Mosaic Film Festival returns to Rockford with local, international films to be screened

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The 2024 Mosaic Film Festival will spotlight short films from regional and international filmmakers.

The 17th annual event will take place from September 13th to 15th at the Rockford Public Library’s Nordloff Center, at 118 N Main Street. The festival said it received hundreds of submissions from 75 countries.

Screenings include narrative, animated, experimental, music video, and documentary films, and will be shown from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Feature films to be showcased include “Iraq’s Invisible Beauty,” about Latif Al Ani, who photographed Iraq for 30 years before multiple wars arose. Now he travels through his devastated country in search of the people and places he photographed at the time; “Between the Notes,” centering on the life and career of world-renowned pianist Hélène Grimaud who is recognized as one of the greatest pianists of her generation; and “The House that Stood,” about Camillo, a teenager who is living through WWII in San Pietro Avellana, southern Italy, 1943.

An opening night red carpet event will take place Friday, September 13th at 6:30 p.m., followed by a special program of films made by students with Rock Valley College’s Mass Communications program.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Mosaic Film Festival website .

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