The Gadabout has successfully toured to well over 50 cities coast-to-coast in the past 5 years. Every year the Gadabout collects film submissions from filmmakers all over the world, and creates a program that is extremely impressive and diverse. Although focusing on shorter, humor based films, the selection is not limited to just that. The films are thought provoking, fresh, funny, and be autiful to look at. These filmmakers love what they are doing, and their work shows it.

This years program has been describe as the Gadabout’s best to date.

Making friends every year, this tour is more about community then anything else. Incorporating music, art, and education to the festival, the Gadabout celebrates the diverse talents in the D.I.Y. and independent arts communities. This year, festival director, Eric Ayotte will be performing a short set of acoustic music before the films. www.purevolume.com/ericayotte

The Gadabout is not a competition, rather a celebration of independent media and art.

Thank you, and for more information, please visit our site: www.gadaboutfilmfest.com

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Eric Ayotte:

Eric Ayotte is a DIY filmmaker who has completed countless short films and video projects. From directing to editing, producing to acting, Ayotte has been involved in all aspects of the process. Being frustrated with the options for truly independent filmmakers, Eric created the Gadabout Traveling Film Festival to distribute and showcase indie films while traveling across the country, believing that DIY/guerilla filmmaking is not just another step to really "making it," rather a genre in itself.

Some praise for the Gadabout:

“Spreading the gospel of short works that reach beyond Hollywood – reaches of the regular film circuit.” - Cheryl Eddy, San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 13, 2004

“It’s a true celebration of cinema as cinema, not business.” – Germain Lussier, Times Herald Record, January 21, 2005

“….gives voice to work made on shoestring budgets by a lineup of young artists.” – Brian Libby, Willamette Week (Portland News and Culture), October 20, 2004

“A group of radical guerrillas plans to invade Athens. Their weapons are not machine guns and machetes; they’re film and camera.” Adam Townsend, The Athens News, Athens, Ohio, November 8th, 2004

“There is something realistic and genuine about each piece; a feeling I never get when I go to the movie theater.” – Adam Khatib, The Oberlin Review, Oberlin, Ohio, November 12, 2004

Contact with questions to:

eric@gadaboutfilmfest.com

Thanks so much,

-Eric Ayotte