Connecticut Film Festival screens in Old Saybrook

If you're going to name an arts center after Katharine Hepburn, you're almost required to show films.

And so, in keeping with its silver-screen-star namesake, the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook is hosting the Connecticut Film Festival.

The fest is still a Danbury-based event, but it's also bringing screenings to various Connecticut towns before culiminating in the May 4-9 event in Danbury.

Among the movies to be shown is "The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee," which was written and produced by Connecticut native Rebecca Miller. (You might also know her as the daughter of Arthur Miller and the wife of Daniel Day-Lewis.) The drama was shot throughout New Haven, Litchfield and Fairfield counties.

Part of the program, too, is "Searching The Fourth Nail," about filmmaker George Eli's eight-year exploration of the shrouded world of America's "Roma" Gypsy culture.

On Saturday and Sunday mornings, film folks like director Alex Asten from SECTFilm (Southeastern Connecticut Filmmakers) and Luz Ramos, acting coach and executive director of The New England Film & Television Expo, will lead educational events.

Connecticut Film Festival, Friday-Sunday, Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook; includes "The Baker," 7:30 p.m. Friday; "The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee," 7:30 p.m. Saturday; "Baker" and "Lee" are each $25 for screening and reception; for complete schedule: www.katharinehepburntheater.org, www.ctfilmfest.com.