Kooperman set to be featured at Charlottetown weekend film festival

The Charlottetown Film Festivalis set to start on Friday, Oct. 16 with the screening of P.E.I.'s first feature film,Kooperman.

The three-day festival will feature 10 screenings of films from the Maritimes and Iceland, as well as industry panels.

The festival is being held at City Cinema.

Cheryl Wagner, executive director of the festival, says she hopes the film festival will help grow the industry.

"It's about gathering the talent together in one place so that the connections and roots of relationships can develop," said Wagner.

"I think this is how we will develop an industry not only here on P.E.I., but throughout the region."

The full schedule of the weekend event can be found on the festival's Facebook page.