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 […]
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'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 […]
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Elan film debuts at festival
LEWISTON — For two hours Friday afternoon, Todd Nilssen stood in the back of the The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center’s screening room and watched people watch his film. It was the first showing of “The Last Stop,” Nilssen’s just-finished documentary about the controversial Elan School for troubled teenagers in Poland. He was stressed, […]
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A tale of two ski resorts: Spruce Mountain film wows audience
Rick Groleau, second from left, asks Spruce Mountain Operations Manager Max Couture a question after Friday’s screening of Groleau’s movie, “The Town that Moved a Mountain” at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston during the Emerge Film Festival. Rick Groleau talks about the making of his movie, “The Town that Moved a […]
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Overturned trash inspires film festival kids’ feature
Filmmaker Rob Little, right, and editor/illustrator Matt Bernier handle the stars of the film “Detect Earth: When Life Gets Stinky” at Little’s home-based office in Auburn. The 19-minute film is about how Clover the ferret, left, and her stunt double, Winston, right, team up with Walter the Great Dane to find out why the garbage […]
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Maine films to be prominently featured at Emerge Film Festival
Ever since its founding in 2014, the Emerge Film Festival has shined a light on Maine-made films. Last year was the highly anticipated documentary on the Lewiston High School boys’ soccer team and its march to the state championship with a roster filled by students from several different countries. A few years ago, it was […]
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Spruce Mountain documentary shows it is possible to ‘move a mountain’
George Baston fuels the Oliver tractor at the base of the original Spruce Mountain in 1958. George Baston and Frank Austin stand alongside the rope tow motor at the top of the original Spruce Mountain in 1958. As a teenager, Rick Groleau was looking at a map of his hometown of Jay. There was no […]
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Tess Gerritsen brings old-time horror to Maine film
A still from the movie “Island Zero.” Laila Robins, left, stars in the movie “Island Zero.” Even best-selling Maine author Tess Gerritsen needed someone to tone back on some of her grandiose plans during preproduction and filming on her low-budget horror film “Island Zero.” Being forced to make quick edits and come up with new […]
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Elan documentary added to Emerge Film Festival
LEWISTON — Emerge Film Festival has added a last-minute screening of “The Last Stop,” a new documentary about the controversial former Elan School in Poland, to its roster next week. Festival President Ramsey Tripp announced Friday that it would be showing Friday, April 28, at 12:30 p.m. at the Franco Center. New York filmmaker Todd […]
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Emerge festival lineup includes Student Academy Award winner among its 53 films
LEWISTON — A record 53 films, including one on the creation of Spruce Mountain ski area in Jay, will be featured next month at the fourth-annual Emerge Film Festival. Short films will have a more prominent role, with 44 selected for the festival, scheduled for April 27-29. One of them won a 2016 Student Academy […]