Film Section

• ‘Last Warmth’ — A love letter to School Forest

  By Lauren ShowsMay 6, 2025

  

  This month, a new documentary — helmed by and starring School Foresters themselves — debuts, giving local residents a behind-the-scenes look at the School Forest Club’s work tending the forest from seedling to tree, and every stage in between.

• YS Film Festival Mini-Fest to return

  By YS News StaffApril 11, 2025

  

  The YS Film Festival will hold its second annual Mini-Fest this month; the Mini-Fest debuted last year as a prelude to the second annual full festival event.

• Yellow Springs Film Fest to return for second year

  By YS News StaffSeptember 9, 2024

  

  The second annual YS Film Festival, which held its first iteration in fall of 2023, returns Friday–Sunday, Oct. 4–6. This fall’s lineup of events again features screenings of narrative and documentary films as well as special guest performances and Q&A sessions.

• Horror-comedy filmed in Yellow Springs

  By Lauren ShowsJune 9, 2024

  

  Movie magic was in the village air last month, when a five-day shoot for a short film was held at a home on the south end of town.

• Yellow Springs Film Festival establishes Julia Reichert Award

  By YS News StaffJune 5, 2024

  

  To honor Reichert’s legacy, the Yellow Springs Film Festival and PNC Bank have announced creation of the Julia Reichert Award, a $3,000 short film prize to be given to an emerging female documentarian.

• Yellow Springs Film Fest to showcase ‘Mini-Fest’

  By Truth GarrettApril 5, 2024

  

  Yellow Springs Film Festival is gearing up to present its Mini-Fest at the historic Little Art Theatre Saturday, April 6, offering audiences a lineup of films that promise to leave a lasting impact.

• Young artists bring ‘OTIS’ to life

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 25, 2024

  

  A newly released short film produced by a group of current and former YS Schools students, “OTIS,” is a meta meditation on the unpredictable nature of art, among other themes.

• Little Art Theatre receives $100,000 grant

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 28, 2023

  

  Just before the lights went down for a screening of “The Wizard of Oz” last Thursday, Nov. 16, Little Art Theatre Development and Community Impact Director Katherine Eckstrand walked into the auditorium to cheers from a full house crowd.

• New Little Art Theatre manager is old hand

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 18, 2023

  

  Next time you go to the movies, you can join the longtime Yellow Springs resident Caleab Wyant in celebrating his new position at the Little Art if you greet him by his new title: Theater Manager.

• Yellow Springs Film Festival to debut this fall

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 15, 2023

  

  The Yellow Springs Film Festival will debut Oct. 6–8, with film screenings at the Little Art Theatre and special events at the Foundry Theater and Crome Architecture.