John Matthew Riopelle

Thank You for Wolf Tree 2022!

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Thank you from the filmmakers and staff of Wolf Tree 2022!

A big round of applause to our sponsors, the Franke Center For the Arts, host John Matthew Riopelle, the filmmakers, and our YPC friends & family. We were blown away by the screenings this year and hope to see you at the next one!

🏆 CONGRATS TO THE 2022 AWARD WINNERS! 🏆

Best Actor……….Kate Black-Spence (Static Space)

Best Student Film……….A is for Apple

Best Comedy……….The Peace Pipeline

Best Drama……….Static Space

Best Documentary……….Perpetual Plastic

Best Animated……….A is for Apple

Best Horror……….Devils

Best in Festival……….Static Space

Audience Choice.……….The Peace Pipeline

(All Official Selections)

Time’s Running Out! Last Chance to Submit Films to the 2022 Wolf Tree Film Festival.

Events

Hey YPC friends!

Last chance to submit your short films to the 2022 Wolf Tree Film Festival before the DEADLINE: DEC 12, 2021. We look forward to viewing your works of art and have already received some fantastic submissions!

SUBMIT YOUR FILM!

Over the years, the #WolfTreeFilmFestival housed in historic Marshall, Michigan, a gorgeous small town with a vibrant artistic community, has showcased many inspiring cinema works, cultivated networking opportunities between aspiring filmmakers and industry professionals (such as Lance Barber, Oliver Robins, & Sebastian Twardosz), and celebrated the creativity and unique charm of the Great Lakes region. Check out Wolf Tree’s past Official Selections to get hyped for next year’s event!

SCREENINGS

January 22, 2022 | 7PM | Franke Center For the Arts
Hosted by John Matthew Riopelle | Pre-screening Mixer Downstage Club | 6PM

Announcing 2022 Wolf Tree Host: John Matthew Riopelle!

Spotlights

Announcing our 2022 #WolfTreeFilmFestival host: John Matthew Riopelle! Riopelle is an actor, playwright, lyricist and screenwriter with an MFA in screenwriting and playwriting from Point Park University. He is the winner of the Gilman Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Award, a two-time Richard Rodgers and Jonathan Larson Grant finalist and a Fred Ebb Musical Theater Award finalist. His musical, “Streets of America,” with score by Tony Award Winner, Michael Rupert, was developed at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in conjunction with American University as part of their Inaugural Page to Stage Series on the Millennium Stage.

Matthew grew up in Detroit and studied acting at the Cranbrook Theater School and Actor’s Alliance Theater Conservatory. Since then he has lived in Los Angeles writing feature films, pilots (“Sullivan in Cuba,” “Blind Pig,” “Chavez,” “Left,” “The Camel Knows the Way,” & more), Broadway plays, and has a brother who is also a local artistic director and actor here in Marshall. We are excited to welcome Matthew to the Wolf Tree lineup and hope to see you all there next year!

WOLF TREE SCREENINGS

FEATURING HOST JOHN MATTHEW RIOPELLE
JANUARY 22, 2022 | 7PM | THE FRANKE CENTER FOR THE ARTS

GENERAL ADMISSION
ADV. $15  |  $18
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