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El Paso Film Festival Returns Downtown - Pt. 2

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Every great city has a great Film Festival, and El Paso its on its way with its 7th annual El Paso Film Festival returning to downtown next week for three days of films and special events, including another collaboration with the Creating Ways Conference for filmmakers. One of the best reasons to hang out for a few days around downtown, the Film Festival and conference will provide film lovers and filmmakers with a unique opportunity to see indie films and learn from fellow filmmakers. In this edition of On Film, host Charles Horak is welcomed by El Paso Film Festival Artistic Director Carlos Corral, and the Commissioner for the El Paso Film Industries Commission, Drew Mayer Oakes to discuss this Festival and the Conference.

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Originally aired on September 21, 2024

Since 2004, Charles Horak has been the host of the long-running radio program, On Film, creating more than 1,000 programs dedicated to film reviews, filmmaker interviews and discussions of cinema history and industry advancement. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association and board member of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.
Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.
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