Our festival comes at a time overlapping with historic events including the upcoming election, Kristallnacht and Veterans Day, showing the importance of films and how they highlight change through time.

AMT is known for its live productions, but was inspired to incorporate film screenings into the theater when Academy Award Winner (“Crash” and “Million Dollar Baby”) Bobby Moresco started holding The Actors Gym

on-site, coaching actors and writers. AMT brought on producer Pete Dorton to join general manager and festival director Sharon Osowski to produce the three-day event. Dorton is no stranger to the film industry, with production credits including “Bobcat Moretti” which is currently showing on STARZ, starring Vivica A. Fox. He’s also executive producer of the upcoming film, “In Fidelity,” starring Chris Parnell, Cara Buono, Dennis Haysbert, Illeana Douglas and Willow Shields, releasing November 5.

The weekend at AMT Theater will showcase 65 films and shorts, bringing together the artistic community locally and internationally. Each block during the festival will include an hour and 45 minutes of screening followed by a 15-minute Q&A.