The Wellsboro Film Festival is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 20, 21 and 22 during Wellsboro’s Lights, Canvas, Action Winter Weekend. The public is invited to attend.

During the festival, 47 short films are being screened with 24 of them represented by attending filmmakers. 

The filmmakers who submitted shorts this year are from Buenos Aires, Argentina and California, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas in the United States.

“The festival requires that all short films be under 40 minutes long to compete,”said Thomas Verdi, executive director. 

“Thomas Smith, my colleague and I were looking for a place to hold a film festival when I decided to visit the dark skies at Cherry Springs State Park. My GPS brought me through Wellsboro and I fell in love with this town – Main Street, the diner, the hotel…” Verdi said. The first Wellsboro Film Festival was held in 2025. 

An entrepreneur and filmmaker, Verdi founded and runs Discontent Media Group, which owns The Film Fund that has awarded more than $150,000 to independent short film producers. 

At this year’s festival, there are six competitive short blocks, representing five genres – horror, drama, comedy, music videos and documentaries. 

At 4 p.m., eight documentary shorts will be shown: “Strouse Entertainment: Starting a Business from a Wheelchair,” “Time is an Ingredient,” Memphis Massacre,” “Fjallferd,” “The Shaver’s Creek Farmland Raptor Project,” “The Spirit of the People” and “You’ve Seen Us Before.” “50/10 Saul Turteltaub” is a documentary film about Saul who wrote comedy and produced television shows for 50 years. He wrote for “That Girl,” “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Sanford and Son.” He talks about how he broke into the world of television comedy and offers his opinions on comedy writing.

At 7 p.m. Saturday, 14 comedies will be screened: “Murphy,” “The Open House,” “Jerry Tarpini: Fitness Expert,” “Nub City,” “The Pitch,” “Dating Audrey,” “Behind the Signal: The Making of Blood Signal 4G,” “Fireflies in the Dusk,” “Trash Talk,” “Marry Me,” “Waiting for Bigfoot,” “Cart Bay Republic,” “Just Be Awesome” and “The Correction.”

For a description of “The Price of Milk” or the 47 short films or to purchase tickets or an all-access pass to see them or to attend the workshop, visit https://www.wellsborofilmfestival.com/tickets-and-schedule/.