1st INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND INNOVATION

Debut at Chautauqua Institution in NY State

In partnership with TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

(TIFF)

Focusing on the best of Canadian Cinema, The Festival featured the film premiere of CAIRO TIME, winner of the Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, starring Patricia Clarkson, and written and directed by Ruba Nadda. It is the romantic drama about the a brief, unexpected love affair.

A special family film event during the festival featured the award-winning ST. RALPH, the story of a 9th grader who outran everyone’s expectations except his own in his bold quest to win the Boston Marathon. The Film Festival also included selected short animated films from the Best of TIFF and the TIFF Short Cuts programs. All film screenings were held at the Chautauqua Institution cinema.

Edinboro Animation faculty member and Disney Animation veteran, Mike Genz leads the LakeArts Animation workshop.

Internationally-recognized filmmakers and artists joined the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s Animation Department offering interactive workshops. Professional animators took students from a survey of animation through a hands-on workshop followed by a screening of student animation films.

Graduates of Edinboro University's Cinema program, which includes animation, film and video, have worked as key animators, assistant directors and computer animators for Walt Disney, Warner Bros., Film Roman, Digital Muse, Rhythm and Hues, and many others.