Gadabout Traveling Film Festival

The Gadabout Traveling Film Festival is an annual touring festival that screens a program of 20+ independent short films. Beginning in 2002, The Gadabout was started by filmmaker/musician Eric Ayotte in New Paltz, NY.

"We started this festival out of frustrations with the commercial film festival circuit. We wanted to create something that was DIY (do it yourself), and filmmaker focused, and more importantly, fun." - Eric Ayotte

Touring to over 50 cities every year, the Gadabout attempts to put a program together that is diverse in style, genre, and subject matter, as well as skill level. The Gadabout is deep routed in the punk rock/DIY scene. Maintaining its ethics, community, and its love for the art for the art's sake.

From the Gadabout Website:"The Gadabout is a nationally touring film festival that screens a program of 20+ international short films. Independent in every sense, these films share the same willingness to challenge the conventions set for filmmaking. The Gadabout is a distribution avenue for truly indie filmmakers that distrust Hollywood and the commercial film festival circuit. We are NOT a competition, rather a celebration of what is possible in independent film and video."

:"Above all, the Gadabout is super cool. We tour in a van, and show amazing films to our new friends we get to meet while traveling. 

We have completed 6 national tours and have screened the works of filmmakers from all over the country, and the world (India, Singapore, Australia, Argentina, Israel, the U.K., and more). Independent in every sense, these films share the same willingness to challenge the conventions set for commercial filmmaking."

:"This is filmmaking as art, entertainment, and fun."

[http://www.gadaboutfilmfest.com The Gadabout Traveling Film Festival Website]