The Seattle Public Library Hosts National Film Festival for Talented Youth

The Seattle Public Library will host a film screening and panel to kick off the 2014 National Film Festival for Talented Youth from 2 - 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5 at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium.

Library programs are free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Central Library garage for $6 on weekends.

Selections from the best films of NFFTY 2013 will be shown and tickets to the 2014 festival will be given away. Young adult filmmakers Jesse Stipek, Joel McCarthy, Max Magerkurth and Ben Kadie will discuss the process of creating and submitting films for NFFTY.

NFFTY is the flagship program of The Talented Youth, a Seattle non-profit arts organization founded in 2007. The mission of NFFTY is to enable, nurture, promote and encourage the next generation of filmmakers to inspire, lead and entertain the world with their stories.

For more information, call the Library at 206-386-4636 or Ask a Librarian.