The Roslyn Film Festival Committee would like to extend thanks to all of the filmmakers and everyone who attended the 2014 Roslyn Film Festival on March 29th. We expected the festival to be a huge hit this year and it certainly did not disappoint! Next year's festival will be held Saturday, March 28, 2015. If you missed it this past year, we hope to see you then! Year 8 Festival Winners: 1st Place: Harvest Filmmaker: Reid Carrescia 2nd Place: The Well-Spoken Boy Filmmaker: Chesnel Gabriel 3rd Place: The Magical Suitcase Filmmaker: Liang Hong Deng

Roslyn Film Festival 2014

On the Red Carpet: Emcee John Spiegelman interviews attendees prior to the festival screening.

The Roslyn Film Festival Committee would also like to extend special thanks once again to filmmaker Phillip Carroll for his time and technical expertise in making our Red Carpet Ceremonies look and sound fantastic! Check out his site here to see Phillip's film work, including this year's submission Duel of the Fates, last year's Signed, Harry and the 2012 Festival Award Winner for Best Film Words of Atonement (plus more)!

The complete Year 8 Film Festival lineup: 1. Duel of the Fates (by Phillip Carroll) 2. A Superhero's Best Friend (by Steve Cleberg) 3. Harvest (by Reid Carrescia) 4. The Well-Spoken Boy (by Chesnel Gabriel) 5. A Liar's Swag (by Steve Cleberg)                                  6. Faultless (by Ken Kraft) 7. The Magical Suitcase (by Liang Hong Deng)

The Roslyn Film Festival began in 2007 and has been one of the most popular and successful events in our community.  For those of you who might have missed it this time around, you’ll have to watch for it next time.  Everyone who attends has a great time watching quality films, and then playing film critic by choosing the winning entries.

I want to thank all of the filmmakers who entered their short films into the contests for the last seven years.  Several of them also attended the festival, driving in from outside our region, and were willing to answer questions about their productions while we counted ballots to choose the winners.

Adding community-building events is a very important and exciting part to the revitalization of Roslyn. Again, I want to thank everyone who makes our annual Roslyn Film Festival a huge success every year, and am looking forward to another great sequel in 2014!

Sincerely,
Lori Schreiber
Abington Township Commissioner–Ward 14