Get ready as the longest-running film festival in the US stretches out for two whole weeks this year in November. Starting on November 3rd with two workshops and sneak peak screening of a Silver Chris Award winner Chasing Water at the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, the Festival officially opens on November 7th at the Gateway Film Center with a French film shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Co-sponsored by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Beny: Back To The Wild tells the emotional story of Beny, an orphaned bonobo rescued by Claudine André, a conservationist who has dedicated her life to bonobos, our closest primate cousins. On Tuesday November 12th Animations 4 Adults will screen at Brothers Drake Meadery. Ages 21 and over please for these cartoons from the UK, Germany and the US. The Festival also travels to Studio 35 for LGBTFEST, the first of three nights of LGBT films at Studio 35, Wild Goose Creative and the Canzani Center at the Columbus College Of Art & Design. Wednesday, November 13th at Canzani is a collection of award winning LGBT shorts from Israel, the UK, Austria and the US. Thursday night at the Canzani Center brings Student films, curated by Matt and Nicolette Swift and will include a local film by Brian Ferenchik, as well as a film from former OSU film student Ryan Moody, now a graduate student at UCLA. Friday, November 15th at the Canzani Center the Festival will screen “Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth.” 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. As corporations go to the ends of the earth to extract all value and all resources, they put forth a wholly indigenous perspective in their own words. Each story touches upon a facet of the current global crisis. Saturday morning brings a Cartoons For Kids program and then an evening for grownups with the Movies & Mead event. The event includes a screening of the Best Of Festival winner Tokyo Waka, an AwarThe Festival is coming…the Festival is coming… And some of it is British and Mexican and Japanese… and more… Get ready as the longest-running film festival in the US stretches out for two whole weeks this year in November. Starting on November 3rd with two workshops and sneak peak screening of a Silver Chris Award winner Chasing Water at the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, the Festival officially opens on November 7th at the Gateway Film Center with a French film shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Co-sponsored by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Beny: Back To The Wild tells the emotional story of Beny, an orphaned bonobo rescued by Claudine André, a conservationist who has dedicated her life to bonobos, our closest primate cousins. On Tuesday November 12th Animations 4 Adults will screen at Brothers Drake Meadery. Ages 21 and over please for these cartoons from the UK, Germany and the US. The Festival also travels to Studio 35 for LGBTFEST, the first of three nights of LGBT films at Studio 35, Wild Goose Creative and the Canzani Center at the Columbus College Of Art & Design. Wednesday, November 13th at Canzani is a collection of award winning LGBT shorts from Israel, the UK, Austria and the US. Thursday night at the Canzani Center brings Student films, curated by Matt and Nicolette Swift and will include a local film by Brian Ferenchik, as well as a film from former OSU film student Ryan Moody, now a graduate student at UCLA. Friday, November 15th at the Canzani Center the Festival will screen “Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth.” 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. As corporations go to the ends of the earth to extract all value and all resources, they put forth a wholly indigenous perspective in their own words. Each story touches upon a facet of the current global crisis. Saturday morning brings a Cartoons For Kids program and then an evening for grownups with the Movies & Mead event. The event includes a screening of the Best Of Festival winner Tokyo Waka, an Awards Ceremony, and a party with filmmakers featuring Brothers Drake Mead, local foods and music by Steve Perakis and Friends. Sunday November 17 wraps up the Festival with a free screening (sponsored by Chipotle Mexican Grill) at Studio 35 Cinema and Drafthouse of In Organic We Trust, 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? For scheduling, tickets and other information go to: www.columbusfilmcouncil.org