The locally-lensed feature film, Works In Progress, debuted at FilmFest 2010 before two sold-out audiences. Now it’s out on DVD so that even more people can enjoy the story and the chance to see Kansas City locales shown lovingly on film. It has just been released for distribution by Vanguard Cinema and is [...]

This posting expires on Monday, Dec. 5th at 6pm CST. The Festival Coordinator plans, oversees and manages all aspects of AMC Theatres Kansas City FilmFest, an annual, five-day festival that takes place primarily at AMC Mainstreet in Kansas City, Missouri.

The FilmFest 2011 competition feature Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football has received numerous awards, including the Special Grand Jury Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at the DEADCenter Film Festival, the Audience and Founders Award at the 2011 Politics on Film Festival and other awards. Yet it may have been its screening at the Kansas City FilmFest that catapulted it to a theatrical release at multiple AMC Theatres nationwide on September 9, 2011.

Happy New Year, a feature film that played at FilmFest 2011, has been popular with many festivals. It was part of the Narrative Competition at the South By Southwest film festival in March and won Best Actor and Best Director awards at the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIFF) in August. It just recently had its European premiere at the Oldenburg Film Festival (often referred to as the “German Sundance”) and took home the German Independence Audience Award for Best Picture.

The writer/director of Fanny, Annie & Danny, the film that won the Best US / International Narrative award at the 2010 Kansas City FilmFest, recently contacted the FilmFest to give an update on the film, which he says the festival “helped launch into the world.”

The print program used by thousands at 2011 FilmFest won a first place award in Nonprofit Connect’s 9th Annual Philly Awards Honoring Excellence in Nonprofit Communications. Jeph Scanlon, executive director of the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee is pictured with Dana Weaver, co-chair of the Philly Awards. The FilmFest program was recognized in the Print Magazine category of the competition at the Nonprofit Connect awards luncheon on October 18 at the downtown Kansas City Convention Center.

[ November 2nd, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] AnDa Union is a group of musicians from Inner Mongolia whose unique combination of throat singing, horse head fiddles, and stringed lutes is the subject of a new documentary. The 97-minute film follows the group on a journey through the Inner Mongolian grasslands.