The day also saw young student filmmakers honored for their work in narrative, documentary and creative film.
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J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Strange Weather’
It’s important to note that at least three quarters of the important hands on deck in the making of this excellent film are women, writes J.P. Devine.
Film festival workshop in Waterville aims to teach collaboration, big thinking
Taught by a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, the workshop had participants make experimental short films with their phones.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Deep Waters’
In the family-based film set on the rocky coast of Maine, characters will be tested by a deep-sea storm before the waters calm on a positive note, writes J.P. Devine.
Maine International Film Festival honors Lauren Hutton with Mid-Life Achievement Award
Supermodel and actor Hutton, 73, widely known for her role in ‘American Gigolo,’ joins 19 other winners of the MIFF award.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Trouble in Paradise’
The 1932 light comedy requires us to loosen up and listen, because the dialogue is fast and furious, full of clipped questions and slap-in-the-face answers, writes J.P. Devine.
Interactive documentary by Colby professor, former student screens at Maine film festival
“The Maribor Uprisings” lets audiences experience the massive protests that engulfed the Slovenian city in 2012.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Stairway to Heaven’
The effects throughout, in blazing Technicolor and gorgeous black and white, are worth the cost of the popcorn, writes J.P. Devine.
Disney’s ‘Bambi’ benefited from Maine connections, Chinese artist
Maine’s white-tailed deer, including fawns Bambi and Faline, and the Katahdin area wilderness provided the models for the Chinese artist who defined the style of the classic movie marking its 75th year.
J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Double Indemnity’
Though ‘Double’ didn’t win an Oscar in 1945, its the film people talk about when they talk about noir, J.P. Devine writes.