The 10th Annual Artsfest Film Festival will be held over four days during the Memorial Day weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. As with past festivals, the Artsfest Film Festival will draw thousands of film enthusiasts who will attend multi-genre film screenings at multiple venues around the capital city of Harrisburg. The Artsfest Film Festival is free for all audiences to attend, creating an atmosphere unlike any other film festival.

Past filmmakers in attendance include Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction, Swimming with Sharks, The Doors), Richard Edson (Stranger Than Paradise, Do The Right Thing), Mark Borchardt (American Movie, Coven), David Redmon (Mardi Gras: Made in China), Mark Eaton and John Swarr (Joe Kid on a Sting-Ray: The History of BMX), Helen Stickler (Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator), Kelly Baker (Bird Dog), and many others.

This year’s special guest will be filmmaker and independent spirit John Waters, who will present a special lecture titled “This Filthy World.”

Attending filmmakers receive discounted hotel rates and admission to all events including any special speaking engagements, awards ceremonies, and meet-and-greet parties.

The festival is juried by 5 members of the film community, and awards are presented for Best Documentary, Best Narrative, Best Experimental, Best Local Production, and Best of Show. This year’s festival will feature three days of film screenings, a “midnight madness” cult classic screening, a Q&A panel with attending filmmakers, and a filmmakers meet and greet reception.

As in the past years, we are looking for comical, dramatic, documentary, independent, avant-garde, personal, experimental, or any other form of creative filmmaking that challenges the masses and the 'Hollywood' aesthetic. We also encourage and spotlight animation and pixelvision films and videos. We show film and video creations made as a form of art, not as a means of making a profit at the expense of our culture.