The Columbus International Film & Video Festival closes out this weekend with an array of award winning films from around the world. The Festival, the longest running in the US, started last Thursday and continues through Sunday. Today (Thursday, November 14) the Festival features award winning student shorts. Local high school filmmaker Brian Ferenchik’s short “Wake Up” will be screened as well as OSU alumni Ryan Moody’s short “Last Call.” The screening is at the Canzani Center on the Columbus College Of Art & Design campus at 60 Cleveland Ave and admission is free for students and CIF&VF members, all others just $5. Parking is free in CCAD lots. On Friday, the Festival screens the Silver Chris (Best in Division) film “Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth.” The film has also been awarded the Central Ohio Green Education Fund Award. Directed by Frauke Sandig and Eric Black (who is originally from the Columbus area) the film is a look at Mayan culture today and their spiritual connection to the environment. The film follows six young Maya in Guatemala and Chiapas through their daily and ceremonial life, revealing their determination to resist the destruction of their culture and environment. The screening is at the Canzani Center on the Columbus College Of Art & Design campus at 60 Cleveland Ave and admission is free for students and CIF+VF members, all others just $5. Parking is free in CCAD lots. On Saturday, the Festival has two screenings, Cartoons for Kids in the morning and one of Columbus’ best parties in the evening. The cartoons start at 10am and last one hour. The cartoons screen at the Canzani Center and admission is free for children, students and CIF+VF members, all others just $5. Parking is free in CCAD lots. Saturday evening brings an evening of Movies & Mead, an exciting evening of film, the Chris Awards Ceremony (with the GCAC Individual Artist Fellowships in Media awarded) and one of Columbus’ best parties. Film (the Best Of Festival winner Tokyo Waka), live music (Steve Perakis and Friends), great local food (Explorers Club, pattycake bakery, City BBQ, Cafe Brioso, Tokyo GoGo and more), beer (from Stella Artois) and Brothers Drake Fine Mead. Filmmakers from around the world will be in attendance to receive their awards and party afterward with the event attendees. All for only $15 or 2 for $25 (free for CIF&VF members), a fantastic deal. (Don’t be late, last year the event sold out.). Again at the Canzani Center and parking is free in CCAD lots. Sunday brings two more screenings that close out the Festival. At Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse at 2pm the CIF&VF screens “In Organic We Trust.” “In Organic We Trust is an eye-opening food documentary that follows Director/Producer Kip Pastor on a personal journey to answer commonly asked questions about organic food: What exactly is organic? Is it really better, or just a marketing scam? Admission is free, donations encouraged. The Festival wraps with a screening of “Blue Is The Warmest Color” that evening at 7pm at the Drexel. Winner of the Palme d’Or for the director and both lead actresses, “Blue Is The Warmest Color” was the sensation of this year’s Cannes Film Festival even before it was awarded the Palme d’Or. Adèle Exarchopoulos, the lead character, is a young woman whose longings, losses and ecstasies are charted across a span of several years. This film is rated NC-17. $9 for adults, $7 for seniors, $7.50 for students, FREE for CIF&VF members, Stonewall members and LGBTFEST pass holders. For more information about the Festival go to: www.columbusfilmcouncil.org