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The Full Draw Film Tour’s recent stop in Bozeman, Montana provided a fun bit of gear-heavy togetherness after a shuttered 2020. And it’s got many tour dates still on the books.

Archery hunters are warming up and dialing in for big game season. And the Full Draw Film Tour brings an air of the season prior to September bugles.

The 3.5-hour experience covers a good chunk of films. And, as always, the organizers chuck a lot of free swag and gear at the crowd. From hats and T-shirts to high-end gear from sponsors like Benchmade Knife Company , EXO Mountain Gear , and Hoyt Archery , there’s a decent chance of not leaving empty-handed.

Full Draw Film Tour: This Year’s Films

Focused on archery-only hunts, this year’s film lineup celebrates a swath of species: from Shiras Moose in Colorado to a once-in-a-lifetime vertigo-laden mountain goat hunt in Utah. And, of course, a few films go deep on elk in the rut.

Sometimes, these films take on a memorabilia quality. Others — like the films of Jason Matzinger — bring light to issues in the conservation space. There’s the story of the hunt, sure. But it’s the films that step a bit outside of the personal and into the broader picture that seem to be the most compelling.

The outliers beyond the more in-depth films are the ones that dig deep into the vulnerable, emotional, and often adrenaline-charged moment of taking, let’s say, your first elk after a really difficult few years of hunting. The film “Backcountry Emotions” from Buffalo Creek Outdoors does just that.

The tour runs through the summer, with locations widespread across the Lower 48 over the next 6-8 weeks.

States included in the tour (mostly) in order of go are Wyoming, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

Final Thoughts: Hunting, Without Hunting

No spoilers from this writer, but there is something familiar to these films. Perhaps it’s less about watching these traditional hunting stories, and more about seeing golden quakies lining mountains, hearing the ethereal sounds of rutting elk, and experiencing the bodily feeling along of being in those highly present spaces with the fellow hunters on the big screen.

In certain moments, a charged somatic response ran through the crowd. This isn’t a film experience per se; it’s hunting without hunting. It’s an ASMR experience for those of us who know the sensory overload of the woods under pressure.

And after a year of feeling shuttered-in, it’s a nice break to laugh, applaud, and fall into the on-edge silence of a crowd.

Nicole Qualtieri has been writing about hunting, fishing, and the outdoors for 8 years.

From 2014-2017, Nicole worked for ZPZ Productions. There, she partnered with multiple hunting outlets and personalities on social media and e-commerce, including MeatEater, Randy Newberg, and Remi Warren. She also managed online communications for Backcountry Hunters & Anglers for nearly two years, and she spent six years prior in Corporate sales. Additionally, she served a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Bridgewater, MA, coordinating volunteers for a therapeutic recreational facility.

Based in Montana, Nicole is an avid hunter and angler. She’s a lifelong horsewoman and animal lover, and she’s recently ventured into the world of bird dogs with her young Boykin Spaniel, Bob.

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2023 Full Draw Film Tour presented by ONXHUNT

The OG bowhunting roadshow is back! FDFT brings you the best bowhunting films of the year, and the 2023 lineup is rut-tastic!!

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Join us for the 2022 Full Draw Film Tour presented by ONXHUNT!!

Enjoy Bowhunting on the Big Screen with your family and friends! This years films feature close encounters with elk, moose and more! If you’re lucky you may even take home some great new gear!

What’s the Full Draw Film Tour? We show the best original bowhunting films from independent filmmakers in a venue near you, and giveaway the best hunting gear from our awesome partners.

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Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome 2022 Full Draw Film Tour for a live film preview at the Wilma on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Tickets are available at The Top Hat, online, or by phone at 1 (800) 514-3849. All tickets are general admission seating with fixed theatre seating available in the balcony on a first-come,… Continue Reading

Logjam Presents is pleased to welcome 2022 Full Draw Film Tour for a live film preview at the Wilma on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

Tickets are available at   The Top Hat , online , or by phone at 1 (800) 514-3849. All tickets are general admission seating with fixed theatre seating available in the balcony on a first-come, first-served basis. All ages are welcome.

Additional ticketing and venue information can be found here .

Join us for the 2022 Full Draw Film Tour presented by ONXHUNT!

Enjoy Bowhunting on the Big Screen with your family and friends! This years films feature extremely close encounters with elk, moose and more! If youʼre lucky you may even take some great new gear home too!

Full Draw Film Tour has again put together a lineup of films that will energize all those interested in the outdoors. From Alaska to the Rocky Mountains the filmmakers have captured adventures to share with you in a theater atmosphere that will immerse you into the experience. As always the event doesnʼt stop with just bowhunting films; Full Drawʼs partners have delivered a ton of great gear to giveaway!

FILM: FULL DRAW FILM TOUR 2022

Join us for the 2022 Full Draw Film Tour presented by ONXHUNT!!

Enjoy Bowhunting on the Big Screen with your family and friends! This years films feature extremely close encounters with elk, moose, and more! If you’re lucky you may even take some great new gear home too!

Doors open at 6:00pm!

Advance Festival Tickets: $20 general; Children ages 4-17 $10, + applicable fees.

At the Door Tickets: $22 general; Children ages 4-17 $12

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FULL DRAW FILM TOUR IS BACK ON THE ROAD

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After a tentative 2020, the Full Draw Film Tour is back on the road. The Tour brings hours of hunting films to cities across the country. This year the Tour will bring audiences hunting stories for several species. These include chasing mountain goats in Utah, Moose in Colorado, and several elk hunts.

Some of these films go beyond just hunting. Several take time to explore the conservation side of hunting and fishing. They show the in-depth process hunters and agencies use to ensure the conservation of game and non-game animals alike. In contrast, others look to explore the emotional aspects of hunting.

Tour Dates and Showtimes

The Tour will run across the length of the summer. You still have 6-8 weeks from the time of this story to catch the showings of these films. In the next couple of weeks, the Tour will swing east and stop in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennesse, and Missouri. At that point, the Tour will turn back west and hit Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas. After all that it will push further west and stop in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. For those interested in checking out the films you can check the dates and showtimes by clicking here .

Hunting holds a special place in people’s hearts. However, it is misunderstood by many non-hunters. The Full Draw Film Tour is a great way to expose interested non-hunters to what hunters do and what they are about without them having to be in the woods. Some of the moments shared on the big screen take the audience into the elk woods. You see first hand the trials, the energy, and the emotional expenditure each of these hunts takes.

If nothing else, it’s a great way to get out and enjoy life with a room full of hunts after not having much of that last year.

Do you plan on checking out the Tour? Have you already went when it stopped in your state? Let us know in the comments!

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Cinema Columbus Film Festival gathers many to make Greater Columbus a film epicenter

If you are a film fan, be sure to make your way to the Gateway Film Center this weekend, the Drexel Theatre in Bexley and the Wexner Center for the Arts on the campus of The Ohio State University.

Those three venues − along with the Grandview Theater and Drafthouse, Southern Theatre, Studio 35 Cinema and Drafthouse and McConnell Arts Center in Worthington − are the settings of the citywide Cinema Columbus Film Festival on April 24-28.

The goal behind the festival, entering its fourth year, is to make Columbus an epicenter of all things cinematic.

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“I really am a believer in decentralizing the coasts from filmmaking,” said festival director Brett Reiter. “Film is for everyone; film is everywhere.”

That includes films made in Ohio. Of the 45 films being shown at Cinema Columbus, 16 were produced in the Buckeye State, Reiter said. Among those titles is the drama “Souls Adrift,” which is to have its world premiere.

“I think that’s a great number, and I hope to continue raising that,” he said, referring to the number of Ohio-made films in the lineup.

What festivals offer filmmakers

As a movie producer whose credits include the 2022 made-in-Columbus drama “Poser,” starring Sylvie Mix, which played at the Tribeca Festival, Reiter said he understands the importance of film-festival bookings for small, independent films.

In years past, traditional movie theaters might play a movie for weeks or sometimes months, but today, a title will seldom be run for that long. Many movies end up quickly on streaming or video-on-demand.

“The turnover has become quicker and quicker,” Reiter said. “You blink and you miss it.”

That means that screenings at film festivals around the country can extend the theatrical life of a film.

The festival circuit, Reiter said, “keeps films alive and keeps them present.”

What film festivals offer audiences

For audiences, film festivals offer the chance to see films that would not otherwise be viewable.

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“You might not ever see these films again because largely, they don’t have distribution,” Reiter said.

And in the case of world premieres − several of which are featured at this year’s edition of Cinema Columbus − audiences can see films that none of their friends, neighbors or even fellow cinephiles will have.

This year, world premieres include the documentary “Family White Elephants,” about the family tree of director May Jo Bole (7 p.m. April 25, Wexner Center for the Arts) and the drama “Fields Adrift,” about the final days of a man contending with brain cancer (7 p.m. April 26, Drexel Theatre).

Where films are being shown

Unique for a film festival, Cinema Columbus screenings are scheduled at far-flung venues throughout Greater Columbus − something that, Reiter acknowledges, makes easily going from one movie to another something of a challenge.

“As a festivalgoer, you can’t hop from the Drexel to McConnell Arts Center very easily, unless you have a car,” Reiter said.

Plus, screenings often overlap. Two programs may be happening concurrently at venues far from each other, making attending everything impossible.

The festival, then, carefully tailors what sorts of films are shown at a given venue.

“I think that has opened up such an interesting challenge for us as a festival in terms of programming for different neighborhoods and demographics,” Reiter said.

“(We’re) trying to meet folks where they’re at in terms of what they might be looking for or what they might want to see.”

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For example, Studio 35 Cinema and Drafthouse was selected as the site for horror films or others that might be considered a bit offbeat, Reiter said. That includes the films “Sofa, So Good” (7 p.m. April 26) and “The Judgment” (11 p.m. April 26), the latter of which is an Egyptian-set horror film centered on a gay couple who come to feel they have been targeted by acts of witchcraft.

Studio 35 is also the site of a block of late-night short films (11 p.m. April 27).

The Gateway Film Center is a “hub” of numerous screenings, including the drama “Lost Soulz” (7 p.m. April 25), about a young rapper searching for meaning while journeying through Texas; “Chasing Chasing Amy” (4 p.m. April 26), about a fan’s connection to the Kevin Smith movie “Chasing Amy"; and several programs of short films, including at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. April 27.

“I think we can make it more custom-made for each screening and each venue,” Reiter said.

The full schedule

Tickets for individual screenings cost $10. Festival passes, which include admission to every screening and a Cinema Columbus gift bag, cost $199.95. To buy tickets or passes, visit cinemacolumbus.com.

A full schedule of screenings follows :

April 24: 7 p.m., Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St.: the documentary “ False Positive ”

April 25: 7 p.m., Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St.: the documentary “Family White Elephants"; 7 p.m., McConnell Arts Center, 777 Evening St., Worthington: the documentary“Breaking the News”; 7 p.m., Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St.: “Lost Soulz”; 7 p.m., Drexel Theatre, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley: local short films

April 26: 1 p.m., Gateway Film Center: short films; 1 p.m., Drexel Theatre: the documentary “Coming Around”; 4 p.m., Gateway Film Center: the documentary “Chasing Chasing Amy”; 4 p.m., Drexel Theatre: “Artist Unknown"; 7 p.m., Drexel Theatre: “Fields Adrift”; 7 p.m., Studio 35 Cinema and Drafthouse, 3055 Indianola Ave.: “Sofa, So Good”; 11 p.m., Studio 35 Cinema and Drafthouse: “The Judgment”

April 27: Noon, Grandview Theater and Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Ave.: the documentary “Bad Press”; 1 p.m., Drexel Theatre: the documentary “The Legend of MexMan”; 1 p.m., Gateway Film Center: local short films; 3 p.m., Grandview Theater and Drafthouse: the documentary “A Still Small Voice”; 4 p.m., Drexel Theatre: “The Universal Theory”; 4 p.m., Gateway Film Center: short films; 11 p.m., Studio 35: late-night short films