Welcome to the 2014 Emerge Film Festival! We are so proud to present this inaugural festival with films from Maine, the United States and all over the world. The Emerge Film Festival emerged just 10 weeks ago through the dedication and passion of a core group of L/A filmmakers, business leaders and patrons of the […]

Baxter Brewing Co. Presents Emerge Beer & Fear Night 5-7 p.m.: Meet the Filmmakers Reception at Baxter Brewing Co. 7 p.m.—Doors Open at Franco Center; Baxter Brewing Co. selling beer 8:30 p.m.—”The Hanover House” followed by Q & A with Cast & Crew 10 p.m.—”Natal”

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FILM TRAILERS ARE AVAILABLE AT EMERGEFILMFESTIVAL.ORG 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 […]

The Emerge Film Festival invites you to join us for a screening of films produced by local high school students, Saturday, June 14, at 10 a.m. at Auburn Public Library. Film screenings will be followed by a Q & A. INFINITE POSSIBILITIES Director: Lilly Linscott, Edward Little High School Short, 2 minutes STORY OF A […]

General Viewing Pass – $15 The General Viewing Pass grants entry to the following: Friday, June 13, Beer & Fear Night showing of two great horror films, The Hanover House and Natal, as well as a special onstage Q&A with Director, Corey Norman, and the cast of The Hanover House. Nearly 40 films on Saturday, […]

The mission of Emerge Film Festival is to build awareness of independent films and to support a diverse cross-section of filmmakers, from established to “emerging” artists, from Maine, the U.S. and the world. We aim to promote the motion picture arts and to provide educational arts and culture opportunities for student filmmakers, the Lewiston/Auburn community […]

The Emerge Film Festival was founded in March 2014 after the existing film festival in the Lewiston/Auburn community, the Lewiston Auburn Film Festival, was canceled just weeks before its fourth annual festival was set to commence. Within hours of the news, a group of passionate community members banded together and decided to bring a new […]