33 and Me Filmmakers Festival

September 22 – 30, 2024

The 33 and Me Filmmakers Festival will be held throughout nine days in venues across
Allentown, and Emmaus, PA

33 Countries 33 Filmmakers 33 Year-Olds

A celebration of filmmaking, travel, and culture.

We’re bringing you the best 33-year-old film directors from around the globe!

Filmmakers from as far and wide as Argentina to Zimbabwe, Iceland to Uzbekistan, Guyana to
Montenegro and beyond will visit the Lehigh Valley, PA this September to participate in the 33 and Me
Filmmakers Festival, the culmination of a six-year journey vis-a-vis the 33 and Me Film Project.

The 33 and Me Filmmakers Festival will be held throughout nine days in venues across
Allentown, Emmaus, and Bethlehem, PA.

JOIN US FOR:

FILM SCREENINGS: Features and Shorts in a variety of genres! (Available Ticket holders and Pass holders … individual tickets available at the door… varies by theater $8 – $10 / block)
MASTER CLASSES: Led by top experts in screenwriting, acting, sound, production design, social media, and the pitch (Pass holders Only … see below for All Access or Masterclass passes)
PANEL DISCUSSIONS: Hear from a diverse array of voices on topics of global storytelling (FREE!)
POST-SCREENING DISCUSSIONS and Q&A’S
MEET-THE-FILMMAKERS through our “CULTURAL COFFEE ” Events: hear directly from the filmmakers to learn about their home countries (FREE!)
NETWORKING & PARTIES

Film Screenings from 33 countries will be held at:

The Emmaus Theatre; Civic Theatre of Allentown, The Lyric Room at the Miller Symphony Hall, the Emmaus Public Library and Shankweiler’s Drive-In Theatre.

Other special events will be held locally at Amber Connections (Emmaus), Jays Local (Allentown), Sleepy Cat Urban Winery (Allentown) and the Emmaus Moravian Church. Stay tuned for more!

Check Out Our Amazing Filmmakers

Many will be present throughout the festival.

There will be educational flimmaking Masterclasses led by experts in the film industry on the topics of

Acting for Directors with Lynnie Godfrey
Perfecting the Pitch with Allan F. Nicholls
The Magic of Sound with Stuart Stanley
Screenwriting with Richard Wesley
Production Design and Hollywood Hacks with Duprelon “tizzz” Tizdale
Social Media Marketing with Sisa Quispe

We also have free panel-discussions with global storytelling themes and invited guest hosts

Filmmaking As Revolution
Ethics & Filmmaking
Markets & Distribution from indie filmmakers’ experiences
Catalyst Story Institue with Sara Hamilton
Girls Cinema Club with Susan Chau
How Could You? Podcast with Lauren Tocci

Other free events include a screening and discussion of Iranian cinema, travel talks and a travel memoir book reading, a juried pitch competition, and after-parties!

FULL SCHEDULE on EventBrite

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PASSES & TICKETS

Individual event tickets on sale at the door.

33 and Me Passport (All Access Pass)

$111.11 Priority Admission ……..

$33 for 33-year-olds (with a valid ID)

FREE for Students (with a valid ID)

……….33 and Me Passport Perks……….

Access to all festival events: screenings, panels, parties, masterclasses, cultural coffees and more! See the full schedule here.

Preferred Seating

Exlusive Access to the “33 and Me” Online Screening Room of our “33 and Me” Episodes of our travel-meets-cinema docu-series (not available to the public)

Post festival online video access to rewatch panels, masterclasses and Q&A’s from the 33 and Me Filmmakers Festival

An exclusive hard copy of a 33 and Me Passport festival program with opportunity to collect stamps for each screening or event visited, and earn prizes along the way!

Masterclass-Only Pass

$44.44 Guaranteed Admission

FREE for Students (with a valid ID)

Access to observe all seven expert-led filmmaking masterclasses. (Teachers will work directly with the 33 and Me filmmakers, audiences can observe and there will be an open audience question-and-answer session at the end of each class.)

33 and Me Filmmakers Festival