Kittanning's Only Annual Film Festival

KITTANNING'S ONLY ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL

Each year St. John's Lutheran Church provides a free evening of silent films with live musical accompaniment and refreshments.

218 N. Jefferson St., Kittanning, PA 16201

(724) - 548 - 2051

Friday, February 15, 2013

Trailer for this year's program


Dreams of Comedy

Three short films with live organ and orchestra


Feb. 22, 2013 - 7 p.m.
118 N. Jefferson StreetKittanning, PA 16201 

FREE ADMISSION

Free popcorn and bottled water

Digital projection

Church doors open at 6:30 p.m.


DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND (1906) Edwin S. Porter
GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920) Harold Lloyd
SHERLOCK, JR. (1924) Buster Keaton




Funding for The Ivy Leaf Orchestra

made possible with generous funding from

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

and

Paul's Auto Parts, Kittanning




Saturday, December 22, 2012

PROGRAM FOR FEB. 22, 2013


Dreams of Comedy Program – 3 Short Films with Organ and Orchestra
7th Annual Silent Film Night

Feb. 22, 2013 - 7 p.m.
118 N. Jefferson Street
Kittanning, PA 16201

FREE ADMISSION

Church doors open at 6:30 p.m.

DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND (1906) Edwin S. Porter
GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920) Harold Lloyd
SHERLOCK, JR. (1924) Buster Keaton

Orchestra accompaniment by The Ivy Leaf Orchestra

Orchestra funding made possible by Paul's Auto Parts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts


Saturday, November 17, 2012

SILENT MOVIE NIGHT - 2013

JOIN US!

FRIDAY

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

7:00 PM

For an evening of free silent films, free refreshments and live music by

THE IVY LEAF ORCHESTRA

Schedule and additional information will be published here shortly.


Wednesday, May 23, 2012

We're moving...well, the date is changing...


NEW DATE TBA:

The 7th annual Silent Movie Night is moving to a different Friday night in 2013.

Due to an unexpected conflict our traditional date won't do this year.

The day will change, but our program is going to be the same: wonderful silent films, live musical accompaniment, free to the public, free refreshments, starting time at 7 p.m.

Stay tuned for an update on our day for Winter/Spring 2013, as well as, more information about our upcoming program.

Monday, April 16, 2012

A Little Off Topic - A Flash of Murder, Jeff Boarts: A Kittanning Murder Mystery

The great man behind the scenes for our Annual Silent Movie Night is Jeff Boarts.  He has always taken upon himself the business end of matters for our program.  Contacting film and distribution companies, DVD producers, tracking down copyright holders, and paying our bills and taking care of our business concerns, as well as donating his time, and coordinating all the on the ground activity and advertising.

Without Jeff, this program would never have been born, and would not have continued annually, and would not have flourished.

SO...I want to take just a minute and encourage you to visit this page at Amazon.com:

A Flash of Murder by Jeff Boarts



Because Jeff has written and published his first novel, a murder mystery set in our very own burg of Kittanning.

It's a fun read and has a classic old school flavor about it.

Jeff's sleuth is a hard-nosed if kind hearted former big city reporter George Cooper who has retired to sleepy Kittanning in the 1950's, Kittanning is his novelist wife's home town.  The two expect to write, enjoy some local friends, and settle into a cozy retirement, but a serial killer has other plans....

It's a wonderful cozy novel with a twist and while the town of Kittanning gets a fictional face-lift, it has all the sounds and colors of the period and the setting.

Please stop by and give it a try, currently available in Kindle, but soon to appear in at least two other ebook formats and soon to be available as a trade paper back.

Kudos to Jeff, and enjoy the read!



Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Plans begin for 2013!

We are already entering the preliminary planning stages for next year's program (2013) of free silent films and live musical accompaniment.

If you have a suggestion of a film or films you'd like us to screen, a general request to make, a musical suggestion, or ideas that can help us improve our program please send us a comment here!

We appreciate any suggestion from our past patrons and our potential future ones.

Currently we are leaning toward a program of four to five short comedy films, most with orchestral accompaniment.

Your ideas are welcome.


Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Musical Highlights from our 2012 Show

Please click on the link below to view our video on Youtube:



Our orchestra was made possible with a grant from The Armstrong County Community Foundation.

This screening was made possible through the generosity of David Shepard, Flicker Alley LLC, the work of Lobster Films and the Danish Filmmuseum.

Photos by Emily Boarts
Sound engineering and recording by Zach Morgan

Thanks and see you soon!