Our COLLECTIVE
The Opelika-Auburn Film Arts Collective is a pop-up, experimental space for artists, cinephiles, outsiders, and anyone hungry for non-mainstream entertainment based in Opelika, Alabama.
For the past three years, OAFAC has hosted film screenings at The Jailhouse at Rock ‘n Roll Pinball, the live movie trivia event This Game Goes BOOM, the No Budget Cinema showcase for local filmmakers, Art Happening, Cabarets, and numerous stage / screen collaborations.
OAFAC is in the process of developing Boxcar, a microcinema and screening space, located in downtown Opelika.
Our Team
No Budget Summer Film Workshop
Bay Kelley
Bay Kelley is an artist and educator with 15-years experience teaching Special Education in middle school. A co-founder of the Opelika Auburn Film Arts Collective, Bay has concentrated his efforts the last few years on building a robust, inclusive arts community that celebrates makers, fosters creativity of the highest order, and gives voice to future generations.
Mary wynne kling
Mary Wynne Kling has worked with nonprofits across the southeast in development and advisory roles, with a focus on education, for most of her career. As the mom of an aspiring filmmaker herself, she is excited to help support OAFAC bring this exciting experience to the kids of Lee County.
SAM PHILLIPS
Sam Phillips is a Middle School Collaborator at Brightworks, an experimental, project-based K-12 school connected to the Institute for Applied Tinkering in San Francisco, where he helps make kids’ project dreams a reality. When he’s not in the classroom, he loves to tinker with experimental film, animation, and writing projects. He is an alumni of Auburn High School.
ALESSIO SUMMERFIELD
Alessio Summerfield is an award-winning filmmaker, both in narrative short-form and in documentary feature-length work. He is a regional Emmy-nominated television producer and has had technical credits on MTV, Bravo, A&E, and National Geographic television series such as Unlocking the Truth, 60 Days In, To Catch a Smuggler, and The Food That Built America. He is also an alumni of Auburn High School.
Our VALUES
We want to build programs that prioritize young artists’ ideas and creative freedom of movement.
Youth-DriveN
We want to foster community through in-person experiences and making things from scratch.
HANDMADE
We work hard, but also make room for plenty of fun, spontaneity, daydreaming, and creative detours.
PLAYFUL
We want to make our programs radically affordable and broadly share material resources so no one is turned away due to lack of funds.
aCCESSIBLE
Our community contains an abundance of talent and resources that we want to discover, spotlight, connect, and amplify.
DEEPLY LOCAL
We strive to create environments where everyone is welcome and can share their voice in our community.
INCLUSIVE
We generate our own source of power by being independent, underground, and not associated with gate-keepers