Anchorage International Film Festival.

AuthorAnderson, Tasha
PositionALASKA THIS MONTH: ENTERTAINMENT

The festival's 2015 poster, a sweater with mountain imagery and the Anchorage skyline, is a nod to its tagline "Films Worth Freezing For."

This year the Anchorage International Film Festival is December 4 through 13. For 2015, the Anchorage International Film Festival is maintaining its mission to "develop, promote, and sustain a film festival that supports new media and independent film making in Alaska and around the world while enriching cultural and entertainment opportunities for Alaskans." Festival Director Rebecca Pottebaum says the festival has a new executive team this year and is adding a fourth venue, the Snow Goose Performing Arts Theatre. The other three venues are the Beartooth Theatre Pub, the Anchorage Museum, and the Alaska Experience Theater.

The tagline is "Films Worth Freezing For." The films cover a variety of subjects and genres and fall into several categories: features, documentaries, shorts, animation, and Made in Alaska. "The Made in Alaska category showcases films shot primarily in Alaska or with a crew of mostly Alaskans," Pottebaum says.

Pottebaum says that at the Anchorage International Film Festival...

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