The Free Speech Shorts Video Festival is an event organized by the CCTV Member Advisory Committee to explore the First Amendment ideals of free speech and free expression by showcasing selected video works submitted by people in Cambridge and the Greater Boston area.

Screening Dates Announced

All work submitted to the festival will be shown at a community screening in April. All entries submitted to the Youth Documentary and Youth Non-Documentary categories will be shown at a Youth Screening on Wednesday, April 9th. All Documentary and Non-Documentary entries will be screened on Wednesday, April 23rd. Both events will take place at Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) located at 675 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square, Cambridge. Each event will begin with a networking and a reception at 6:30 p.m.; each screening will start promptly at 7 p.m.  Following each screening, there will be a Q & A session with producers.

Wednesday, April 9: Youth Documentary & Non Documentary Entries to be Screened

Youth Non-Documentary
Guidance, Oliver Anderson
The Countdown, Renee Dongo
Pianoforte, Patricia Giunta
A Good Yard, Allalise Littman
I Before E, Addie Rutkowsku-Ansell
Scared Shiftless, Cory Tomascoff

Wednesday, April 23:  Documentary and Non-Documentary Entries to be Screened

Documentary
Sound Plus Intention, Alexandra Gural
Non Documentary
DiverCity:  Personal Narratives on Race, Class, Faith and Gender, Naya Chang and Francis Phan
Whichever Winds Blow, John Melczer
Sacrilege, Mike Messier