About RFF

ReadingFilmFest_Trailer_2016 from Tracy Schott on Vimeo.

Click here to view the trailer!

ReadingFilmFEST’s promo trailer is scheduled to hit the theaters this weekend. However, you all got a preview here! This was a really fun project for our filmmaking team. Big thanks to the entire cast and crew:

CREW:

Executive Producer – Santo D. Marabella

Director – Tracy Schott

Producer – Sue Lange

Writers – Schott, Lange, Marabella

Director of Photography – Kevin Hackenberg

Second Camera/Still Photography – Sebastian Nieves

Gaffer/Lighting Director – Jeff Walker

Production Assistants – Maddie Geyer, Jordan Trinidad

POST PRODUCTION:

Edit – Justen Lander, R Bradley Bass

Music Composition – R. Martin Mellinger

AfterFX – Brian Harrison

CAST:

Rabbit – Bo Wagner

Bus Stop Lady – Karen Nein

Runners – Luis Pagan, Andrew Pochan, Joe Swaggerty, Jordan                                                 Trinidad, Ian Wagner

Motorcycle Drivers – Rick Schott, Kim Berk

Cowboys – Mark Falvo, Michael Everett Johnson, Robert Reed                                                 Murphy, Michael O’Brien, Wayne Shearer,

Airport Players – Shannon Harris, Edward Timothy

Baseball Player – Ian Wagner

Horse Wranglers – Stef Brock, Phil Yoder

PRODUCTION PARTNERS:

Schott Productions

Get-Kinetic

Jeff Walker Studios

Seba Films

Cross Keys Recording

Jamestown Associates

Many thanks to the folks who supported this production with props and wardrobe, Reading Fightin Phils, Meyer’s Costume Shop, Schaeffer’s Harley Davidson, Greg Eshbach, Reading Civic Opera, Christine Cieplinski.

And the following locations: Reading R/C Movies IMAX, Goggleworks, Millenium Aviation, Blue Marsh Recreation Center. And a special shout out to the City of Reading and the Reading Police Department for their help!

We are totally excited about the vision of ReadingFilmFEST!

It will bring together both seasoned and emerging filmmakers with submissions in all genres, and provide opportunities to share ideas and experiences. From storyboard and budgeting, script to shooting, and edit to marketing, we are excited to celebrate the art of film with creators and film lovers alike!

RFF promises to be a weekend complete with interesting panels, fabulous parties, networking opportunities, and of course, great films!

We welcome filmmakers from the Mid-Atlantic region and around the world! We’re planning panel discussions aimed at emerging filmmakers. We’re even planning location tours to show them why they want to film their next project here!

RFF will be “live” at multiple venues around downtown Reading’s Entertainment Square and beyond, including GoggleWorks Center for the Arts (our home base), RC Reading Movies 11 – IMAX, The Louis Long Gallery at the GAPS, and the historic Hamburg Strand.

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It is true that there are more than 2000 film festivals in the U.S. alone. And there is a reason for that! Many communities have realized the economic and social benefits of a film festival. So what makes us think that Reading has something worth bringing to the “narrative” of film festivals?” Here are a few reasons why we’ll have the critics raving:

1. Concierge treatment of filmmakers, as if they have already won their Oscar; treating emerging and established filmmakers at the festival the way they are treated by the Film Office

2. Our film fest is planned by filmmakers for filmmakers – everyone on the team is a filmmaker, who also happens to be an planner and organizer. We think we have a pretty good idea what will interest other filmmakers in our festival. And we know that when filmmakers attend a festival, it is that much more interesting for every there!

3. We will work to engage the entire community in the excitement of this event by engaging visual artists, musicians, restaurants and bars, and multiple venues. We are looking for partners at every level.

All film festivals have awards, but ours will have 3 very exciting awards: Heart of Film, Art of Film and Grand Prize Concierge Package!