
Live Festival Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2023
Virtual Festival Oct 2 - Oct 8, 2023
Photo credit: Martin Zell, President, Chesapeake Film Festival Image: On the Set of “Iceman” directed by Harold Jackson, III and Board Member of the Chesapeake Film Festival
2023 Chesapeake Film Festival Live Events
Saturday, Sept 30, 2023, Easton, MD
Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection – 12 Noon, Avalon Theater
Maryland Premiere
Documentary and Narrative Short Films – 2:05 pm, Avalon Theater
Iceman: Book One – 3:55 pm, Avalon Theater
World Premiere
VIP Reception – 5:30 – 7 pm, Academy Art Museum
Environmental Opening Night, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Avalon Theater
A Passion for Oysters and Windshipped
Sunday, Oct 1, 2023, Ebenezer Theater, Easton, MD
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall – 12 Noon
Outdoors Maryland – Three Shorts about Maryland’s Natural Resources, 1:20 pm
Animation Films – 2:10 pm
Student Shorts – 3:30 pm
Comedy Shorts – 4:50 pm
The Automat – Documentary with Mel Brooks, 5:45 pm
View Trailers For Some of the LIVE Films at the 2023 Festival
Selections fROM our 2022 Festival
The Chesapeake Film Festival presents our annual curated film showcases that
take a deeper dive into topics that are of special interest to the community.
The Automat
Noisy
Resisterhood
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The Chesapeake Film Festival is generously supported by the Shared Earth Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prager on behalf of Bluepoint Hospitality, Enel Green Power, Maryland Film Office, Choptank Electric, Maryland State Arts Council, Talbot Arts, Talbot County Department of Tourism, Artistic Insights Fund, Richard and Beverly Tilghman, U.S. Small Business Administration, The Ravenal Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Easton Utilities and Shore United Bank.