American Presidents Film & Literary Festival

03/09/2024

10/04/2022

"Finding Courage" directed by Kay Rubacek won Best Production and Best Feature Film Awards. This film follows the story of a former journalist for the Chinese Communist Party as she worked to reveal her family's suffering at the hands of Chinese authorities. This film pulls back the veil on the much overlooked, misunderstood, and under-reported Falun Gong community, whose unexpected persistence for religious freedom in China has become the sharpest thorn in the side of the world's largest dictatorship.

"The Militiaman" directed by David Peter Hansen won Best Short Film Award. This film portrays the leader of a local militia as he prepares for the turbulent political landscape of 2020 while at war with his own conscience.

The People’s Choice Award was chosen by film festival attendees at the festival. This year's winner was "Truth is the Only Client" directed by Todd Kwait and Rob Stegman. This film takes a deeper look into the investigation of the Kennedy Assassination through interviews with original investigators, experts, and more.

The film festival judges are: Tammy Kinsey, filmmaker and professor of film at the University of Toledo; Craig Shoup, reporter and columnist of Leaf Chronicle; and Vanessa Leonard, communications specialist of ProMedica Foundations, producer at Loud Kid Films and international award-winning filmmaker.

Pictured: Dustin McLochlin, film committee chairman, with award sponsors Iracema Arevalo and Otto Gonzales and "Truth is the Only Client" director Todd Kwait at the Champagne Film Awards Ceremony that took place at the Strand Theater Saturday, Oct. 1.

Special thanks to our festival's sponsors: Hal & Diane Hawk, Crown Battery; Albrechta & Coble, Ltd; ProMedica Memorial Hospital Staff; Iracema Arevalo & Otto Gonzales; Fremont Federal Credit Union; Rush Sales & Leasing, Ltd.; Motion Controls Robotics; Rob Boukissen, Wendt Key Team Realty; Michael Metzger; Richard & Katherine Smith; Meade Motorcars LLC; and Holland CPA.

10/04/2022

Happy 200th birthday, President Rutherford B. Hayes! in 1822, he was born in Delaware, Ohio.

10/03/2022

09/30/2022

Your chance to view these films starts TODAY at 3:15 pm and runs through tomorrow evening!

To look at the full film schedule and to purchase tickets, visit: https://americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org/tickets/.



The 2022 American Presidents Film & Literary Festival is sponsored by: Hal & Diane Hawk, Crown Battery; Albrechta & Coble, Ltd; ProMedica Memorial Hospital Staff; Iracema Arevalo & Otto Gonzales; Fremont Federal Credit Union; Rush Sales & Leasing, Ltd.; Motion Controls Robotics; Rob Boukissen, Wendt Key Team Realty; Michael Metzger; Richard & Katherine Smith; Meade Motorcars LLC; and Holland CPA.

09/26/2022

The POTUSes are popping up around town to spread the word about the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival happening THIS weekend Sept. 30-Oct. 1!

Get your tickets here: https://americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org/tickets/



The 2022 American Presidents Film & Literary Festival is sponsored by: Hal & Diane Hawk, Crown Battery; Albrechta & Coble, Ltd; ProMedica Memorial Hospital Staff; Iracema Arevalo & Otto Gonzales; Fremont Federal Credit Union; Rush Sales & Leasing, Ltd.; Motion Controls Robotics; Rob Boukissen, Wendt Key Team Realty; Michael Metzger; Richard & Katherine Smith; Meade Motorcars LLC; and Holland CPA.

09/24/2022

Don’t miss these literary festival events today!

The American Presidents Film & Literary Festival will take place Sept. 24 - Oct. 2, 2022 in Fremont, Ohio, home of America’s first presidential library. This new film festival focuses on the American Presidency through the themes of people, places, politics, and power. Filmmakers of all ages and s...

09/23/2022

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09/22/2022

One of the films featured in our upcoming festival is "Truth is the Only Client."

This film examines the investigation into the Kennedy assassination through interviews with the members of the Warren Commission staff, experts, and other people personally involved in the events. Was it a lone gunman or conspiracy, “magic bullet” or the laws of physics, exhaustive investigation or government cover-up? Countless books and movies have sought to explain or expose the “truth” behind the events of November 22, 1963 while really mostly just muddying the waters. Popular fictional films dramatize events yet they are often considered factual and many misconstrue them as history. And since then, literally thousands of books, articles, television shows and films have sought to expose a conspiracy and espouse one theory after another. But none of these have relied on extensive interviews with the men who actually conducted the investigation, until now.

Get your tickets today at https://americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org/tickets/.

This was directed by Todd Kwait and Rob Stegman.

09/19/2022

Tickets on sale now at https://americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org/tickets/. Don't miss this exciting event!

Special thanks to our sponsors!
Red Carpet Event Sponsors:
Albrechta & Coble, Ltd
ProMedica Memorial Hospital Staff

Awards Sponsor: Iracema Arevalo & Otto Gonzales

Literary Event Sponsor: Fremont Federal Credit Union

Film Block Sponsors:
Rob Boukissen, Wendt Key Team Realty
Motion Controls Robotics
Rush Sales and Leasing Ltd.

Additional Sponsors:
Meade Motorcars LLC
A Friend of the Festival

The American Presidents Film & Literary Festival will take place Sept. 24 - Oct. 2, 2022 in Fremont, Ohio, home of America’s first presidential library. This new film festival focuses on the American Presidency through the themes of people, places, politics, and power. Filmmakers of all ages and s...

09/16/2022

Fremont City Schools is partnering with the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival to bring Dr. Robert Schmuhl to Ross High School. Dr. Schmuhl will speak to high school students from Ross and SJCC on the topic of what it takes to be a citizen in today's world. More information on other events of the Festival, including film descriptions and ticket information, can be found on their website https://americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org/

09/15/2022

As part of the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival, the Literary Exploration is taking place all day Saturday, September 24. Learn about the Battle of Fort Stephenson, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Fremont's Old Betsy Cannon, and more!

Festival events are free to the public but reservations are encouraged. Please register at: https://americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org/tickets/.

The American Presidents Film & Literary Festival will take place Sept. 24 - Oct. 2, 2022 in Fremont, Ohio, home of America’s first presidential library. This new film festival focuses on the American Presidency through the themes of people, places, politics, and power. Filmmakers of all ages and s...

09/13/2022

In this Super Bowl 2011 commercial, the Budweiser Clydesdales bow in tribute, with the Statue of Liberty in the background, 10 years after the 9/11 tragedy.S...

09/09/2022

Join us for a red carpet experience on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the beautiful and historic The Strand Concert Theater in Downtown Fremont Inc.!

This event is from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m.
Cash bar: 5:45-6:15 p.m.
Dinner: 6:15-7:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker Robert Schmuhl Talk: 6:45-7:30 p.m.

Ticket prices are $35 and include dinner. The Red Carpet Event is also included in the $60 all-access pass. Each guest will receive a ticket for one free drink of craft beer or wine. Further drinks are available for purchase at the cash bar.

Get your tickets today at https://americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org/tickets/.

Your red carpet experience begins when you arrive at the historic Strand Concert Theater in downtown Fremont. The paparazzi will be eager to snap your photo as you walk the red carpet and pose with your favorite presidential cutouts.

Craft beer samples will be available for a fee. Dinner, which will be a gourmet baked potato bar with various toppings, is served at 6:15 p.m. in the historic, large theater hall. You will be welcomed by film festival organizers and local officials.

After dinner, hear Keynote Speaker Dr. Robert Schmuhl discuss the changing shape of the American Presidency amid change and conflict. Schmuhl is Professor Emeritus in American Studies and Journalism at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author/editor of fifteen books, including his newest expanded edition, The Glory and the Burden: The American Presidency from the New Deal to the Present, which will be published October 1, 2022. Copies will be available for sale at the Strand during the event.

Immediately following the Red Carpet Event, join us for the Champagne Film Awards Ceremony. Enjoy complimentary champagne while the winners of the film and literary awards are announced.