A man comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with his mom.

This is just one scene featured at the second annual Ferndale Film Festival, which was held Nov. 4-7 in downtown Ferndale.

Also known as F3, the event featured over three dozen films and will be extended throughout the year with monthly events like classes and workshops.

“Ferndale is a phenomenal place to be,” Ruth Flynn, owner and casting director for Connective Casting LLC, said. “The filmmakers are positive and worked hard to be where they’re at. The film community is well represented here.”

The independent films — in all different genres from comedies and dramas to short films and animation flicks — were featured at diverse locations in downtown Ferndale.

Some films, along with a brunch that officially ended the festival on Sunday, were screened at Rosie O’Grady’s. Treat Dreams, The Magic Bag, The Loving Touch, M-1 Studios, Go Comedy, Ferndale Public Library and Blumz had additional showings of other films as well.

Treat Dreams, an ice cream shop in Ferndale, was home to a new feature for the festival this year, Film on Demand. This allowed people to come in and see films for free at a time that was convenient for them.

“Film on Demand brings people into businesses that generally wouldn’t be there,” Suzanne Janik, a member of the F3 board, said. “We bring people into the city to enjoy the city and experience the city and see what a creative community we have.”

According to Janik, proceeds from the festival go to the Ferndale Youth Assistance and Midwest Aids Coalition.

“We’re growing and getting a lot more interest,” Janik said. “We’re getting a lot of films from around the world and from around the city and state. The film industry is growing in Michigan and a lot of people are expanding and making films.”

Marshalle Montgomery, a managing partner for Trinity Film Coalition, said that she goes to F3 in order to show support for Michigan’s blooming movie industry.

“Trinity has a film festival as well in various venues in Detroit, and everyone, including those here at F3, goes to both events to support each other,” Montgomery said. “It’s all film related and helps promote the filmmaking done in Michigan.”

This year, the festival had a red carpet kickoff event on Thursday night at the Magic Bag. The event featured a director meet-and-greet.

“I just enjoy festivals, and loved the red carpet event,” Christine Gilchrist, a film festival fan and former independent filmmaker, said. “I came specifically to this festival to see Robert Butler’s films. Every film gets incrementally better and better as he continues.”

With the festival, the Micro Mini challenge which allows directors to submit a movie in DVD format that is 300 seconds or less, was introduced.

Applicants are required to include a character whose occupation is being a lawyer named Greg Meihn and the film has to reference, represent or be filmed in Ferndale.

There is a $20 registration fee and winners are announced in February.

Those interested in the Micro Mini challenge have until Feb. 16 to submit the films and are competing for a $100 prize. Additional prizes for best use of character, best Ferndale representation and other categories are also awarded.

More information on F3 and the micro mini contest, as well as a list of video contest winners are available at the film festival’s website, www.ferndalefilmfestival.org

— Daud Yar contributed to this report