Lambton launches $3.5 million campaign for Stones ‘N Bones Museum
Last chance for budding filmmakers to make their mark in Forest
May 19, 2016
If you have a budding filmmaker in the house, this may be for them.
The Lambton Film and Food Festival is looking for entries into its Lambton Youth Short Film Festival.
There are five categories, comedy, drama, documentary, commercial application and animation for the three minute films. Organizers say they’ve already had a number of entries after a training session earlier this year put on by officials from the Toronto International Film Festival.
Submissions can be sent online at www.forestfestivals.ca.
The shorts will be screened at LaFF, which begins May 26 in Forest at the Kineto Theatre.
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