Baltimore Next Media Web Fest 2026

By Laura Dowling Shea

This festival is dedicated to my brother, Paul A Moscatt, Jr, who we lost in August, 2025.

Opening Night Feature Film - Spinsters!!
Starring Sasha Carrera and Rain Pryor
April 16th, at 8pm - Harbor East Cinemas

Welcome to BNM Webfest 2026!! Our 9th year!!

We took a break in 2025, but we're ready to ROCK in 2026!! We've moved from the Fall in Baltimore to Spring Time in Baltimore!! And we can't wait to get things rolling again!!

We're screening all projects at Harbor East Cinemas. For the latest Schedule and Hotel info - Click On This

For TICKETS to our In Person Webfest - Click on This:

https://filmfreeway.com/baltowebfest/tickets

We have announced our Selections HERE. Our Nominations list will be out by March 27th.

We also have a Virtual Venue which will be going on at the same time as our In Person festival - chech out our Virtual Venue Here:

Bnmwebfest.sparqfest.live/en/index.html

VIP Panelists, hosts and performers

Screenwriter, Author, and Producer Paul Chitlik

Paul Chitlik has written for all the major networks and studios in English and in Spanish. He was story editor for MGM/UA'S "The New Twilight Zone," and staff writer for Showtime's sitcom "Brothers." He directed episodes and was coordinating producer for “Real Stories of the Highway Patrol” and “U.S. Customs Classified.” He wrote and produced “Alien Abduction” for UPN. He wrote, produced, and directed “Ringling Brothers Revealed” a special for The Travel Channel. (He had been a roustabout for Circus Vargas years earlier.) He wrote, produced and directed “The Wedding Dress,” for Amazon Prime. He received a Writers Guild of America award nomination for "The Twilight Zone" and a GLAAD Media Award nomination for "Los Beltrán,” for Telemundo. He won a Genesis Award for a Showtime Family movie. Science fiction, comedy, and children’s movies are his focuses.

He taught in the MFA programs of UCLA, the University of Barcelona’s film school ESCAC, Cuba’s film school EICTV, Chile’s film school UNIACC, The University of Zulia in Venezuela, The Panamerican University in Mexico City, The Story Academy of Sweden and Loyola Marymount University. His book, “Rewrite,” is available in English, Chinese, and Korean. His latest novel is “Lies, All Lies.” His latest screenwriting book is “The Screenwriting Sensei.”

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Paulchitlik.com