More than 50 short films from filmmakers in the Inland Empire and beyond will be screened at the second Hemet Film Festival.
The Hemet Film Festival is returning to the Hemet Theatre from Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, through Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (Courtesy of Hemet Film Festival)
The event is set for Friday, Nov. 8, through Sunday, Nov. 10, at the Hemet Theatre, a news release states.
The event will kick off Friday, Nov. 8, with a free opening night party at 6 p.m. that will be open to the public. Local music will be played while skate videos are screened as filmmakers and guests mingle, the release states.
“Junior: The Miniseries” will be shown at 8:30 p.m. It stars festival co-founder Daniel Maggio and tells the fictional tale of a man whose father was a drug kingpin in Hemet in the late 1980s.
On Saturday, Nov. 9, films can be seen starting at 11 a.m. The day’s feature film, a horror-comedy called “Hemet, or the Landlady Don’t Drink Tea” is set for 8 p.m.
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On Sunday, Nov. 10, films will begin at 11 a.m. A concert film about Harvard Street Music Exchange is scheduled for 6 p.m. The Hemet music store recently closed, but more than a dozen bands played a farewell show in August and local filmmakers volunteered to capture the day, the release states.
An All-Access badge, for access to the festival’s Saturday and Sunday films, is $20.
Films will be screened in categories that include documentary, comedy, horror, animation/experimental and student. Each block of films will be about one hour and will feature question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers. Tickets are $5 per block.
Tickets, and film times, are available on the festival’s website.
