The Sacramento Film & Music Festival is in its 10th season this year, and it's the 6th season for the innovative Sac Music Seen program which matches local bands/musicians and local filmmakers to make original music videos.  In the past 5 years, approximately 115 music videos have been produced and screened at the Crest Theatre as part of the Festival's regular programming, making it one of the region's largest, collaborative arts programs, counting musicians, filmmakers, actors, crew, etc.

As a part of that process, each year, the Festival hosts a "Listening Party" for interested filmmakers to listen to music that has been submitted for consideration.  This year approximately 25 bands have submitted music (some songs are still being submitted!) and that music will be played tomorrow, Saturday, April 18th at 1pm at the Art Institute of Sacramento, 2850 Gateway Oaks Drive, Sacramento CA (off I-5 & West El Camino).

Making a music video is a great way to either start out in fimmaking (because the soundtrack is already done!) or develop skills and production techniques if you are already an experienced filmmaker.  If you'd like to be a part of this years program, or just help out another team of filmmakers, check out tomorrow's event.

For more information on the Festival, including deadlines and instructions for feature and short film submissions, visit www.sacfilm.com

(Disclosure: Tony Sheppard is a Co-Director of the Sacramento Film and Music Festival.)