Richard Herskowitz, artistic director of the Ashland Independent Film Festival, recently sat down with the MovieMaker Magazine Interviews Podcast to talk all things film and Ashland, Oregon. An amazing and insightful conversation regarding not only the Ashland Independent Film Festival, but the film and artistic culture in Ashland, OR along with how the town that has consistently been named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the best towns for moviemakers in the country, risies from the pandemic and the tragic Almeda fire which devastated South Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, and South Medford.
Go here for the full article from Movie Maker Magazine: https://bit.ly/3etSzgi
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moviemaker-interviews/id1487350721
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pxGS4kcAFxEbfY9xrIlq9
The Ashland Independent Film Festival is now entering its 20th season and has been honored by MovieMaker as both among the coolest festivals in the country and among those most worth the entry fee. This year, despite the pandemic AIFF has reached new heights. In January 2020, the festival opened the new AIFF Film Center in downtown Ashland, offering a micro cinema space and hub for community classes and workshops, which is poised to become a significant attraction in Ashland when Covid passes. When the Covid lockdown struck in March 2020, AIFF was only weeks from the 19th edition of the April festival. The staff undertook a remarkable pivot to an online format, spreading the festival over 24 days in May and June, screening 36 feature films and 8 curated shorts programs, and dozens of online Q&As and video messages from filmmakers.
For more information about the Ashland Independent Film Festival go to https://www.ashlandfilm.org.
