Weyauwega International Film Festival

THE WEYAUWEGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL November 10-13, 2021 2021 will mark the eleventh annual Weyauwega International Film Festival in Weyauwega, Wisconsin. We are here to celebrate film and filmmaking and to bring filmmakers together from around the world to share their work with our film going public as well as with each other. Whatever reflects your own sense of the world, of people, of the ties between people and conveys this personal sensibility to us will be valuable. At WIFF we show the work of filmmakers who are finding or at least listening for their own voice. There is no one way. We are looking for all genres of film: narratives, documentaries, features, shorts, comedies, experimental, animation, etc. Half of the films screened at WIFF are foreign language films. We will have late night screenings featuring especially eccentric or scary pictures. Our filmmakers forums are also a part of WIFF. PSYCHOFEST! Sixty years ago in 1959, the novel Psycho was written by Robert Bloch will living with his wife and daughter here in Weyauwega. He was inspired by the nearby Ed Gein murders in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Hitchcock purchased the rights to the novel and sent his art designer to the area for inspiration. You can spot the places on which many of the main locations were based including the Lake Shore Motel and the Bates Mansion. Our PSYCHOFEST Friday nights feature horror and thrillers so send 'em if you got 'em. We award the Bloch Award for the best of Pyschofest. We award cash prizes to the best jury selected films in five different categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Foreign Language Film. WIFF encourages filmmakers to attend the festival and will provide local housing for visiting filmmakers as well as local transportation if needed. We have had filmmakers from around the world attending WIFF. Some of our past Midwest Premieres and Features include PARASITE, THE GRIM GAME, THE LOVE WITCH, HOLY MOTORS, ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW. Our 2013 pick for best documentary short, THE LADY IN NUMBER SIX won the Academy Award and our 2012 best narrative feature, WEST OF THUNDER has gone on to be awarded both the Best Film (Peace) and Best Film (Human Rights) 2012 by the Political Film Society of Hollywood, CA. The festival will be held in the historic 1915 Gerold Opera House. The opera house features a bar as well as the Wega Bistro offering table service while screening films. A true destination festival! Set in the scenic farm country of Central Wisconsin, Weyauwega is located about 25 miles from Appleton, Wisconsin, and about 45 miles from Green Bay. The area is noted for its many lakes, cheeses and world class local beer! WIFF is presented by Wega Arts, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to creating and exhibition original works of art in film and theater.