VIP Party Opens Copa Shorts Film Fest 2108

Feb. 16-18, 2018 – Copa Shorts Film Fest – A Friday evening VIP Party at Elements Event Center @ Ak-Chin Circle kicks off 2 full days of film and fun!  65+ short films – comedy, animation, drama, documentary, foreign, sci-fi, horror.

Showcases for New Military Veteran category, Native American, High School & Middle School, and College. Screenplay Table Read.  Foreign films from Australia, Spain, the UK, France, Greece, Sweden, the Netherlands and more. Feb. 16 – VIP Party. Feb. 17 – Free workshops – 9 am – 1) Drones- Steve Wargo; 2) Finding Film Funding – Stephen Wade Nebgen – 10:30 am – Director Matthew Earl Jones, Arizona Office of  Film & Digital Media – Filming in Arizona: What Arizona Can Do For You

Films begin at Noon- Midnight on Saturday. Again 11:00 am – 7:00 pm on Sunday. Awards/Wrap Party 7:30 Sunday

Screenplay table read – Sunday at 3:00 pm – See future films read by local actors

Tickets: VIP All Access – $140; ViP and Awards Parties – Guests- each party $30; Saturday Day Pass – $70; Sunday Day Pass (includes Awards party); Film blocks – $12 adults, $10 students, 65+ senior, military veteran. Military Veteran film block only on Saturday at 2:00 pm – $3 for Military

Screenplay table read – $5

Held at UltraStar Multi-tainment Center and Elements Event Center @ Ak-chin Circle, Maricopa, AZ

Laugh, cry, be amazed and intrigued. Come for a great time!