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Friday November 19th at 5:30 PM

DEFF Facebook Live

COMMUNITY IMPACT FILM SERIES

Live Screening with Director’s Q &A, Expert panelists, & Community Engagement. Congratulations to 4C Visuals Group and directors, Corbin Coleman, Charles Crouch of I’m Good Bro: Unmasking Black Male Depression, the winners of the 2021 Community Impact Award! This event will be streamed live and offered as a limited face-to-face event. Participants must register and follow COVID 19 safety guidelines.


Saturday, November 20th | 2-3:30 PM

DEFF Facebook Live

FILMWISE INTERVIEWS

Celestine Davis, DEFF’s festival director hosts DEFF’s first FilmWise Interviews with veteran NC actor Lee Armstrong at 2 PM and screenwriter Barry Ward at 3 PM.  Hear stories of the triumphs and challenges of filmmaking from the perspectives of these two down-east North Carolina creatives.


Saturday, November 20th | 4-5:30 PM

Afrofuturism Panel-Zoom Link DEFF Facebook Live

UNAPOLOGETIC FILMS: BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AFROFURISM

Gera Miles, a cultural enthusiast, will lead a discussion of Afrofuturism, a genre of speculative fiction which is an umbrella term for narratives that may encompass science fiction or fantasy genre, horror, or history that is a growing trend in cinema worldwide. 


Saturday, November 20th | 6-7:30 PM

Poetry in Motion-Zoom Link DEFF Facebook Live

POETRY IN MOTION: CHARTING THE JOURNEY TO MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

Poet Regina YC Garcia hosts this panel to provide an overview of what it takes to develop a poetry film. If you are interested in how poetry films may expand the audience and life of your poem, you will not want to miss this panel. An Open Mic will follow.


Sunday, November 21st | 6-8 PM

DEFF Facebook Live

FILMMAKERS CAFÉ

Donna Kain, hosts this panel of experienced and emerging filmmakers  who will lead the conversations on writing, directing, and more moviemaking craftmanship.  Be a part of the conversation!  Join us for a discussion about the usual and the pressing issues in the world of filmmaking. Filmmakers, aspiring filmmakers and film lovers alike are invited to join the conversation!


Sunday, November 21st | 8-9 PM

AWARDS CEREMONY

We will begin no earlier than 8PM but as soon as the Filmmaker’s Café ends. This will be a live-streamed ceremony for award winners!  One lucky filmmaker will win the Best of the Fest award that comes with a cash prize of $500.00

DEFF Facebook Live