It introduces audiences to innovative new films and past masterworks of cinema. It gives independent film artists a platform for sharing their work and creating a dialogue with the community. Voted by MovieMaker magazine as one of the 20 “50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee,” the Omaha Film Festival exists to celebrate the artistic, educational, and historical importance of motion pictures. The selected filmmakers are invited to attend the festival and are given the opportunity to discuss their films with the audience after each screening. Narrative features, documentaries, short films, and animated shorts are screened during the week-long Festival, with a special section for Nebraska-made films as well. The Festival showcases over 100 films during its annual event, selected from an average of close to 1000 annual entries that come in from around the world, offering a wide variety of independent cinema choices that includes regional and world premier films as well as advanced screenings of films that have already attracted wider distribution. One of MovieMaker Magazine’s 2020 “50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee”įollow us on our social media sites for the latest news!ĮSTABLISHED IN 2005, the Omaha Film Festival (OFF) began as a way for the Omaha community to experience the artistry of independent filmmaking through the exhibition of new films by aspiring artists that are otherwise unavailable for viewing in the area. The “CALL FOR ENTRIES” for the Eighteenth Annual Omaha Film Festival is now open!Īll film screenings will be at the Aksarben Cinema at 2110 S 67th Street in Omaha

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