Paddy Town Film Festival

The 2022 theme is “We Find Ourselves Here” This year’s theme to the festival is a celebration of the country’s diversity - especially the nation’s multiethnic and multiracial makeup. Therefore, the festival is interested in films where ethnicity is explored, is addressed, or plays a major role in tandem with society’s categorization of people based on wealth, race, education, gender, social status, etc. The festival is especially - though not exclusively - interested in films that address the challenges and successes experienced by those in immigrant communities of Appalachia such as those of first or second generation German, Irish, Italian, Native American, Black, Latin, or Asian descent. Specific themes might include: - individual’s personal identity’s relationship with society - personal experiences with multicultural or biracial identity - experiences of marginalization - integration into community’s dominant culture - assimilation to dominant culture or merging of cultures - challenges, struggles, or successes in keeping culture or identity alive While documentaries are welcome, feature and short dramatic films are especially desired..