ORGANIZATION

The Chesapeake Film Festival brings outstanding narrative, comedy, documentary and short films to the Eastern Shore of Maryland that otherwise would not be locally available. Our fourth annual festival in 2011 built on the extraordinary successes of our first three festivals and included partnerships with Gallery 447 in the town of Cambridge,  Easton Premier Cinemas, Plein Air-Easton, The Frederick Douglass Honor Society, the Talbot Cinema Society, the Talbot County Office of Tourism and others. In addition, our film festival proudly enhances Easton’s growing reputation as a center for the arts, adding a new and complementary dimension to existing arts events such as the Waterfowl, Chamber Music and Plein Air-Easton festivals. The exciting variety of films that CFF brings has won numerous prestigious awards all over the world and represents both new ground-breaking film and beloved classics. The Board of Directors is immensely grateful to each and every person who supports our festival!

VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT
It is the mission of the Chesapeake Film Festival to entertain, enrich and inspire by bringing the finest in narrative, documentary and short film to the Chesapeake Bay community. The films we intend to showcase are broadly focused to illuminate both the diversity and the universality of the human condition.

We believe that films can affect positive change, and that through this medium individuals and communities gain a greater understanding of themselves and the world. We envision a festival that stimulates, educates and empowers.

Executive Director: Liza Moore Ledford
Artistic Director: Laura Bennett
Festival Director and Programming Director: Rhonda Thomson
Creative Advisor and Co-Founder: Doug Sadler
Volunteer Coordinator: Jane Selden
Special Events Director: Corrie James
Development Director: Ken Sadler

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: G. Charlene Marcum
Secretary: Leslie Grove
Treasurer: Ann Dorbin
Corrie James
Ken Sadler
Doug Sadler
Liza Moore Ledford
Laura Bennett
Rhonda Thomson

Film Advisory Board
Patrick Creadon, Filmmaker
Linda Delibero, Director, Film and Media Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University
Jed Dietz, Director Maryland Film Festival
Patrick Wright, Chair of Film and Video, MICA

Advisory Committee
Ann Bedient
Joan Cox
Jim Duffy
Carol Flaisher
Jim Gieske
Erik Neil
Simone Rones
Barbara Viniar
Leslie Westbrook
Lisa Zuccari