Take a Break from the "Holidaze" for a FREE Film Fest

Genesee Community College Hosts WNY FAME Awards

Batavia, NY (12/16/2019) — The holiday season can be full of to-do lists, school concerts, shopping, decorating, family gatherings, end-of-the-year projects and so much more. And if this faster-than-ever paced world is teaching us anything, it might be to slow down and take in a cultural opportunity that supports local artists, and in this case also local filmmakers, screenwriters and actors.

From 5:30 p.m. till 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, December 18, 19 and 20, 2019 located in Genesee Community College's central Forum of the Batavia Campus, the College is hosting the 4th Annual Western New York Film, Art and Music Event (FAME) organized by Beaver Alley Studios Inc. and co-sponsored by the CineMagic, a GCC student organization. Over the three nights, the FAME Festival will be showing an array of different films including documentaries on the first night. On Friday evening, awards will be given in a variety of different categories including:

Film - Best No-Budget Film (under $15,000), Best Director, Best WNY Film, Best Short Script and more
Music Video - Best Cinematography, FAME Audience Choice, Most Unique Concept Song/ Video
Photography - Landscape, People, Events, Nature, Best Body of Work

Admission to each night is completely FREE. Mature content is scheduled for screening after 9 p.m., but the bulk of the work to be viewed is intended for all-age audiences. Nearly 50 screenplays, photo films and music videos were entered into the contest.

For additional more information on the festival, go to:

http://www.facebook.com/WNYAFAME/

http://filmfreeway.com/festival/WNYFilmArtandMusicEventFame.

Beaver Alley Studios Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded by Rhonda Parker, a 2015 GCC graduate who earned degrees in Communications and Media Arts and as well as Paralegal Studies. Parker established Beaver Alley Studios Inc. to facilitate the production, promotion, distribution, exhibition and celebration of independent art in all forms, especially art from a female perspective. The organization offers services such as screenwriting and script consultation, cinematography, editing, film reviews, film school, and packages for events, commercial use, music videos and short films.

A resident of Albion, New York, Parker is an active filmmaker and produced several full length movies, including her first, "Friends Don't Let Friends - Date Friends" in 2014. She has also written and produced the feature films "Lonely Bananas," "Message in a Bottle," a number of short films, and early in her film career she appeared as a 'Walmart mom' in a television commercial.

For more event details, contact Beaver Alley Studios Inc. President Rhonda Parker at (585) 798-2815 or via email at rhonda@beaveralleystudios.com or Genesee Community College Assistant Professor of English and Film Shawn Adamson at (585) 343-0055 ext.6156 or via email at spadamson@genesee.edu.

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Editor's Note:

A photograph of FAME founder, Rhonda Parker is available here:

http://marketing.genesee.edu/images/Rhonda_Parker2016.jpg

The FAME logo and awards laurel is available here:

http://marketing.genesee.edu/images/FAMELaurel2019.jpg