One of the breakouts at the Cannes Film Festival is a comedy about a male friendship that developed over many years and hundreds of miles on their bikes.
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‘Lunafest’ 2019 at The Public Theatre set for Wednesday
“Lunafest” will be hosted by The Public Theatre and features short films by, for and about women.
18th annual LUNAFEST coming to The Public Theatre
LUNAFEST, a festival of short films by, for and about women, will be hosted by the collaborating agencies of LA Women Rising at The Public Theater.
LHE-PAC to welcome Mountainfilm on Tour documentary film festival
“Mountainfilm” is an annual documentary film festival that showcases culturally rich, adventure-packed, and incredibly inspiring nonfiction stories about environmental, cultural, climbing and political issues.
RFA to present MIFF in the Mountains film festival
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts (RFA) will present MIFF in the Mountains, the best films of the Maine International Film Festival, from Sunday, Aug. 5 through Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the RFA Lakeside Theater. Film lovers will be able to enjoy two different films at 5 and 8 p.m. each evening. Admission […]
Film festival wraps up with shorts, feature
LEWISTON — Portland filmmaker Mackenzie Bartlett’s short film, “Baptism,” was shown during the fifth annual Emerge Film Festival at the Franco Center on Saturday. The 22-minute film was about a woman living in a religious cult who is blamed for the group’s rotten harvest. Because of her sexual activities she is deemed a sinner and […]
'Just One Step' kicks off 2018 Emerge Film Festival
Filmmaker Ben Keller received a call from a couple of friends asking if he would film their upcoming 100-mile race. Not a runner, Keller said he did not have time to spend a week filming the event. No, not a week, they told him … it would only be 24 hours. That was enough to […]
Lewiston soccer team documentary to debut director’s cut at Emerge Film Festival
One Team: The Story of The Lewiston High School Blue Devils from LHSOneTeamFilm on Vimeo. From the moments when everything started to fall into place last fall for Ian Clough and his team, late April was circled in pencil as a goal. Clough, along with producers Brad Bosse and Tom Fournier, and director of photography […]
Emerge Film Festival celebrates sequel, looks ahead to Part 3
AUBURN — Australian filmmakers Jim Lounsbury and Sam Eather arrived at the Portland Jetport in a snowstorm April 8, without a jacket, wearing flip flops — and no luggage. But they were in good hands. A representative from the Emerge Film Festival was waiting for them at the airport to attend to their needs. In […]
‘Read everything’: Filmmakers advise Poland film class
POLAND — “How would you make a Zombie movie?” Poland Regional High School student Brendan Hemenway asked movie director Evan Clar. Clar wondered what zombie movie Hemenway might have have seen lately. “Dead Rising: Watchtower,” Hemenway answered. Clar said zombie movies are exploring many avenues, with romantic comedy becoming popular. “What about sci-fi zombies?” Hemenway […]