17th Annual Vinfen Film Festival

This year’s Film Festival returns as a LIVE, in-person event on Saturday, March 23rd at GBH Studios in Boston, and will feature screenings of feature-length and short films, as well as panel discussions with filmmakers, human services professionals, and individuals with lived experience. And this year, we’re adding an evening reception where festival guests can mix and mingle! For directions and parking information, please visit www.wgbh.org/foundation/visit SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM Registration 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Welcome 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Feature Film: First showing of Beyond the Wall followed by panel discussion in the Calderwood Studio Princess Alston, LMHC, CADC, Director of Substance Use, Vinfen (Moderator) Louie Diaz, CADAC-II: Navigator/Reentry Specialist for the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Jessica Alves: Program Manager, Office of Community Corrections Deb Goldfarb, LICSW, Director of Behavioral Health, Population Health, Boston Medical/Grayken Center for Addiction Feature Film: Don’t Foil My Plans followed by panel discussion in the Yawkey Theater Brooke Howard, MS, OTR/L, Executive Director of Ivy Street School (Moderator) Jessica Doonan, Manager of Accessibility at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Ben Stamper, filmmaker, Don’t Foil My Plans Gregory Liakos, MA, Director of Vinfen’s Gateway Arts 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Break 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM Feature Film: Second showing of Beyond the Wall followed by panel discussion in the Calderwood Studio Princess Alston, LMHC, CADC, Director of Substance Use, Vinfen (Moderator) Louie Diaz, CADAC-II: Navigator/Reentry Specialist for the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Jessica Alves: Program Manager, Office of Community Corrections Deb Goldfarb, LICSW, Director of Behavioral Health, Population Health, Boston Medical/Grayken Center for Addiction Short Films: My Disability Roadmap, Wheelchair Diaries, Single, and Planes, Trains, and Canes followed by panel discussion in the Yawkey Theater Sandy Schultz, LICSW, Vice President of Specialized Services for Vinfen (Moderator) Reid Davenport, Filmmaker Ashley Eakin, Filmmaker Dan Habib, Filmmaker Mona Minkara, Scientist and Filmmaker 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM Break 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Post-event Reception in the Fraser Performance Center (separate reception ticket required). After the films and panels are through, please join us for delicious passed hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine, and a chance to mix, mingle and network with filmmakers and members of the Vinfen and human services community.

Event Links

Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2262077-0

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