The 2014 Rural Route Film Festival made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, & public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts' Electronic Media and Film Presentation Funds grant program, administered by the ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes. Official Website

Filmmaker Jesse Kreitzer tours Iowa to screen his Iowa-produced films and offer a first-look at Black Canaries, a 1900s coal mining folktale inspired by his maternal heritage. Official Flyer

The Collinsville Film Festival (CFF) is an annual film festival devoted to the theatrical exhibition of fiction/non-fiction cinema with a focus of support and development for independent artists. Stationed in the picturesque Northwest region of Connecticut along the Farmington River, Collinsville was once the birthplace of the world-renowned ax factory & manufacturer of edge tools. Official Website

The Little Rock Film Festival is one of the most competitive film festivals in the country. Rated three times by MovieMaker Magazine as a top 25 festival’s “worth the entry fee”, the festival awards more than $10,000 in cash prizes each year. Programmed and run by documentary filmmakers Brent and Craig Renaud, the LRFF prides itself on being one of the most filmmaker friendly festivals on the circuit.  Official Website

Indie Grits was born in 2007, charging blindly and passionately onto the scene, with a do-it-yourself attitude. Propelled by a far-flung artistic vision, festival organizers sought to break down the walls intimidating Southern media makers by creating exhibition opportunities for work often overlooked elsewhere. The spirit of Indie Grits comes from the heart of its host, the Nickelodeon Theatre–South Carolina’s only non-profit, art house theatre–affectionately known as “The Nick.”  Official Website

The Sarasota Film Festival emphasizes the best in cinema alongside exciting programs and events, with more than 180 films screened each year including features, documentaries, shorts, and kid-friendly picks. Entering our 17th year, we're proud to bring the best new and veteran independent filmmakers to our Festival with local and kid-friendly programs that showcase our idyllic Gulf Coast community.  Official Website

The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival is presented by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts.  Sebastopol Center for the Arts is a grassroots, nonprofit arts center created in 1988 by a coalition of art, business and community members to provide art programs and services for all sectors of the community. Official Website

Now in its fourth decade, the Atlanta Film Festival—one of only two-dozen Academy Award® qualifying festivals in the U.S.—is the area’s preeminent celebration of cinema.  The Atlanta Film Festival is one of the largest and longest-running festival in the country, welcoming an audience of over 25,000 to discover hundreds of new independent, international, animated, documentary, and short films, selected from 3000+ submissions from all over the world.  Official Website