At the movie-themed KAMA luncheon, we’ll hear from Dogwoood Arts Executive Director Tom Cervone and Keith McDaniel, an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Keith’s films (The Clinton 12; Secret City: The Oak Ridge Story) have been broadcast around the world. Keith is also founder and executive director of the the Knoxville Film Festival and its predecessor, the Secret City Film Festival, and adjunct professor of film production at Carson Newman University.

Tom and Keith will be joined by KFF colleagues, Marketing Manager Katharine Torbett and Project Manager Garrett Thomson.

Come learn about Knoxville Film Festival’s beginning, its marketing efforts and growth, and what has been learned along the way.——————————————
Tickets for Knoxville Film Festival (August 26 – 28) will be for sale at the luncheon.

 NOTE: Free Parking in Poplar Lot (see directions below)

Directions to Poplar Street Parking Lot for Knoxville Convention Center
From I-40E:
-Exit 388/Henley Street
-Pass Clinch intersection
-Turn right onto Cumberland Avenue (KCC on right)
-Turn Left at traffic light (Poplar Street)
-Parking lot is on rightFrom I-40W:
-Exit 388A/James White Parkway
-Summit Hill Exit, right onto Summit Hill Drive
-Summit Hill Drive to Henley Street/Broadway
-Turn left onto Henley Street
-Pass Clinch intersection
-Turn right onto Cumberland Avenue (KCC on right). Turn Left at traffic light (Poplar Street)
-Parking lot is on right

Walking directions from Poplar Street Parking Lot to KCC:
-Once you park, there is a crosswalk in the back right corner of the parking lot by the railroad tracks
-The crosswalk crosses over Cumberland Avenue. Follow the sidewalk to the Convention Center