The Johnstown Film Festival, which is in its seventh year, will be held June 6-9, 2012. Watch this site for updates!

About the Festival
The Johnstown Film Festival is a competition of short films. Now preparing for its seventh year, the popular event will be held June 6-9, 2012.
The festival was originally conceived by the Johnstown/Cambria County Chamber of Commerce's John B. Gunter Leadership Class of 2006. The group came to the Johnstown Area Heritage Association with the idea of holding a film festival, and in July 2006 the first Johnstown Film & Wine Festival was held. As with all JAHA-sponsored events, volunteers play a key role in the event, and the leadership class members played a key role in helping get the festival started and in its first few years. In the festival's short history, the quantity and the quality of films has improved every year. At the same time, the number of films with a local connection continues to increase. The festival is proud of helping foster, encourage and showcase filmmaking activities in the greater Johnstown region. At the same time, we have screened films from all over the nation and worldwide, and will continue to do so.
In 2010, the word "wine" was dropped from the festival name, as organizers felt this put too much emphasis on the wine part of the event. However, the festival format will remain the same in that there will be a social time before the final showings of the best films on Saturday -- we plan craft beer tastings instead. The first night of the festival (Wednesday) will include a screening of a feature film made in the Johnstown area, or of special interest to Johnstown. The Thursday and Friday nights of the festival feature screenings of films entered into the competition. The top films, including the three winners, have been screened on the final night of the festival (Saturday) in the James V. Saly Courtyard at the Heritage Discovery Center, preceded by a social time with craft beer tastings. In 2011, we expect to move the festival's final evening to the new Peoples Natural Gas Park downtown, which is now under construction. The park's Oilhouse will seat 300 inside; 600 in an outside pavilion, allowing the feel of being outside without the threat of rain.
The lineup for the festival will be announced in early May.