The 17th Annual Brookfield Film Festival is coming soon! Look for screenings March 27th through March 30th. All screenings are at the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts unless otherwise noted

Music Indie Evening which features music videos of original music from bands located in CT, MA, NY or RI kicks off this exciting four days. This segment runs on March 27th beginning at 7:30.

The perennial favorite Shorts & to the Point has three viewings this year – Friday, March 28th 7:30 PM, Saturday, March 29th at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, March 30th at 3 PM. Shorts & to the Point is a curated collection of Oscar nominated and other award winning short films.

Read-Through Indie Morning is a newer block of the Brookfield Film Festival. It was created in conjunction with the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts to provide screenwriters an opportunity to showcase a scene from a script and to network with actors and filmmakers. The table reading is an organized reading of scripts in which the speaking parts and stage directions are read aloud. It is an essential part of script development and the writing process. Many writers use it to fine tune their stories and sharpen dialogue. Table readings happen on Saturday morning.

Regional Indie Afternoon provides a platform for local filmmakers to introduce their work and discuss their films and the filmmaking process. Films shot in or by filmmakers residing in Connecticut and its bordering states of New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island will be screened on Saturday, March 29th at 2PM. There will be a panel discussion and Q&A immediately following the showing.

The Brookfield Arts Commission is an all volunteer organization. All proceeds from the film festival go to The Brookfield Arts Commission Arts Scholarship Award. This scholarship is awarded yearly to graduating high school students from Brookfield, CT who are pursuing a degree in the arts. There is a $5 requested donation to attend Regional Indie Afternoon and Music Indie Evening. The suggested donation for Shorts & to the Point is $15.

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Brookfield Film Festival March 21-24

The Brookfield Film Festival has grown!  Proceeds of the film festival go toward scholarships for a graduating high school senior from Brookfield who is pursuing a career in the arts. New this year is the festival kick off, Music Indie Evening, an evening of Music Videos from local bands at 7:30 PM on Thursday March 21^st.

Friday, March 22^nd at 7:30 PM is the first screening of the always popular Shorts & to the Point, a curated selection of award winning films from across the country.

Saturday, March 23^rd begins with Read Through Indie Morning at 10 AM. This section of the film festival allows actors, directors, and writers to connect while reading through and critiquing scripts. Read Through Indie Morning is followed by Regional Indie Afternoon at 2:00PM. Regional Indie Afternoon is a screening of short films directed by filmmakers from CT, MA, NY and RI. A second screening of Shorts & to the Point at 7:30 PM rounds out the activities for March 23^rd. Sunday March 24^th is the festival’s closing showing of Shorts & to the Point at 3PM.

If you have questions or are interested in tickets, please contact the Brookfield Arts Commission by email at brookfieldartscommissionct@gmail.com.

Starting on February 20th there will be a Sandra Cointreau Art Exhibit at Brookfield Town Hall!

Since graduating as the sole female in her civil engineering class of 1,000 males, 50 years ago, Sandra has been painting. Mostly she painted nights and weekends, while she worked as a civil engineer on hazardous waste remediation, infrastructure strategic planning, and climate change mitigation. 

Her projects took her from army arsenal sites to post conflict zones, and into the slum areas of the world’s poorest areas…to over 65 countries. Traveling about 30% each year to do the field work, and able to be home in the countryside of Connecticut for the research, analysis, and report writing. 

Painting and meditation helped her balance her analytical work with intuition and creativity…and she learned to consider these activities an important part of her work. Sandra learned that this balance of art, meditation and engineering allowed the subconscious to help find creative solutions and see how they mapped out strategically. And watercolor traveled well, becoming her primary medium. No matter where she was in the world, her paintings were based on her personal and genetic memory and love of Connecticut, where her family has been based for over 400 years. Her paintings were her home away from home. She hopes you enjoy the color and serenity of these works.

Come by Town Hall to check them out!

Brookfield Arts Commission will host a reception for Sandra Cointreau at Brookfield Town Hall on Tuesday, March 12 at 5:00 pm.  Sandra plans to do a painting demonstration during the reception.  Come along to see her wonderful art and enjoy some refreshments. Town Hall is at 100 Pocono Rd, Brookfield.