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Aug. 20, 2019 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org Tickets on sale for 2019 American Presidents Film & Literary Festival, schedule announced FREMONT, Ohio – Tickets are on sale for the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival, taking place Thursday, Oct. 3 – Sunday, Oct. 6, at various locations in Fremont. The second annual film and literary festival features a red carpet event with keynote speaker, original films, a cooking class with a former White House chef, lantern tours of Spiegel Grove with costumed living history presenters, an escape [...]

Aug. 12, 2019 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org   Short film on Lyndon Johnson’s ‘October Surprise’ to be shown at film, literary festival FREMONT, Ohio – A film about a sex scandal that rocked President Lyndon Johnson’s re-election bid in 1964 will be shown this fall at the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival. “The Original October Surprise,” directed by Scott Calonico, is a one of the short films that will be featured at the festival Friday, Oct. 4 – Sunday, Oct. 6, at various locations in Fremont. [...]

July 31, 2019 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org   A short film on Nixon’s interaction with war protestors to be shown at film festival FREMONT, Ohio – A film about President Richard Nixon’s strange interaction with war protesters on a 1970 night will be shown this fall at the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival. “Nixon’s Coming,” directed by Scott Calonico, is one of the short films that will be featured at the festival Friday, Oct. 4 – Sunday, Oct. 6, at various locations in Fremont. A schedule [...]

July 22, 2019 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org Short film on American Civil War accepted to American Presidents Film & Literary Festival FREMONT, Ohio – A film about injured Union troops called to repel a Confederate attack on Washington, D.C., during the Civil War is one of the films that will be shown this fall at the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival. “The Invalid Corps,” directed by Day Al-Mohamed, is one of the short films that will be featured at the festival Oct. 4-6 at various locations [...]

April 18, 2019 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org Children’s book illustrator to give school, public program for kids during film, literary fest FREMONT, Ohio – A veteran children’s book illustrator will work with kids in Fremont City Schools and give a public program during the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival in early October.             Jeff Ebbeler has illustrated more than 40 children’s books and has been creating art for kids for nearly a decade.             He will share with the students his process for bringing words to [...]

April 9, 2019 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org Author of book about White House staff to be a keynote speaker at film, literary festival FREMONT, Ohio – The author of a book about the stories and influence of African-American White House staff members will be the keynote speaker at the second annual American Presidents Film & Literary Festival this fall. Adrian Miller, author of “The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas,” will speak [...]

March 13, 2019 American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Marketing Committee Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org   Film Festival writing contest for essays, poetry includes cash prizes FREMONT, Ohio – Think you're a pretty good writer or poet? Accept the writing challenge and enter the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival’s poetry and essay contests! Winning entries in three age categories for the poetry and essay contests receive cash prizes. Entries must be submitted as an email attachment to writingcontest@birchard.org or can be submitted online at americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org/submit-writing/. The deadline for all entries is 11:59 p.m. Sept. 7. The topic [...]

Feb. 25, 2019 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org Films being accepted for American Presidents Film & Literary Festival FREMONT – The American Presidents Film & Literary Festival is accepting films for its second annual festival, which takes place Oct. 4-6 in Fremont, Ohio. Films include short films, feature films and documentaries. They should touch in some way, whether directly or loosely on the themes of people, places, politics and power. For example, one of the submissions for the festival this year is a fictional film that discusses an [...]

Dec. 6, 2018 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org Second annual American Presidents Film & Literary Festival to take place Oct. 4-6, 2019 FREMONT – The only film and literary festival in the United States to focus on the American Presidency will take place Oct. 4-6, 2019, in Fremont, Ohio. The festival focuses on issues, themes and popular culture related to the American Presidency. The literary component includes talks by featured authors and essay and poetry contests. It will take place at various locations around Fremont, including The Strand [...]

Oct. 8, 2018 Kristina Smith Marketing Committee Chairman American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Fremont, OH 43420 800-998-7737, ext. 217 ksmith@rbhayes.org   Winners of film, literary contests in American Presidents Film & Literary Festival FREMONT – Congratulations to the winners of the film and literary contests at the inaugural American Presidents Film & Literary Festival. Winners are for the film contest are: Best Short Film: “Writing the Peace,” a documentary that examines the role an actor turned soldier named John Counsell had in drafting the document that ended World War II in Europe. Best Feature-Length Film: “The Reagan Show,” an all-archival [...]