50 hours sounds like a long time to work, but it's an incredibly short amount of time to write, score, shoot and edit a film, which is precisely what teams of aspiring filmmakers did in the streets of Sylvania at the beginning of March. Now, the fruits of their labor, as selected by a panel of judges, will be presented for public consumption as the first annual Tree City Film Festival. In addition to the main event, the festival offered K-8 students an opportunity to create "shorties," 3-5 minute short films shot on their own digital devices. Those "shorties" will play alongside the main event, and the student directors will walk the red carpet at the premiere. The films will be screened at the train barn in Sylvania's Historic Village. Saturday, April 13. $5 for the student show, $8 for non-student, $10 combined. 1:30pm (student screening), 6pm and 9pm.
5717 Main St., Sylvania. 419-882-4865. www.sylvaniaarts.org/film/tree-city-film-festival.—JS
