/2023LCFFJuryAw…

Excited to announce the 2023 Lake County Film Festival Audience Winners for Best Short Film. The Edward Amet Audience Award for Best Short Film: The Food That Saves Us Best Animated Short Film: Island Best Documentary Short Film: Harvey See the Top 10: bit.ly/2023LCFFAudien…

Last, but not least, the Audience Awards for Features! The Daniel Chapp Audience Award For Best Narrative Feature: Trapped Balloon by Hiroyuki Miyagawa (宮川博至｜CMと映画) Audience Award For Best Documentary Feature: Join or Die 🎳 by Rebecca Davis & Pete Davis

Congrats to the Nine-Five Senses team for their Academy Award nomination!

Yesterday, I updated the history page for The 2023 LFF with info on a couple movies available for streaming. bit.ly/2023LCFF Not two hours later, the director of Good Guy with a Gun messaged me to let me know that the film was hitting streaming platforms TODAY.

Do you know anyone in Champaign? Here's an article about the new film festival I'm launching there, starting with a free screening of QWERTY on Sunday. bit.ly/CFF001

Our Early Bird Deadline is this Friday! filmfreeway.com/TheLakeCountyF…

Our regular deadline is this Friday. filmfreeway.com/TheLakeCountyF…

You're already late! Our next deadline is next Friday! filmfreeway.com/TheLakeCountyF…

This is it! The last chance to submit your film to the 2024 Lake County Film Festival!

Interested in heading south to watch films? @chicagoscreens is a new resource built to help you browse local festivals and bring the film community together. Check out their new website ChicagoScreens.org today! #FindFilmFestivals

Hey! I'm still not interested in posting a lot here on Twitter, but the #lcff2025 starts on Thursday, so here is a link you can get all the info at: 2025.lakecountyfilmfestival.org