Iowa's longest-running film festival has new location, full day of independent cinema
TIPTON, Iowa–The Hardacre Film Festival, Iowa's longest-running film festival, will celebrate its 17th year this Saturday, Aug. 2, with a new location at the Tipton High School auditorium.
This year's festival is a one-day event featuring 12 films, all of which will get Iowa premieres at Hardacre. A handful of filmmakers will present their films, while others will give audience Q&As via Skype, a first for the Hardacre festival.
This will be the first Hardacre Film Festival to take place entirely away from the Hardacre Theater, which is being gutted to prepare it for renovation. The Hardacre Theater Preservation Association, a Tipton-based nonprofit organization, purchased the theater in February and is raising funds to renovate it. Learn more at http://thehardacre.org/
For a schedule and list of films from Hardacre 2014, go to http://hardacrefilmfestival.
What: Hardacre Film Festival
Who: Festival directors, volunteers, patrons, visiting filmmakers, and members of the Hardacre Theater Preservation Association will be available for interviews.
When: Saturday, Aug. 2, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The festival director will also be available for interviews Friday, Aug. 1.
Where: Tipton High School auditorium (second floor)
400 E. 6th Street
Tipton, IA 52772
Contact: Will ValetDirector, Hardacre Film Festival
