ALICE FEST will host an evening of food, fun and animated films by women at ShadowBox Studios in Durham, North Carolina, as part of the month long celebration in September of films #directedbywomen and you’re invited!  This event is first of a series of year round programming from ALICE FEST.   Please JOIN US.   It’s free and open to the public.

Saturday, September 16, 2017
ShadowBox Studios, #2200-D
900 E. Club Blvd, Durham NC

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. – Drinks, refreshments, trivia games, door prizes and an opportunity to be a co-creator of a stop-motion animated short film made – and
screened – at the event!

Screenings start at 8:00 p.m.  Among the directors are:  Andrea Love, Amanda Quaid, Kristina Yee, Nicole Triche, Francesca Talenti, Azure Allen and more!

Questions? Send an email to:  infoAliceFest @ gmail.com
For the Directed by Women initiative go to the calendar at directedbywomen.com/events/
Thanks to our sponsors: Shadowbox Studios and Nightlight Productions.

Still from “Wire” – an animated short by Nicole Triche

ALICE FEST returns to celebrate Women’s History Month for the 6th year on March 12, 2017 at the Full Frame Theater in Durham, North Carolina.   Admission is free but an RSVP is needed as seating is limited.   Send your name to infoAliceFest @ gmail.com and we’ll save a seat for you!

DON’T FORGET!

SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 11TH.

We have a lot of exciting short films this year and a few sneak previews of upcoming feature films.

6th annual ALICE FEST
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Doors open at 1:30 p.m.  Films screen 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Full Frame Theater in the Power Plant on the historic American Tobacco campus
Durham NC
map/directions

THE 6TH ANNUAL ALICE FEST returns to the Full Frame Theater in Durham NC on March 12, 2017!

Call for Submissions:

ALICE FEST welcomes short films or clips from works-in-progress (less than 10 minutes) made by women.

Preference is given to films which focus on women as leaders and agents of change or highlight women’s history.  ALICE FEST accepts short documentary films, experimental films, animation, multimedia projects, trailers and documentary works-in-progress, and short narrative/fiction films which feature women as main characters.

Send your name, contact info and a link to your film or trailer to:
infoAliceFest @gmail.com

Include a short bio, a brief description of your film and a still photo from your film with your submission.  There is no submission fee.

We accept submissions on a rolling basis but the final deadline for the March 12, 2017 festival is February 2, 2017.

QUESTIONS?  Send an email to:  infoAliceFest @gmail.com

It’s hard to believe that ALICE FEST 2016 is over!  Thanks to everyone who made our 5th year a great success; from the filmmakers who shared their work to the folks at CDS who provided our venue and screening capabilities and to the volunteers who made everything run smoothly on festival day.

The Sixth Annual ALICE FEST will be held March 2017.  Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.

Alice Fest 2016-Full Frame Theater in Durham NC

Founder/Director Vivian Bowman-Edwards welcomes the audience to the 5th Annual Festival.

Audience at Alice Fest 2016

Work in progress screening of a film by Natalie Bullock Brown.

Filmmaker Q & A – Short Films.

Clockwise from top right:   Founder/Director Vivian Bowman-Edwards welcomes the audience to the 5th Annual ALICE FEST; the audience at AF 2016; screening of a work in progress by local filmmaker Natalie Bullock Brown; Filmmaker Q&A, short films, from left: Lisa Sorg, Mia Ginae’, Leslie Baker, EB Landesberg, and facilitators Lana Garland, right top and Diana Newton, right front;  official ALICE FEST poster on the door to the Full Frame Theater.  (photos by Camden Watts)

DON’T MISS A MINUTE OF ALICE FEST!

SEE LIST OF FILMS FOR 2016 NOW!  GO TO FILMS: SHORT & FILMS: WORKS IN PROGRESS!

RESERVE A SEAT AT ALICE FEST 2016

THE 5TH ANNUAL ALICE FEST returns to the Full Frame Theater in Durham NC on March 13, 2016!

To reserve a seat (FREE general admission) send an email to:  infoAliceFest @ gmail.com  (leave out the spaces)

ALICE FEST is a film festival presented each March in recognition of Women’s History Month.  The festival showcases curated and submitted work by women with a special emphasis on women’s stories and achievements.  ALICE FEST features short documentary films, experimental films, animation, multimedia projects, narrative films and works-in-progress from a diverse group of female filmmakers from all over the world along with half of the program from local filmmakers.

Doors open at 1:30 p.m.  Films begin at 2:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.

Directions/parking: click HERE.

Still from Lauren (Laura Doggett, director/ Lauren Garretson, writing & performance)

Don’t miss a minute of ALICE FEST – set your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night and see you on Sunday at the festival.  All the films are on the website – take a look at the Short Films and Works-in-Progress.   It’s not too late to reserve a seat.  Send an email to infoAliceFest @ gmail.com (leave out the spaces.)

The 4th Annual ALICE FEST returns to the Full Frame Theater in downtown Durham NC on March 8, 2015 (Sunday.)  Doors open at 1:30 p.m.  Films begin at 2:00 p.m. and end 5:00 p.m.   Admission is FREE but reservations are required prior to the event due to limited space.   Directions and parking information HERE.

Still from “Girl Power” directed by Angela Alford & Aggie Alford. See details under Film: shorts.

“Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” is the theme for National Women’s History Month 2015. The theme presents the opportunity to weave women’s stories – individually and collectively – into the essential fabric our nation’s history.

Accounts of the lives of individual women are critically important because they reveal exceptionally strong role models who share a more expansive vision of what a woman can do. The stories of women’s lives, and the choices they made, encourage girls and young women to think larger and bolder, and give boys and men a fuller understanding of the female experience. Knowing women’s achievements challenges stereotypes and upends social assumptions about who women are and what women can accomplish today.

There is a real power in hearing women’s stories, both personally and in a larger context. Remembering and recounting tales of our ancestors’ talents, sacrifices, and commitments inspires today’s generations and opens the way to the future.

2015 is also the 35th anniversary of the Women’s History Movement and the National Women’s History Project. After decades of dedicated research and technological advances, the stories of American women from all cultures and classes are accessible and visible as never before. Numerous scholars and activists helped shape the Women’s History Movement, and also provided the research and energy which created and sustains the National Women’s History Project. During 2015, the NWHP will recognize and celebrate the many ways that women’s history has become woven into the fabric of our national story.

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache’ is a documentary work-in-progress about the life and work of the pioneering film director who had, until recently, been forgotten in cinema’s history. To see the trailer for the film and learn more about this project, click here.