25 FLEFFistas write about how the festival changed their thinking, their art, their writing, and their ideas about the environment

To celebrate the festival's 25th annual edition in 2022, the 25 for 25 project marked how the festival has impacted participants and staff to think differently about the environment. Contributors recounted their experiences of FLEFF screenings, concerts, roundtables, master classes, events, and programming. The 25 for 25 team was Leah Shafer, Editor; Rachel Schaff, Assistant Editor; Rachael Geary, Editorial Assistant; and Rachel Rosenberg, Editorial Assistant.
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Tuba!
February 19, 2022
The producer becomes a FLEFFista
By Ann Michel, FLEFF producer
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El ultimo malon
February 18, 2022
Conscious diversity yields discussion
By Girish Shambu, Professor of Management at Canisius College in Buffalo; author of The New Cinephilia, a book about Internet film culture; and the editor of Film Quarterly’s online column, Quorum.
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How to Cook Your Life
February 10, 2022
A story of a film, local food, and staying warm
By Leah Shafer, Associate Professor of Media and Society at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. As a graduate student she helped create marketing materials for the first year of FLEFF in 1997.