Case Festival features the area's finest in film

Almost a century ago, some of the first movies with sound were made in Auburn. This weekend, that tradition will continue.

The Theodore Case Film Festival, named after the Auburn resident who helped pioneer a system to put sound on film, will hold a public screening Saturday of its finalists' work.

The festival has been around for the past five years, taking film submissions from youth and adult movie makers around central New York. This year's event features 18 movies - nine each from youth and adults. Each movie is no longer than 10 minutes.