An evening of friendly chatter, community and live music, the second annual Belvedere Home Made Film Festival gathered all generations of Belvedere, a small city in Marin County that connects to the Tiburon Peninsula. On Friday, Oct. 10, the festival took place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Belvedere Community Park. 33 films were screened; created by local filmmakers of all ages, including a few made by Redwood students Beatrice Nass and Tobin Rivera. Volunteers also served free hot chocolate, popcorn and homemade soup to guests throughout the evening.

Along with the film-watching event, Gavzer hosted 10 filmmaking workshops over the summer at the Tiburon Library. These workshops had over 200 attendees of varying ages who worked alongside professional filmmakers. Most of the films found at the festival were submitted by workshop attendees.

“I wanted to have as many people involved as possible in the community, so I decided to have a multimedia event that allowed for all ages to take part,” Gavzer said. “Over the summer, we held these workshops to help teach people who may not know how to make films.”

Spectator Sophie Walsh brought her daughter, Charlize Walsh, to attend the event for the first time this year after hearing about it from a friend. Overall, the Walshs found the event engaging and welcoming.

“I appreciated that it was a casual, laid-back family event. Getting to watch a fun collection of movies on Belvedere Island is not something you get to do every day,” Sophie said. “We will definitely be coming back again.”