The festival will kick off on Thursday, May 18, at 5 pm, with an opening reception that will include an exhibition of artwork created by The PLAYERS Championship Boys and Girls Club students. At 7 pm, we will screen video works, including Reparation Hardware, by New York-based artist llana Harris-Babou, to be followed by a panel discussion with the artist, Dr. Lori Lee, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Liberal Education in Anthropology, and Dr. Nicholas Miller, Assistant Professor of History, Flagler College. This event will also be live-streamed at: https://youtube.com/live/ZeNN3M5tpj0?feature=share.
FMFF is dedicated to nurturing an experimental art and film culture in St Augustine by providing an inspired platform for the best national and international short films alongside a burgeoning local and regional culture of time-based creators and storytellers. We aim to discover, cultivate and screen new local narratives to generate critical discussion and empower community collaboration. This year’s festival brings together film and video shorts by regional, national, and international artists and filmmakers, including a screening block dedicated to student work, a participatory performance with Cyriaco Lopes, Terri Witek, and Kevin Mahoney, and a night of live performance paired with video and film.
The artists and filmmakers included in this year’s Open Call / Curated screening blocks have harnessed the theme, Local Waters. This theme acknowledges water's role in the difficult history of our community, many communities worldwide, and our democracy. Water is essential to life. It can provide vital coastal resources one day and life-threatening weather the next. We understand that to live in St Augustine, or near any significant body of water, is to know the beauty of water as a force of nature and a cultural symbol of power.
The festival schedule is listed below, and a complete list of participants will be listed at www.flagler.edu/fmff and www.fingermulletfilmfestival.com.
The Finger Mullet Film Festival was created by Patrick Moser and Kevin Mahoney, Flagler College Distinguished Professors of Art, and Julie Dickover, Director of the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum.
Funding for this program was provided through a Greater Good: Humanities in Academia Grant from Florida Humanities, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Finger Mullet Film Festival is supported, in part, through grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and a grant from the Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert Fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, as well as the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. In-kind sponsorship is provided through the St. Johns Cultural Council, Greyhound Print Solutions, VOCO, an IGH Hotel, and Dog Rose Brewing Co.
For further information about this program or our other exhibitions and events, please visit the website at www.flagler.edu/ceam or call Julie Dickover at 904-826-8530 or crispellert@flagler.edu.
Finger Mullet Film Festival Schedule
The festival will occur at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College over three days, from May 18-20, 2023. The festival schedule is as follows:
Thursday, May 18:
5:00 pm: Opening of Boys and Girls Club Exhibition 6:00 pm: Opening Reception for Finger Mullet Film Festival
7:00 pm: Screening of Video Works by Ilana Harris-Babou followed by a panel discussion with the Artists Dr. Lori Lee and Dr. Nicholas Miller.
Friday, May 19:
6:00 pm: Introduction and Combinatory Play with Cyriaco Lopes, Terri Witek, and Kevin Mahoney 6:45 pm: Student Films Screening
8:00 pm: Local Water Screenings, Block A
Saturday, May 20:
6:00 pm: Local Water Screenings, Block B
7:30pm: Live Music + Artist Collabo Performances
