FRYEBURG — The 33rd Asbury Short Film Concert, New York City’s longest-running shorts exhibition, will return to The Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Friday night, Nov. 21. The first film hits the screen at 7:30 p.m. Host will be Brenda Bonneville, editor of The Main Arts Scene Magazine. Live music will be provided […]
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Frontline producer to discuss documentary series in Portland on Nov. 6
PORTLAND — The PBS series Frontline is America’s premier investigative documentary series, with more than 50 Emmy Awards to its credit, on the air since 1983. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, the Maine Jewish Film Festival and Maine Public Broadcasting Network will present “An Evening with David Fanning,” executive producer of Frontline, at Hannaford […]
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‘How to Make Movies at Home’ to be shown at Guthries in Lewiston on Oct. 16
LEWISTON — At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, Maine Microcinema will screen “How to Make Movies at Home” which is the quintessential DIY movie – a self-reflexive comedy about ordinary people making movies that star themselves. The screening will take place at Guthries. Jonah’s band of local DIY filmmakers is threatened when a Hollywood team […]
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Film on Barbados to be shown at Sawyer Memorial in Greene on Oct. 17
Barbados emerged from the sea less than one million years ago as the result of the collision of the North American and Caribbean plates. Barbados is the “most British” island in the Caribbean Region. British rule carried on uninterrupted for 340 years before independence in 1966. Barbados is a sophisticated tropical island with a rich […]
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Spirit Challenge filming set for Jay school
JAY — More than 400 Spruce Mountain High School students and teachers, along with parents and community members, will gather in the school gym at 5 a.m. Thursday to be filmed for the Spirit Challenge food drive. Spruce Mountain challenged Mountain Valley High School in Rumford to see who would bring in the most donations […]
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Met Opera Live in HD to open at Fryeburg arts center on Oct. 11
FRYEBURG — The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series will return to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center for the 2014-15 season on Saturday, Oct. 11. The live simulcast’s crisp HD picture and enveloping surround sound inside Fryeburg Academy’s state-of-the-art theater creates an experience that will make you feel like […]
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Manhattan Short Film-Festival this weekend
At 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, the Manhattan Short-Film Festival will come to The Public Theatre in Lewiston. Films from around the world will be screened in over 300 cities spanning six continents. Each audience member will cast a vote for their favorite. Votes from each participating […]
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Producer to narrate film in Greene on American volcanoes, Sept. 19
GREENE — Independent film producer Gray Warriner will narrate his film “America’s Hot Spots: Our Volcanic Legacy” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Admission is free. For more information, call 207-946-5311 or visit www.sawyer-foundation.com. Hawaii is one of America’s hot spots, but so […]
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Manhattan Short Film Festival opens in Lewiston on Sept. 26
LEWISTON — The Manhattan Short Film Festival starts Friday, Sept. 26, at The Public Theatre. For one weekend only, filmgoers in Lewiston will unite with audiences in over 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the Manhattan Short Film Festival […]
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L/A Film Forum to launch new year of films at Auburn library on Sept. 29
AUBURN — The L/A Film Forum will kick off a series of monthly films at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, at the Auburn Public Library. The first film is the feature, “Now You See Me,” starring Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman “Now You See Me” pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat […]