Annual Film Festival Pays Tribute to Popular 70’s Film Stars
It’s lights, camera and plenty of action at this year’s 4th Annual Pocono Mountains Film Festival (PMFF) that will take place August 3 – 5. The festival will be held amid the lush splendor and natural beauty of the beautiful Pocono Mountains resort city of Tannersville, PA. All events and activities will take place at the posh Chateau Resort and Conference Center. The 3-day festival will showcase full-length feature and short films that represent some of the best independent cinema from around the world. Three full days of screenings and special events will culminate at the Festival Awards Ceremony and Banquet Saturday August 5th when awards will be presented to films entered in competition. This annual VIP banquet ceremony honors special individuals for their lifetime contributions to our culture and society. Previous honorees include actor Mickey Rooney, Edie Adams, author Eric Dyson. Other winners are listed below. The 2006 honorees will be film stars Fred “The Hammer” Williams and Richard “Shaft” Roundtree, along with New York Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Rev. Herbert Daughtry, Chairman Emeritus National Black United Front and Rev. Dr. Adolph Roberts (New York City). As a special treat, actresses Tawny Cypress, from the new NBC series drama series “Heroes” and actress Juliette Fairley (“One Life to Live”) will be the celebrity hosts for this year’s star-studded honorary banquet.
Previous Pocono Mountains Film Festival Honorees

Roberta Flack, Robert Vaughn, Billy Dee Williams,Jack Palance

The Pocono Mountains Film Festival was founded by Bridget Davis in 2003 to provide independent filmmakers with a forum to present their films to a wider audience of professionals in the industry, and to introduce new innovative films to residents and visitors in the Pocono Mountains region. Situated in the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the annual Pocono Mountains Film Festival is a multi-day, multi-event celebration offering film screenings, workshops, symposia, concerts, and other related special events. The Pocono Mountains Film Festival is designed to facilitate networking, information sharing, and creative exchange among industry professionals and newly emerging independent filmmakers, encouraging the participation of skilled artists in areas of producing, direction, screenwriting, acting, cinematography, composing, editing and production design. The Pocono Mountains Film Festival is also committed to encouraging the development and growth of filmmaking in the Pocono Mountains region through mentoring, education, and promotion of the work of local professionals, as well as working to attract projects from outside the region that would utilize the talents of local artists and the resources and services of local communities. The Pocono Mountains Film Festival will continue to focus on issues of concern that deserve greater media attention such as breast cancer awareness and the plight of the military veteran in society.
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