MIDDLETOWN – Coyote Film Festival, Lake County’s own independent film festival, will showcase an array of short films and animation around poetry, spoken and unspoken words with two screenings on Saturday, June 20, at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Calpine Geothermal Visitors Center, 15500 Central Park Road, Middletown.

Films and animation will include two animated poems read by Billy Collins: “No Time,” with animation by Jeff Scher, and “Somedays,” with animation by Julian Grey.

Also on the program is “Poetry Lives” by Mark Freeman, 2007 Oscar-winning animation, and “The Danish Poet,” by Torill Kove with Liv Ullman.

These will be followed by two short films: “The Ice Cream Man” by Dylan Rush and the animated tale “Best Book Ever” by Lev Yilmaz.

Tickets are $10 at the door and $5 for kids 16 and under. Fresh popcorn and concessions also will be available. There is plenty of parking and restrooms.

Coyote Film Festival is a fundraising arm of EcoArts of Lake County, a 501c(3) nonprofit arts organization dedicated to bringing visual art opportunities and ecologic stewardship to the residents and visitors of Lake County.

For more information visit: www.EcoArtsofLakeCounty.org .