Born and raised in Great Falls Montana, Liz Lauver is an event coordinator, freelance photographer, and actress who is currently getting ready to launch the first year of The Great Beyond Film Festival as part of her work at Great Falls Montana Tourism.

The website for The Great Beyond Film Festival: https://visitgreatfallsmontana.org/the-great-beyond-film-festival/

The Great Falls community has a deep history with UFO sightings, paranormal activity, and is known globally for their mermaids, which is what inspired the theme for The Great Beyond. The Great Beyond is a film festival for storytellers, seekers, and the seriously curious—right here, in person, at the Mansfield Center for the Performing Arts.

Step into The Great Beyond Festival, a celebration of cinema that dares to explore the unexplained. This festival dives deep into the worlds of extraterrestrials, cryptids, and the paranormal—shining a spotlight on the strange, the mysterious, and the stories that live just beyond the edge of what we know. Join us in Great Falls, Montana for an unforgettable in-person experience featuring: Incredible short and feature films that explore the unknown. Filmmaking workshops for creatives ready to tell their own otherworldly tales. Meet-and-greets with filmmakers, screenwriters, and fellow fans of the weird and wonderful.

Whether you're a believer, a skeptic, or just love a good mystery, you'll find inspiration, insight, and community among the shadows at The Great Beyond Festival!

No streaming. No shortcuts. Just the magic of cinema—and maybe a few things that go bump in the night. The Great Beyond is calling. Are you ready to explore it?

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Visit Great Falls, Montana on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisitGreatFallsMontana/

Liz, the festival director of The Great Beyond, visits with Talking Weird to chat about some of the incredible films screening at the inaugural festival, and some of the other amazing events audiences can expect. She'll also be talking about weird phenomena in the Great Falls area.

This is a fun and fascinating episode! Don't miss it!