ONFilm Festival: Friday & Saturday's Line Up

After an 11-year run as a retrospective film festival, the 2009 Old Dominion University - City of Norfolk (ONFILM) Festival has gone competitive, screening more than 30 top INDIE films from around the world. The ONFILMFEST runs from March 25-28 and features independently produced features, documentaries, shorts and shorts on the ODU campus and in various Norfolk venues.

NOTE: Each screening block allows for up to 2 hours of film; F = feature; D = documentary; S = short; SS = short short; NC = Not in Competition

Friday, March 27

3:30 p.m. University Theatre

• Free and open to the public!
• ODU Student Filmmaking Presentation and Awards

5-7 p.m. University Theatre

• Students $5 / General $10
• Kanizsa Hill/SS/7:30''
• Woman's Work/S/21"
• Behind the Wheel/D/89"

5-7 p.m. Big Blue Room, Ted Constant Convocation Center

• Students $5 / General $10
• The Cave/SS/3:22"
• Buckets/S/10:31"
• Desert Brides/D/86"

5-7 p.m. Batten Arts and Letters Building Auditorium

• Students $5/General $10
• Dismal/F/90"/NC
• Panel discussion to follow

7:30-9:30 p.m. University Theatre

• Students $5 / General $10
• Pink, Blue, Yellow/D/ 41"
• Idiots and Angels/F/78"

7:30-9:30 p.m. Big Blue Room, Ted Constant Convocation Center

• Students $5 / General $10
• The Coffee Break/S/10"
• About Face/SS/5:51"
• Gone Fishing/S/13"
• The Last Days of Shishmaref/D/93"

7:30-9:30 p.m. Batten Arts and Letters Building Auditorium

• Students $5 / General $10
• Chasing Warbirds/50"/NC
• Special screening of Television Pilot/Panel discussion to follow with New Dominion Pictures' President Nicolas Valcour and others

10 p.m.-Midnight University Theatre

• Students $5 / General $10
• NORFOLK@NIGHT: Two Hours of Shorts and Short-Shorts

Saturday, March 28

10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. NARO Cinema (Colley Avenue)

• Award Winners' Marathon
• Screening of the Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short and Best Short-Short, as well as the Best Environmental Film
• Students $5 / General $10

11 a.m.-1 p.m.  Batten Arts and Letters Building Auditorium

• Third Annual Career Day Expo: Filmmaking in Hampton Roads

1-2 p.m. Batten Arts and Letters Building Auditorium

• Filmmaking Panel Discussion: "Film and Video Production in Hampton Roads from a Woman's Perspective"

7-10 p.m. Granby Theater (Granby Street)

• ONFilm Festival Awards Gala
• Dance with the Rhythm Kings
• Free food/Cash bar
• Students $10 / General $20

For the complete ONFilm Festival schedule, visit www.onfilmfest.com.

To read the daily blog about the events, visit www.odu.edu under "Spotlight."