“No money just vision, truly Independent” is the motto of the Jamfest International Indie Film Festival. Last Friday and Saturday, the Southeastern community was given the opportunity to view award-winning films from around the world during this event. The fourth annual production of this event was held in Pottle Auditorium and the Pottle Recital Hall on Oct. 28-29 from noon to 9 p.m.
The festival was sponsored by the Northshore Regional Endowment for the Arts and Southeastern’s department of fine and performing arts. Faculty members Martie Fellom and Alan Marsh put together and directed the event.
A wide variety of films were played back-to-back throughout the day, from a broad range of local and foreign filmmakers. The film lengths varied, lasting anywhere from three to 82 minutes long. Not every movie in the festival was necessarily from a big name production company, as the film “The Letter of Marcus Graves” was created by Southeastern student Stephen Pfiel. After the festival, an award ceremony was held on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Pottle Recital Hall.
“This is the first time I’ve heard about Jamfest,” said Valerie Black, a producer from Los Angeles. “I’ve enjoyed the quality of the project and the range of the amazing films from Iran, Mexico and New Zealand. I’ve definitely been impressed with the submissions and what’s been shown