After a year’s hiatus, the Maryland Film Festival will achieve a historic milestone: its 25th anniversary. From May 2-5, the festival will center around the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway Theatre in Baltimore’s Station North Arts District and offer a diverse array of feature films, shorts, panels, and talks, as well as events: receptions, after-parties, and CineTech, a curated exploration of cinema and emerging technologies.
“To celebrate 25 years of the Maryland Film Festival we’re looking back to look forward, celebrating our beloved and storied festival with special retrospective screenings, filmmaker alumni, and by showing appreciation for all of the hard work and audience love that has gone into making MdFF the Mid-Atlantic’s preeminent film festival,” said KJ Mohr, MdFF’s Festival Director & Director of Programming. “We will be celebrating filmmakers who are Baltimore born and raised, as well as the extraordinary talent that is currently drawn to and who have adopted Maryland as home. Plus, after watching films all day, we invite audiences to get out of their seats and turn up at one of our many nightlife events happening in the surrounding neighborhood.”
Since its inception, MdFF has showcased independent, international, and local cinema. The festival has been hosted annually, over the past 25 years (except for 2023), and continues to evolve to embrace new filmmakers, cinephiles, communities, and technologies. For one weekend each year, screenings offer an opportunity for audiences to engage directly with filmmakers, building on a communal viewing experience and centering the voices of artists.
