[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Check out this preview of some of the films to be screened at the 2015 Boomtown Film & Music Festival! featuring music by KNIFIGHT (playing the festival on FRIDAY Feb 27 at The Art Studio) thanks to Kevin Clay for putting it together! Featured films in the preview video: Feature Films Mixed Emulsions Sweethearts of the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] #TEAMBOOMTOWN! We need you! Now seeking volunteers for BoomFest 2015! VOLUNTEER MEETING ROUND 1: 6pm Tuesday Feb 10 at The LogOn Cafe: Facebook Event VOLUNTEER MEETING ROUND 2: 6pm Wednesday Feb 18 at The Beaumont Art League: Facebook Event During the fest, we'll need people to run projectors, work at the registration tables, give...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="1559" style="vc_box_shadow_border_circle" border_color="blue" img_link_target="_self"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Every year BoomFest uses its poster to showcase a different designer and theme. This year's poster was created by celebrated Southeast Texas artist Maurice Abelman who has envisioned downtown Beaumont in the futuristic year 2015. We're delighted to announce that Maurice has also rendered his fantastic design as...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It's our pleasure to announce that Beaumont's McFaddin-Ward House Museum will open the film side of this year's Boomtown Film & Music Festival with an evening of documentaries on Thursday, February 26. Among those docs will be the new feature film "Sweethearts of the Gridiron: An American Story", about Texas' own world famous Kilgore...
We're excited to announce that Beaumont's historic Jefferson Theatre will be the central film screening and music concert venue of the 2015 Boomtown Film & Music Festival. This marks the first time in five years that BoomFest has included The Jeff among its locations. Stay tuned for more big announcements soon about what will...
This year BoomFest received twice as many film entries as ever before! 947 films were sent to Beaumont from across the United States and around the world. This map shows where they came from. Filmmakers on every inhabited continent submitted their art; movies created in countries as varied as Israel and Iran. From Kenya...
We've just about put the finishing touches on our lineup for the 8th annual Boomtown Film & Music Festival! We are so pleased to be welcoming local acts Cody Schaeffer, Good Grief, Delicious Fuzz, Cat Bag, True Heroics, The Electric Kazoos, Kel Il, and Evan LeBouef, as well as Houston's Honor Roll and Jealous Creatures, Austin's KNIFIGHT...
Hey, filmmakers! Got what it takes to write, shoot and edit a short film in just two days? Will your team's movie be better than all the rest? This year's annual 48 Hour Video Race is FREE to enter and kicks off on Friday, January 30th at the Beaumont Art League (2675 Gulf St....