LEWISTON — Abi Mott sat calmly and typed, as if a guy wasn’t sitting atop a throne 6 feet away and heckling passers-by on the Colisee floor. “Look at her,” filmmaker Barrett Rudich said. In an aisle of the Androscoggin Business to Business Trade Show, Mott composed poetry. The 23-year-old woman from Lancaster, Pa., sat […]
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‘Blood, sweat and laughter’ to spice up Emerge Film Festival
LEWISTON — When the flood of details rises too high — concerning ticket sales, scheduling challenges and travel plans — Laura Davis channels a kind of film festival zen. “Let’s take a step back,” Davis, president of the Emerge Film Festival, said. “We created a film festival nine weeks ago.” In only that short amount […]
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Emerge to host movie sneak peek on Thursday at Lyceum Gallery
LEWISTON — The creators of the Emerge Film Festival aim to tease moviegoers with a peek at some of its 41 films. From 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 29, organizers will hold a preview event at the Lyceum Gallery at 49 Lisbon St. “We’re going to see trailers of the films, get together, mingle […]
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June’s Emerge Film Festival expands to two days
LEWISTON — Ten days after it was born, the Emerge Film Festival is growing. The event, originally scheduled to run for several hours June 14 at the Franco Center, has been extended to two days, four venues and many more films, said filmmaker Ramsey Tripp, vice president of the new organization. The first public showing […]