Film Festivals

By Casey Stirling

Locals at the Academy Awards, a bevy of festivals, how Massachusetts can develop a successful future in show business, and a rare opportunity to have your film independently reviewed - news & happenings in the local industry for March 2010.

By Maddy Kadish

The French Short Film Festival sails into Rhode Island this month? Oui!

By Maddy Kadish

NewEnglandFilm.com correspondent Maddy Kadish hits the Sundance Film Festival and reports back on the scene, the crowds and the films.

By Maddy Kadish

Writer/director Andy Mitton discusses YELLOWBRICKROAD, a feature horror film en route to Slamdance.

By Maddy Kadish

Boston Jewish Film Festival volunteer Maddy Kadish gives an inside-out look at a Boston institution.

By Alexandria Lima

State budget woes force Mass Cultural Council to cut programs, Williamstown Film Festival rolls in, calls for entries galore and more… A report of news & happenings in the local industry for October 2009.

By Jared M. Gordon

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sean Flynn discusses the fine art of concise pitching to documentary funding sources.

By Kerry O’Donnell

NewEnglandFilm.com launches the first annual Online New England Film Festival, playing this and next month... online!

By David Pierotti

David Pierotti offers his take on Joe Pantoliano’s new documentary, "No Kidding, Me Too," which broaches the taboo subject of mental illness.

By David Pierotti

Southie native Jay Giannone breaks out with his first film, the audience award-winning "Diamond in the Rough."

By Alexandria Lima

In his feature film debut, Alec Helm spins a local tale of nostalgia and growing up in Waterville, Maine. The Kings premieres this month at the Maine International Film Festival.

By C.E. Craner

C.E. Craner gives her take on ad men, thwarted love, and cross-cultural comedy on the heels of the 2009 Newport International Film Festival, held June 3-7 in Rhode Island.

By Max Gelber

Entering its 25th year, the re-named Boston LGBT Film Festival expands its locations as well as its messages.

By Jared M. Gordon

Boston filmmaker Jared M. Gordon reports on his experience at the 2009 Bare Bones Film and Music Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma (April 19-26).

By Jared M. Gordon

Jared M. Gordon reports from the 2009 Boston Underground Film Festival and a post-film Q & A with Tim Jackson about his documentary, Radical Jesters.

By Christine Morrison

With three area festival directors as guides, Christine Morrison sheds light on how to be an effective film festival director.

By Erin Trahan

Sundance helps film people look ahead, RI and CT start production coalitions, RIIFF and Coolidge name new staff, and more... the January 2009 report of industry news, festivals, and happenings.

By Lauren Folden

Last month, the second annual Boston Palestine Film Festival commemorated the Nakba and celebrated Palestinian culture through the medium of film.

By Jared M. Gordon

Boston Jewish Film Festival enters its 20th year with a new artistic director, Noa Rembiszewski.

By Jared M. Gordon

Northampton Independent Film Festival tightens its belt to stay afloat for the 14th year.

By David Pierotti

With gas prices, carbon emissions, traffic, parking, and the general headache of driving in the city, biking or watching movies can be the perfect escape. Organizers of the Boston Bike Film Festival want you to escape it all in one weekend.

By Michele Meek

This festival, now in its 11th year, features a wide variety of gay and lesbian films from local filmmakers, as well as works from around the globe in Connecticut from June 5-13, 1998.

By Sandy MacDonald

A breezy recap of a festival famed for focusing primarily
on the screenwriter's contribution.

By Lisa Grant

A profile of the films from the 1998 festival.

By Mike Sullivan

Campus Movie Fest gives students access to equipment and a
venue to showcase and vote on top movies.

By Michele Meek

A 'live' report from the first night of the 48 Hour Film
Project, Boston on April 4, 2008 at 10 pm.

By Amy Murphy

NewEnglandFilm.com offers highlights on films with New England ties, screening this month at the Berkshire International Film Festival.

By Michele Meek

A 'live' report from the first night of the 48 Hour Film
Project, Boston on April 6, 2008 at 9 pm.

By Randy Steinberg

Boston University’s Redstone Film Festival celebrates top student work at screening and awards ceremony.

By Cameron Bonsey Boston Society of Film Critics will host its first-ever awards ceremony, Sundance welcomes another crew of New England filmmakers, and Lowe Road Productions starts closing in on Romeo, thanks to collaboration between filmmaker moms... A report of news & happenings in the local industry for January 2008.