24FPS International Short Film Festival

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24FPS International Short Film Festival
Location Abilene, Texas
Founded1999
Hosted by Paramount Theatre
No. of films28
LanguageEnglish
Website 24fpsfest.com

The 24FPS International Short Film Festival (formerly WESTfest) is a two-day short film festival hosted in Abilene, Texas each year. An average of 20 shorts are selected and viewed at the Paramount Theatre, a restored theatre originally built in 1930. [1]

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2012-11-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)