

Work should be submitted to /Festival.Ī free-to-attend screening and awards ceremony is planned for July 16 at Railroad Square Cinema during MIFF. Films will be judged by category - narrative, documentary and creative (animated, experimental, etc.) - and by age group - grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. All Maine students are eligible to enter at no cost. Meanwhile, The 44th annual Maine Student Film + Video Festival for students in kindergarten through grade 12 is accepting submissions until June 15.

Related For up to date news from the Morning Sentinel, sign up for weekly emails. MIFF is accepting film submissions through April 22 through /MIFF. The festival lineup and individual ticket sales are expected to be available in mid-June.

And our new Tourmaline Prize will provide additional support to independent filmmakers by celebrating the best made-in-Maine films.” “This celebration of film brings art and storytelling to Maine that might otherwise not be enjoyed by audiences here. “We couldn’t be prouder to return to a full-scale festival for our 25th anniversary,” Mike Perreault, executive director of the Maine Film Center, said in a statement released to the news media. Schupf Art Center in downtown Waterville, according to information provided by the Maine Film Center. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel fileĪlong with being MIFF’s 25th anniversary, this year is also to be the last in which films will be shown at Railroad Square Cinema before the Maine Film Center moves to the new Paul J. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the festival, which is schedule to run from July 8 to 17. A woman sits beside her SUV last July as the documentary “Fighting Indians” is projected above her during the Maine International Film Festival at the Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre at 201 Waterville Road in Skowhegan.
