The usual hustle and bustle of the Advanced Filmmaking (AFM) students is heightened as of late as the class of 25 students is deep in preparations for their year-end film festival on April 21.

The AFM Film Festival brings together 25 films, one made by each of the students, and presents the best of them to festival attendees in one night of great films, great food and great fun. “The festival is a culmination of the entire year's worth of work by the AFM students,” said Festival Coordinator and AFM student John DuGray.

Each student will be allowed to submit one film for consideration in the festival to the program's professors, who will then make the final selections for screenings at the festival. Over the past two semesters the class has completed a round of documentary films, narrative films, an Aria project and a 48- hour film challenge; each of these may be submitted as a student's choice project. DuGray expected there to be a wide range of film styles submitted, including documentaries, comedies, dramas and likely at least one grind house-style flick.

A completely student orchestrated event, the AFM Film Festival is being planned out and executed solely by the students. Apart from booking the venue, the students have taken care of every aspect of the festival from promotions to programming to art direction and everything in between.

Unlike last year, when the festival was held on campus, the 2012 Film Fest will take place at Aeolian Hall in downtown London. “We're really excited to take the festival off campus this year,” explained DuGray. “We wanted to make it more of an event.”

The festival, which runs from 7 to 10 p.m., will contain roughly two and a half hours of student made films with a half-hour intermission halfway through the program. The evening will be emceed by AFM students Rebecca Muise and Vince Deiulis. Following the screenings there will be a short awards ceremony. Following the awards ceremony, a formal reception will be held in Aeolian Hall.

Tickets for the festival can be bought through the Biz Booth, located in the Student Union Building, or from any of the 25 AFM students, who can usually be found somewhere in M building.

The AFM Film Festival takes place on April 21, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.