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A PLACE OF TRUTH

USA/OR | Maine Premiere

Director: Barrett Rudich

Setting up her typewriter on streets across the country, 21-year-old Abi Mott taps out poetry that captures people’s lives with stunning clarity. In A Place of Truth, director Barrett Rudich creates an intriguing portrait of a millennial woman bringing her charm, intuition and courage to the daunting task of being a busking poet.

Documentary, 65 minutes

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TPT—Sat., June 14, 2 p.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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AMERICAN ROAD

USA/IL | Maine Premiere

Director: Kurt Jacobson & Warren Leming

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This documentary explores the artistic, musical and literary resonances of the mystique of the road – and especially of going off the beaten track – in American lore. The Westward expansion, the Dust Bowl era, hobos, post-war suburbanization and the Beat critique of it; hitchhiking, the upheavals of the 1960s and early 1970s and the current generation of backpackers clutching their Lonely Planet and Rough Guides. American Road ultimately probes the meaning of what it is to be an American, not just a wayfarer.

Documentary, 108 minutes

TPT—Sat., June 14, 12 p.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary

BRIDGE AND TUNNEL

USA/CA

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Director: Jason Brescia

A cynical comedy that follows a group of Long Island twenty-somethings through 2012. Friends who grew up under the umbrella of the 9/11 attacks, graduated high school into a peaking war, and transitioned from college into the worst economic climate their country faced in generations. The result is prolonged youth; an ensemble that attempts to date like adults while living at home with their parents, settles for employment that they’re overqualified for, and crawls forward with their lives as they dig out from insurmountable student debt.

Feature, 95 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 3 p.m.

Nominated: Best Feature, Best Director, Best in Festival, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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DESPAIR AND THE SALT AIR

USA/ME

Director: Rick Groleau

Despair and the Salt Air highlights the beautiful and haunting work of artist James Groleau, focusing on his work in the medium known as mezzotint, an engraving technique developed in the seventeenth century. The film covers time he spent in war-torn Guatemala, which inspired a series of colored-pencil drawings and a book, and delves into his discovery of the mezzotint and eventual mastery of the process. James is the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships, including a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in 2001.

Documentary, 15 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 11 a.m.

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DETOUR

USA/ME

Director: Gary Robinov & Dean Merrill

A recovering drug addict struggles with his anxiety and depression in his every day life, decides to set an intention for the week by letting go of the past and embracing the new person he hopes he can be. With this wish and an open mind, a stranger enters his life: to help or to hurt? He doesn’t know, but the similarities between them are too close to call a coincidence. As he tries to stay clean and sober, he also realizes he must fight to stay alive.

Short, 30 minutes

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LPL—Sat., June 14, 12:30 p.m.

Nominated: Best Short

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DOWN BY THE RIVER’S EDGE

USA/ME

Director: Susan Gagnon

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The documentary, Down By The River’s Edge, by Susan Gagnon, in association with MBTV is a historic account of the Otis Mill from the 1890s, and the paper makers who worked there in the foothills of western Maine. The film also includes the devastating closure of the mill in 2009.

Documentary, 60 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

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FIGHTING FOR THE FUTALEUFU

USA/CT

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Director: Stephanie Haig

For years, Chileans living in the Azul valley in Patagonia viewed the wild Futaleufu River with awe and apprehension. The late 1980s brought kayakers and white water rafters to the region. Their conquest of the river and the resulting eco-tourist business has brought opportunity, jobs and a vibrant community. Fighting for the Futaleufu explores the natural beauty of the river and the surrounding community. It looks at the lives of Chilean rafters Robert Currie, his son and the local natives who work to protect the river and the region from foreign damming and mining projects.

Documentary, 16 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary

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HANDFUL OF ROMANCE

USA/ME

Director: Sean Martin

Two men make their sock puppets make out creating awkward tension between them.

Short, 4 minutes

APL—Sat., June 14, 11:40 a.m.

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HOTLINE

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

Director: Deva Blaisdell-Anderson, Lee Miller

When Beth, a seasoned crisis hotline worker begins her shift, it seems like a regular night on the frontlines, resolving the myriad crisis of strangers. But, when she answers a call from a suicidal sex offender, she enters new territory. Sensing his fragile state, she breaks the golden rule for her profession and shares personal information with the caller.

Short, 12 minutes

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FGPC—Sat., June 14, 1:30 p.m.

Nominated: Best Short

HOW TO KILL A ZOMBIE

USA/ME

Director: Tiffany McLean

Mack Stone is trying to raise his son Jesse to be a survivalist and a real man. Jesse just wants to do his own thing in his own way. Can they somehow learn to see eye to eye during a zombie holocaust, find some suitable mates, and save humanity?

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Feature, 90 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

Nominated: Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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IN PASSING

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

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Director: Alan Miller

In Passing is a short film about two lonely people who jump off a building to end their lives, but meet on the way down and discover it’s never too late to fall in love.

Short, 5 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 1:20 p.m.

INK & STEEL

USA/NY | Maine Premiere

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Director: Jonathan Ehlers & Patrick Ward-Perkins

In this upstate New York drama, when a turf war engulfs the city, aging mob enforcer Michael retrieves the Don’s troubled son from his college partying. After they survive an attempted hit on the road home, Michael seeks refuge at a rural farm, imposing on a single mother and her teenage son living there. As violence escalates in the city, Michael is ordered to wait it out, keeping the boss’ son safe while coexisting as unwelcome house guests.

Feature, 135 minutes

TPT—Sat., June 14, 3:30 p.m.

Nominated: Best Feature, Best Director, Best in Festival, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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KOAN DE SPRING

FRANCE/VIETNAM | Maine Premiere

Director: Marc-Olivier Louveau

Master Truong, the old Fearless of the Emperor, is nearing the end of his life and he has not yet found his successor. The country has to be prepared for war and the Emperor is furiously impatient. He gives him two weeks to find a successor. Master Truong goes to visit a famous General (Master Wing) who had disappeared to become a simple fisherman and lives now with his two sons (Tin and Tan) and his daughter (Lan, with a disfigured face) on the shores of the Lake Ba Bê.

Feature, 75 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 10:30 a.m.

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Nominated: Best Feature

LEAVE KEYS IN CAR

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

Director: Tessa Blake

An action/comedy about a mismatched couple on the therapist-mandated vacation to Hawaii who pick up the wrong rental car. Suddenly, they find themselves in the middle of a bungled kidnapping, on the run from the bad guys and happier than they’ve ever been.

Short, 14 minutes

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APL—Sat., June 14, 12 p.m.

Nominated: Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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LEAVING CIRCADIA

USA/NY | World Premiere

Director: Evan Mathew Weinstein

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Leaving Circadia is a romantic dramedy that follows the misadventures of Tom, the slacker superintendent of a Brooklyn brownstone apartment building, and his only slightly more responsible buddies, chronicling the difficult transition from the happy-go-lucky lifestyle of their twenties to the often harsh reality of thirties adulthood.

Feature, 86 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 1 p.m.

Nominated: Best Feature, Best Director, Best in Festival, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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LOVE THY NEIGHBOR

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FRANCE

Director: Benoit Mastre

Alain meets Estelle in unsettling circumstances. They’ll then have to share a heavy secret. What they don’t know is that a witness, Balthazar is watching them.

Feature, 80 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 2:30 p.m.

MUSIC CITY USA

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USA/AZ | Maine Premiere

Director: Chris McDaniel

Nashville is an area rich in culture, inspiration and pride. Resilience unlike many have seen, yet it is known primarily for its music. Did the people inspire the area, did the music inspire the people, or did this special place on the globe inspire them both?

Documentary, 80 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 11:30 a.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary, Best Director

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NATAL

USA/ME

Director: Corey Norman

After Carissa’s recent suicide attempt, four friends head to an isolated Maine cabin for a weekend of fun. When she starts hearing scratching in the walls, she begins questioning her own sanity as her world spirals out of control.

Short, 27 minutes

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FCPH—Fri., June 13, 10 p.m.

Nominated: Best Short

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OUT OF THE ASH

UK | Maine Premiere

Director: Sandy Garfunkel

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Robbed at gunpoint, a man turns the tables on his mugger but in trying to teach the attacker a lesson, ends up confronting his own devastating memories of a childhood lost.

Short, 14 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 12 p.m.

PARADIGM

USA/ME

Director: Adam Bouffard

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In the technologically advanced, but not-so-bright future, our world is falling apart. James, a third generation farmer, is forced to make a decision: hold on to the only thing he knows or the only family he has.

Short, 9 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 12:30 p.m.

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PENELOPE: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WOODS

USA/ME

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Director: Jennifer Widor Smith

The short film Penelope: Once Upon a Time in the Woods is a dark fairy tale set in the Maine woods, where evil twists the imagination of a young girl as her older sister gets pulled to the horrors that lurk within.

Short, 10 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 3 p.m.

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POSSUM

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USA/NJ | Maine Premiere

Director: Eleanor Wilson

Alex and Ben are struggling to connect after a painful experience left them on different pages. On the weekend of Halloween, a trip upstate forces them to deal with each other. Possum examines the different ways in which people manage grief and how comfort can be found in the most unexpected situations.

Short, 17 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 2:30 p.m.

Nominated: Best Short, Best Director, Best in Festival, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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RABBIT AND DEER

HUNGARY | Maine Premiere

Director: Péter Vácz

Rabbit and Deer are living happily and careless until their friendship is put to the test by Deer’s new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension. After an unexpected accident, Deer finds himself in a new world, unknown to him. Separated by dimensions the two characters have to find the way back to each other.

Short, 17 minutes

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FGPC—Sat., June 14, 1 p.m.

REMEMBER TO BREATHE

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

Director: Marc Saltarelli

Alice Martin (Lee Meriwether), a former musical headliner, now lives alone and forgotten in a house hidden away just below the Hollywood sign. She remembers a past love (Susan Blakely) as she searches for meaning in her golden years. While mentoring a young aspiring singer (Leigh Ann Larkin), past memories become entwined with the present as Alice comes to realize that what she thought was lost is only dormant, awaiting a new spark.

Short, 26 minutes

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APL—Sat., June 14, 11 a.m.

REST MY BONES

IRELAND | U.S. Premiere

Director: Shaun O’Connor

Jim, an ex-alcoholic, has just lost his job. He walks into his local bar and makes the fateful decision to order a whiskey. But before he can drink it, a mysterious bar patron tells him a dark tale that might just change his mind…

Short, 8 minutes

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APL—Sat., June 14, 11: 30 a.m.

RICHARD3

USA/ME | World Premiere of First-Cut

Director: Michael Miclon

The famed play of a hunchback maniacal king who murders his way to the top surprisingly and easily lent itself to the absurd. Adding a twist or two to the original script and trimming away some of the less essential parts of the story, Michael Miclon created a script that told the story and utilized everything in his performing arsenal, from improvisation to juggling. The result is a film that young and old, Shakespeare fans and those less inclined toward the Bard, will find themselves side-by-side laughing out loud.

Special Screening, 120 minutes

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FCPH—Sat., June 14, 7:30 p.m.

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SAY GOODBYE

USA/ME

Director: Shawn T. McGrath

Meet Joseph, a man who never leaves his house who is introduced to a Ouija board at a poker party. He has a few ticks. He’s a bit of a neat freak, a little OCD. You might even say he’s a germaphobe. And to top it all off he’s on new trial meds. After his friends leave him alone things start to happen around him. Is he seeing things? Is someone simply messing with him? Or has he somehow unleashed something from the other side?

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Short, 33 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 1:30 p.m.

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TEXTING NO

USA/ME

Director: Ben Lounsbury

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A blind man steers his car by listening for the change in the noise his cane makes as it scrapes across the center line. A teenage girl drives her truck while texting. The two of them end up in the same lane headed toward each other.

Short, 1 minute

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 11 a.m.

THE BEGINNING AND THE END

USA/NY | Maine Premiere

Director: Kristin S. Wheeler

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Life is made up of defining moments and The Beginning and the End follows a magically-normal couple through theirs. We watch Jane and Mark as they tumble happily into – and painfully out of – intoxicating love. Through the cleverly-interwoven openings and closings of dates, we see first impressions, slammed doors, a gentle first kiss, fits of giggles, building tension… and an ultimate turning point. Funny, romantic and poignant, The Beginning and the End is a film for anyone who has ever known the joy and heartbreak of love.

Short, 20 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 11:30 a.m.

Nominated: Best Short, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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THE HANDSOME SHADOWS

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IRELAND | U.S. Premiere

Director: Mark Cogan

A day of heartache for Doc is deepened when a face from the past reappears, shaking his world to its very core.

Short, 13 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 2 p.m.

THE HANOVER HOUSE

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USA/ME

Director: Corey Norman

Returning from his father’s funeral, Robert Foster is faced with the unimaginable; he hits a young girl with his car. In a desperate attempt to save her life, he seeks help at a nearby farmhouse. Little does Robert know that the house has been waiting for him his entire life.

Feature, 75 minutes

FCPH—Fri., June 13, 8:30 p.m.

Nominated: Best Feature, Best in Festival

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THE HUNGRY HEART

USA/VT | Maine Premiere

Director: Bess O’Brien

The Hungry Heart provides an intimate look at the often hidden world of prescription drug addiction through the world of Vermont pediatrician, Fred Holmes, who works with patients struggling with this disease.

Documentary, 93 minutes

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TPT—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary

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THE MAGIC BRACELET

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

Director: Jon Poll

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The Magic Bracelet mysteriously links best friends Angela, Ashley and a cheese obsessed dog. When Ashley inherits a totem bracelet from a friend who died of Mitochondrial Disease – the same illness she herself battles – it leads the girls on a mystical journey of discovery in which a new level of friendship, family and healing is revealed. This project was created by Make A Film Foundation to fulfill the wish of 15-year-old Rina Goldberg whose final words to her mom before she died of Mitochondrial disease were ‘Promise to take care of my film.’

Short, 18 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 3 p.m.

Nominated: Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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THE MARY CONTEST

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CANADA | Maine Premiere

Director: Teresa McGee

Young Mary Kelly dreams of becoming a nun, like her beloved teacher, Sr. Adelia, but despite her best efforts, she can’t seem to tame her bad temper. It doesn’t help that the popular girl, Tammy, teases her relentlessly. Things come to a head when they both take part in a contest to come up with the most names for Mary; Our Lady of Fatima, the Immaculate Conception, etc. Tammy pushes Mary to the brink and in the aftermath some startling secrets about Tammy are revealed.

Short, 22 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 12:30 p.m.

THE WATER IN THE BAY

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USA/ME

Director: Jonathan Blood

When the police start asking questions about an old flame’s family, pizza delivery guy Baxter Bennett gets drawn into a murder investigation. A serial killer, a dead son, unfaithful spouses and angry exes—what really happened that night one year ago? The more Baxter digs, the more he learns about a family that was barely holding itself together, and the terrible event that pulled them apart. Does Baxter have too much time on his hands, or is he asking the questions nobody else thought to ask?

Feature, 97 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 1 p.m.

Nominated: Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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TREASURE HUNT

ISRAEL

Director: Nadan Pines

Despite loving each other dearly, Nadan’s Dad and only sister (Naama) haven’t met for the last 15 years. Treasure Hunt tells the story of Nadan’s attempt to get these two unique characters back together, an optimistic mission which boils down to recreating one special event: preparing a ‘Treasure hunt’ game for Naama’s upcoming birthday – a long forgotten family tradition.

Documentary, 40 minutes

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FGPC—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

WHAT IF?

AUSTRALIA

Director: Gina Stoj

What if you could change your life, would you be prepared for the consequences?

Short, 11 minutes

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FGPC—Sat., June 14, 12:45 p.m.

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A PLACE OF TRUTH

USA/OR | Maine Premiere

Director: Barrett Rudich

Setting up her typewriter on streets across the country, 21-year-old Abi Mott taps out poetry that captures people’s lives with stunning clarity. In A Place of Truth, director Barrett Rudich creates an intriguing portrait of a millennial woman bringing her charm, intuition and courage to the daunting task of being a busking poet.

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Documentary, 65 minutes

TPT—Sat., June 14, 2 p.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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AMERICAN ROAD

USA/IL | Maine Premiere

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Director: Kurt Jacobson & Warren Leming

This documentary explores the artistic, musical and literary resonances of the mystique of the road – and especially of going off the beaten track – in American lore. The Westward expansion, the Dust Bowl era, hobos, post-war suburbanization and the Beat critique of it; hitchhiking, the upheavals of the 1960s and early 1970s and the current generation of backpackers clutching their Lonely Planet and Rough Guides. American Road ultimately probes the meaning of what it is to be an American, not just a wayfarer.

Documentary, 108 minutes

TPT—Sat., June 14, 12 p.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary

BRIDGE AND TUNNEL

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USA/CA

Director: Jason Brescia

A cynical comedy that follows a group of Long Island twenty-somethings through 2012. Friends who grew up under the umbrella of the 9/11 attacks, graduated high school into a peaking war, and transitioned from college into the worst economic climate their country faced in generations. The result is prolonged youth; an ensemble that attempts to date like adults while living at home with their parents, settles for employment that they’re overqualified for, and crawls forward with their lives as they dig out from insurmountable student debt.

Feature, 95 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 3 p.m.

Nominated: Best Feature, Best Director, Best in Festival, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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DESPAIR AND THE SALT AIR

USA/ME

Director: Rick Groleau

Despair and the Salt Air highlights the beautiful and haunting work of artist James Groleau, focusing on his work in the medium known as mezzotint, an engraving technique developed in the seventeenth century. The film covers time he spent in war-torn Guatemala, which inspired a series of colored-pencil drawings and a book, and delves into his discovery of the mezzotint and eventual mastery of the process. James is the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships, including a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in 2001.

Documentary, 15 minutes

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FGPC—Sat., June 14, 11 a.m.

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DETOUR

USA/ME

Director: Gary Robinov & Dean Merrill

A recovering drug addict struggles with his anxiety and depression in his every day life, decides to set an intention for the week by letting go of the past and embracing the new person he hopes he can be. With this wish and an open mind, a stranger enters his life: to help or to hurt? He doesn’t know, but the similarities between them are too close to call a coincidence. As he tries to stay clean and sober, he also realizes he must fight to stay alive.

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Short, 30 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 12:30 p.m.

Nominated: Best Short

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DOWN BY THE RIVER’S EDGE

USA/ME

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Director: Susan Gagnon

The documentary, Down By The River’s Edge, by Susan Gagnon, in association with MBTV is a historic account of the Otis Mill from the 1890s, and the paper makers who worked there in the foothills of western Maine. The film also includes the devastating closure of the mill in 2009.

Documentary, 60 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

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FIGHTING FOR THE FUTALEUFU

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USA/CT

Director: Stephanie Haig

For years, Chileans living in the Azul valley in Patagonia viewed the wild Futaleufu River with awe and apprehension. The late 1980s brought kayakers and white water rafters to the region. Their conquest of the river and the resulting eco-tourist business has brought opportunity, jobs and a vibrant community. Fighting for the Futaleufu explores the natural beauty of the river and the surrounding community. It looks at the lives of Chilean rafters Robert Currie, his son and the local natives who work to protect the river and the region from foreign damming and mining projects.

Documentary, 16 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary

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HANDFUL OF ROMANCE

USA/ME

Director: Sean Martin

Two men make their sock puppets make out creating awkward tension between them.

Short, 4 minutes

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APL—Sat., June 14, 11:40 a.m.

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HOTLINE

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

Director: Deva Blaisdell-Anderson, Lee Miller

When Beth, a seasoned crisis hotline worker begins her shift, it seems like a regular night on the frontlines, resolving the myriad crisis of strangers. But, when she answers a call from a suicidal sex offender, she enters new territory. Sensing his fragile state, she breaks the golden rule for her profession and shares personal information with the caller.

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Short, 12 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 1:30 p.m.

Nominated: Best Short

HOW TO KILL A ZOMBIE

USA/ME

Director: Tiffany McLean

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Mack Stone is trying to raise his son Jesse to be a survivalist and a real man. Jesse just wants to do his own thing in his own way. Can they somehow learn to see eye to eye during a zombie holocaust, find some suitable mates, and save humanity?

Feature, 90 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

Nominated: Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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IN PASSING

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USA/CA | Maine Premiere

Director: Alan Miller

In Passing is a short film about two lonely people who jump off a building to end their lives, but meet on the way down and discover it’s never too late to fall in love.

Short, 5 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 1:20 p.m.

INK & STEEL

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USA/NY | Maine Premiere

Director: Jonathan Ehlers & Patrick Ward-Perkins

In this upstate New York drama, when a turf war engulfs the city, aging mob enforcer Michael retrieves the Don’s troubled son from his college partying. After they survive an attempted hit on the road home, Michael seeks refuge at a rural farm, imposing on a single mother and her teenage son living there. As violence escalates in the city, Michael is ordered to wait it out, keeping the boss’ son safe while coexisting as unwelcome house guests.

Feature, 135 minutes

TPT—Sat., June 14, 3:30 p.m.

Nominated: Best Feature, Best Director, Best in Festival, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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KOAN DE SPRING

FRANCE/VIETNAM | Maine Premiere

Director: Marc-Olivier Louveau

Master Truong, the old Fearless of the Emperor, is nearing the end of his life and he has not yet found his successor. The country has to be prepared for war and the Emperor is furiously impatient. He gives him two weeks to find a successor. Master Truong goes to visit a famous General (Master Wing) who had disappeared to become a simple fisherman and lives now with his two sons (Tin and Tan) and his daughter (Lan, with a disfigured face) on the shores of the Lake Ba Bê.

Feature, 75 minutes

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FCHH—Sat., June 14, 10:30 a.m.

Nominated: Best Feature

LEAVE KEYS IN CAR

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

Director: Tessa Blake

An action/comedy about a mismatched couple on the therapist-mandated vacation to Hawaii who pick up the wrong rental car. Suddenly, they find themselves in the middle of a bungled kidnapping, on the run from the bad guys and happier than they’ve ever been.

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Short, 14 minutes

APL—Sat., June 14, 12 p.m.

Nominated: Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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LEAVING CIRCADIA

USA/NY | World Premiere

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Director: Evan Mathew Weinstein

Leaving Circadia is a romantic dramedy that follows the misadventures of Tom, the slacker superintendent of a Brooklyn brownstone apartment building, and his only slightly more responsible buddies, chronicling the difficult transition from the happy-go-lucky lifestyle of their twenties to the often harsh reality of thirties adulthood.

Feature, 86 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 1 p.m.

Nominated: Best Feature, Best Director, Best in Festival, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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LOVE THY NEIGHBOR

FRANCE

Director: Benoit Mastre

Alain meets Estelle in unsettling circumstances. They’ll then have to share a heavy secret. What they don’t know is that a witness, Balthazar is watching them.

Feature, 80 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 2:30 p.m.

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MUSIC CITY USA

USA/AZ | Maine Premiere

Director: Chris McDaniel

Nashville is an area rich in culture, inspiration and pride. Resilience unlike many have seen, yet it is known primarily for its music. Did the people inspire the area, did the music inspire the people, or did this special place on the globe inspire them both?

Documentary, 80 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 11:30 a.m.

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Nominated: Best Documentary, Best Director

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NATAL

USA/ME

Director: Corey Norman

After Carissa’s recent suicide attempt, four friends head to an isolated Maine cabin for a weekend of fun. When she starts hearing scratching in the walls, she begins questioning her own sanity as her world spirals out of control.

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Short, 27 minutes

FCPH—Fri., June 13, 10 p.m.

Nominated: Best Short

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OUT OF THE ASH

UK | Maine Premiere

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Director: Sandy Garfunkel

Robbed at gunpoint, a man turns the tables on his mugger but in trying to teach the attacker a lesson, ends up confronting his own devastating memories of a childhood lost.

Short, 14 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 12 p.m.

PARADIGM

USA/ME

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Director: Adam Bouffard

In the technologically advanced, but not-so-bright future, our world is falling apart. James, a third generation farmer, is forced to make a decision: hold on to the only thing he knows or the only family he has.

Short, 9 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 12:30 p.m.

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PENELOPE: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WOODS

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USA/ME

Director: Jennifer Widor Smith

The short film Penelope: Once Upon a Time in the Woods is a dark fairy tale set in the Maine woods, where evil twists the imagination of a young girl as her older sister gets pulled to the horrors that lurk within.

Short, 10 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 3 p.m.

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POSSUM

USA/NJ | Maine Premiere

Director: Eleanor Wilson

Alex and Ben are struggling to connect after a painful experience left them on different pages. On the weekend of Halloween, a trip upstate forces them to deal with each other. Possum examines the different ways in which people manage grief and how comfort can be found in the most unexpected situations.

Short, 17 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 2:30 p.m.

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Nominated: Best Short, Best Director, Best in Festival, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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RABBIT AND DEER

HUNGARY | Maine Premiere

Director: Péter Vácz

Rabbit and Deer are living happily and careless until their friendship is put to the test by Deer’s new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension. After an unexpected accident, Deer finds himself in a new world, unknown to him. Separated by dimensions the two characters have to find the way back to each other.

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Short, 17 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 1 p.m.

REMEMBER TO BREATHE

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

Director: Marc Saltarelli

Alice Martin (Lee Meriwether), a former musical headliner, now lives alone and forgotten in a house hidden away just below the Hollywood sign. She remembers a past love (Susan Blakely) as she searches for meaning in her golden years. While mentoring a young aspiring singer (Leigh Ann Larkin), past memories become entwined with the present as Alice comes to realize that what she thought was lost is only dormant, awaiting a new spark.

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Short, 26 minutes

APL—Sat., June 14, 11 a.m.

REST MY BONES

IRELAND | U.S. Premiere

Director: Shaun O’Connor

Jim, an ex-alcoholic, has just lost his job. He walks into his local bar and makes the fateful decision to order a whiskey. But before he can drink it, a mysterious bar patron tells him a dark tale that might just change his mind…

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Short, 8 minutes

APL—Sat., June 14, 11: 30 a.m.

RICHARD3

USA/ME | World Premiere of First-Cut

Director: Michael Miclon

The famed play of a hunchback maniacal king who murders his way to the top surprisingly and easily lent itself to the absurd. Adding a twist or two to the original script and trimming away some of the less essential parts of the story, Michael Miclon created a script that told the story and utilized everything in his performing arsenal, from improvisation to juggling. The result is a film that young and old, Shakespeare fans and those less inclined toward the Bard, will find themselves side-by-side laughing out loud.

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Special Screening, 120 minutes

FCPH—Sat., June 14, 7:30 p.m.

After-Party following film

SAY GOODBYE

USA/ME

Director: Shawn T. McGrath

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Meet Joseph, a man who never leaves his house who is introduced to a Ouija board at a poker party. He has a few ticks. He’s a bit of a neat freak, a little OCD. You might even say he’s a germaphobe. And to top it all off he’s on new trial meds. After his friends leave him alone things start to happen around him. Is he seeing things? Is someone simply messing with him? Or has he somehow unleashed something from the other side?

Short, 33 minutes

LPL—Sat., June 14, 1:30 p.m.

Q & A following film

TEXTING NO

USA/ME

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Director: Ben Lounsbury

A blind man steers his car by listening for the change in the noise his cane makes as it scrapes across the center line. A teenage girl drives her truck while texting. The two of them end up in the same lane headed toward each other.

Short, 1 minute

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 11 a.m.

THE BEGINNING AND THE END

USA/NY | Maine Premiere

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Director: Kristin S. Wheeler

Life is made up of defining moments and The Beginning and the End follows a magically-normal couple through theirs. We watch Jane and Mark as they tumble happily into – and painfully out of – intoxicating love. Through the cleverly-interwoven openings and closings of dates, we see first impressions, slammed doors, a gentle first kiss, fits of giggles, building tension… and an ultimate turning point. Funny, romantic and poignant, The Beginning and the End is a film for anyone who has ever known the joy and heartbreak of love.

Short, 20 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 11:30 a.m.

Nominated: Best Short, Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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THE HANDSOME SHADOWS

IRELAND | U.S. Premiere

Director: Mark Cogan

A day of heartache for Doc is deepened when a face from the past reappears, shaking his world to its very core.

Short, 13 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 2 p.m.

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THE HANOVER HOUSE

USA/ME

Director: Corey Norman

Returning from his father’s funeral, Robert Foster is faced with the unimaginable; he hits a young girl with his car. In a desperate attempt to save her life, he seeks help at a nearby farmhouse. Little does Robert know that the house has been waiting for him his entire life.

Feature, 75 minutes

FCPH—Fri., June 13, 8:30 p.m.

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Nominated: Best Feature, Best in Festival

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THE HUNGRY HEART

USA/VT | Maine Premiere

Director: Bess O’Brien

The Hungry Heart provides an intimate look at the often hidden world of prescription drug addiction through the world of Vermont pediatrician, Fred Holmes, who works with patients struggling with this disease.

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Documentary, 93 minutes

TPT—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

Nominated: Best Documentary

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THE MAGIC BRACELET

USA/CA | Maine Premiere

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Director: Jon Poll

The Magic Bracelet mysteriously links best friends Angela, Ashley and a cheese obsessed dog. When Ashley inherits a totem bracelet from a friend who died of Mitochondrial Disease – the same illness she herself battles – it leads the girls on a mystical journey of discovery in which a new level of friendship, family and healing is revealed. This project was created by Make A Film Foundation to fulfill the wish of 15-year-old Rina Goldberg whose final words to her mom before she died of Mitochondrial disease were ‘Promise to take care of my film.’

Short, 18 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 3 p.m.

Nominated: Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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THE MARY CONTEST

CANADA | Maine Premiere

Director: Teresa McGee

Young Mary Kelly dreams of becoming a nun, like her beloved teacher, Sr. Adelia, but despite her best efforts, she can’t seem to tame her bad temper. It doesn’t help that the popular girl, Tammy, teases her relentlessly. Things come to a head when they both take part in a contest to come up with the most names for Mary; Our Lady of Fatima, the Immaculate Conception, etc. Tammy pushes Mary to the brink and in the aftermath some startling secrets about Tammy are revealed.

Short, 22 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 12:30 p.m.

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THE WATER IN THE BAY

USA/ME

Director: Jonathan Blood

When the police start asking questions about an old flame’s family, pizza delivery guy Baxter Bennett gets drawn into a murder investigation. A serial killer, a dead son, unfaithful spouses and angry exes—what really happened that night one year ago? The more Baxter digs, the more he learns about a family that was barely holding itself together, and the terrible event that pulled them apart. Does Baxter have too much time on his hands, or is he asking the questions nobody else thought to ask?

Feature, 97 minutes

FCHH—Sat., June 14, 1 p.m.

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Nominated: Verizon’s People’s Choice Award

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TREASURE HUNT

ISRAEL

Director: Nadan Pines

Despite loving each other dearly, Nadan’s Dad and only sister (Naama) haven’t met for the last 15 years. Treasure Hunt tells the story of Nadan’s attempt to get these two unique characters back together, an optimistic mission which boils down to recreating one special event: preparing a ‘Treasure hunt’ game for Naama’s upcoming birthday – a long forgotten family tradition.

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Documentary, 40 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 10 a.m.

WHAT IF?

AUSTRALIA

Director: Gina Stoj

What if you could change your life, would you be prepared for the consequences?

Short, 11 minutes

FGPC—Sat., June 14, 12:45 p.m.


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