Midday at the Movies: The 2026 Maryland Film Festival returns to Parkway, April 8-12

About this episode

The episode discusses the return of the Maryland Film Festival and features insights from its current director KJ Mohr and founder Jed Dietz.

The Maryland Film Festival opens next Wednesday, April 8 and continues through Sunday, April 12. It’s returning to the spring after an experimental move to the fall last year. Jed Dietz founded the festival and directed it for nearly two decades. Now KJ Mohr directs the festival, as well as programming at the SNF Parkway Theatre. They joined Midday to discuss what's ahead. Their conversation was pre-empted on air by NPR special coverage of oral argument before the Supreme Court, but you can listen here at WYPR.org.

People in this episode

Host: Midday

Guest: KJ Mohr

Topics covered

• film festival
• Maryland
• cinema
• interview
• cultural events

Keywords

• Maryland Film Festival
• KJ Mohr
• Jed Dietz
• film
• cinema
• Parkway Theatre
• April 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Maryland Film Festival, SNF Parkway Theatre

Places: Maryland

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