For 12 years, the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho, March 20-24, 2024, has grown into one of the West’s most anticipated city spring festivals. It has 13 forts, including Filmfort, dedicated to showcasing independent film among the many cultural and forward-thinking creative forts, including Artfort, Alefort, Dragfort, Comedyfort, Foodfort, Hackfort, Storyfort, Kidsfort, and so forth.
Yet, Filmfort has been a long-standing option for Treefort to extend one’s passion and interests in art and creativity, an element of curiosity that Treefort embraces full-heartedly. For three days, Filmfort will showcase diverse cinematic perspectives for audiences of all ages, ranging from the enigmatic to the experimental to the off-beat.
In addition to film screenings, Filmfort hosts DIY film panels and Q+A sessions with attending Filmfort filmmakers. These discussions extend beyond the screen with inside info and on-set stories about how a story goes from page to screen. For 2024, Filmfort presents a record number of 39 films, which include dozens of short films and several feature-length films.
“…been a long-standing option for Treefort to extend one’s passion and interests in art and creativity…”
Kicking off on Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m., Filmfort will open with a comedy shorts block at The Flicks. In addition, Filmfort will also have a screening at the Idaho State Museum of Ugly Baby at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 22, which is part of Kidsfort and for all ages. A Local Gems block of all-local films will occur on Friday, March 22, at 11 a.m. at the Boise Centre. Among all the scheduled films, Filmfort has also planned a secret screening at The Flicks on Saturday, March 23, at 7:15 p.m. It is a delightful ending to an exciting and packed slate of movies.
“Our comedy shorts blocks are so popular that we wanted to bump things up for the opening night and kick things off on a high note,” says Filmfort Director Chelsea Smith, a filmmaker as well, whose short, The Trial, is making its way around the festival circuit. “We will have screenings all day Friday and Saturday with The Flicks and Boise Centre venues and at The Bus Station, which is very exciting for this year.”
"…Our comedy shorts blocks are so popular that we wanted to bump things up for the opening night and kick things off on a high note."
