Merrimack Valley Christian Film Festival

Merrimack Valley Christian Film Festival
Location Lawrence, Massachusetts
Founded 1993
Language English
Website http://www.christianfilmfestival.org/

The Merrimack Valley Christian Film Festival is a Christian film festival in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The festival typically draws 12,000 to 15,000 people[1] and is held during Holy Week. Festival organizer Tom Saab said the festival is among the more popular ones in the country.[2] Saab began the festival in 1993 at the now closed Salem Tri Cinemas. For the past eight years, the festival has been held at the Showcase Cinemas in South Lawrence.[3]

No one is paid for the festival. Organizers raise around $28,000–$30,000 to rent the Showcase Cinemas movie theater for the week and to pay for publicity and associated costs. Some Christian schools in the area send all or most of their students to the festival as a field trip.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 McDonald, Matt (April 4, 2004). "Praise the lord, pass the popcorn". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  2. ↑ Contreras, Russell (March 20, 2008). "Lawrence again hosts Christian film fest". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  3. ↑ Ford, Rosemary (March 13, 2008). "Christian Film Festival returns with some things old and some new". The Eagle-Tribune. Retrieved November 22, 2009.


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