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Film Screening + open screen happy hour for local filmmakers!
Cayce Mell is the founder and creative force behind 2nd State Films, a North East Pennsylvania-based independent film company established in 2009 that produces award-winning documentaries and feature films. She is credited as director and producer on Save Blasco!, Tracing Outlines, Follow the Dog, and Monongahela. Many of her films have won film awards.
Save Blasco! is a feature-length documentary by Mell that chronicles a grassroots campaign against the Gannon–Blasco lease—documenting public meetings, council votes and vetoes, a lawsuit, and sustained citizen efforts to secure government transparency.
Produced at no cost for Keep Our Library Public, the film won eight international awards, including the Lake Effect Film Festival Audience Choice (Best of Fest), the Erie International Film Festival prize, AIMAFF Honorable Mention, Best Free Speech Film at the Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Asian Talent International Film Festival, a Defense of Democracy Film Festival Honorable Mention, the FFTG Documentary Feature Grand Jury Choice, and Best Documentary at the IDEAL International Film Festival 2026.
Its theme song received three additional honors, including mentions at the BLASTOFF Festival and the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival and IDEAL International Film Festival 2026.
Wednesday, November 11th
Doors + Open Screen Happy Hour at 5pm
Feature Film at 7pm
$10 General Admission | $20 for entry with unlimited popcorn
Film Screening + open screen happy hour for local filmmakers!
Cayce Mell is the founder and creative force behind 2nd State Films, a North East Pennsylvania-based independent film company established in 2009 that produces award-winning documentaries and feature films. She is credited as director and producer on Save Blasco!, Tracing Outlines, Follow the Dog, and Monongahela. Many of her films have won film awards.
Save Blasco! is a feature-length documentary by Mell that chronicles a grassroots campaign against the Gannon–Blasco lease—documenting public meetings, council votes and vetoes, a lawsuit, and sustained citizen efforts to secure government transparency.
Produced at no cost for Keep Our Library Public, the film won eight international awards, including the Lake Effect Film Festival Audience Choice (Best of Fest), the Erie International Film Festival prize, AIMAFF Honorable Mention, Best Free Speech Film at the Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Asian Talent International Film Festival, a Defense of Democracy Film Festival Honorable Mention, the FFTG Documentary Feature Grand Jury Choice, and Best Documentary at the IDEAL International Film Festival 2026.
Its theme song received three additional honors, including mentions at the BLASTOFF Festival and the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival and IDEAL International Film Festival 2026.
Wednesday, November 11th
Doors + Open Screen Happy Hour at 5pm
Feature Film at 7pm
$10 General Admission | $20 for entry with unlimited popcorn