Next Best of Fest – Thursday, October 1, 2015
at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
Featuring our 2014 Green Fire Award Winner “Trash Dance”!
Stay tuned for more details!
Thanks to everyone who joined us on February 28 for our Best of Fest in Frederick! Big thanks to our sponsors Flying Dog Brewery, MOM’s Organic Market, The Orchard restaurant, The Trail House, Weis Market, and Common Market; musician Randy “Windtalker” Motx for the music, Ivan Petrov Creative Photography for the pictures, all-star volunteers Nathaniel Orr and Jim Hall, and John Healy at The Weinberg Center.
BEST of FEST – February 28, 2015 at the Weinberg Center for the Arts 20 West Patrick Street Frederick, MD 21701. Join us for our first Best of Fest of 2015, with live music and refreshments before the films, two guest speakers, and three fine films from the 2014 Festival, featuring “DamNation.”
Here are the 
evening’s offerings:
6pm – Reception with music from Randy “Windtalker” Motz, a multimedia show set to the haunting sounds of Native American Flute.
Refreshments available for sale from the Weinberg.
7pm – ACFF 2014 Audience Choice Award Winner “DamNation,” chronicling America’s history of dam construction and efforts to remove obsolete dams to allow rivers to come back to life. 94 minutes.
Discussion to follow with Jim Thompson, Fish Passage Coordinator for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service and Serena McClain, Director of River Restoration at American Rivers.
Brief Intermission & Great Gift Certificate Give-Aways
9pm – ACFF 2014 Student Award Winner “We Are The Land.” Amidst national controversy surrounding the potential dangers of ‘fracking,” environmental activist Pauline Matt stand alone to protect her native homeland, the Blackfeet Reservation of northern Montana. 14 minutes
9:15pm – “Sticky” is a delightful animated short film that tells a positive Australian conservation success story, celebrating the persistence of life, the adventure and passion embedded in science, and the little creatures underfoot. 20 minutes.
Tickets only $7 for adults; $5 for seniors/students/military members
Available at the door or at http://www.weinbergcenter.org/8046/american-conservation-film-festival-best-of-fest-2/
Big Thanks to Our Sponsor, Flying Dog Brewery, in Frederick!
Thank you to Ivan Petrov Creative Photography for donating photography services!
And thank you to these Frederick businesses for donating gift certificates!
