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Online New England Film Festival Spotlights

By Alli Rock
2010 Online New England Film Festival film line-up.

During the 2nd Online New England Film Festival from September 1-October 15, 2010, NewEnglandFilm.com presents a new interview each week with a local filmmaker featured in the festival.

Festival Spotlight: Killing Time with Killing Dinner

By Alli Rock
A still from "Killing Dinner"

Writer-Director Mitchell P. Ganem shares his thoughts on his film "Killing Dinner," which tells the story of a special ops agent turned chef, and what happens when old lovers and comrades in arms come calling with guns blazing. Readers can watch the film online this month as part of the Online New England Film Festival.

Come for the Festival. Stay for the Laughs.

By B. Walter Irvine
The cast and directors of Festival.

Filmmakers Michael West and Brett Leigh poke fun at the hands that feed them in Festival.

The Pitchfest: You've Written Your Masterpiece - Now What?

By Peter Bohush
Aspiring screenwriters await a pitch meeting.

Pitchfests are becoming popular venues for screenwriters to sell their work to development executives - what should you know before going?

Film School in New England - What's the Draw?

By Maddy Kadish
Emerson College

In part one of a series, NewEnglandFilm.com writer Maddy Kadish investigates the allure of attending film school in New England.

Thy Will Be Done: A Woman's Unique Journey

By Kerry O’Donnell
Sara Herwig at church.  (From Thy Will Be Done)

Filmmaker Alice Dungan Bouvrie documents the life of Sara Herwig, a transgendered woman with aspirations to become a Presbyterian minister.

Festival Spotlight: "Unmoored" in the Ghost Realm

By Alli Rock
Filming "Unmoored"

Directors Marie Brown and Yari Wolinsky share their thoughts on the making of their "Unmoored," which tells the story of a couple with one afternoon left to get things right and screens online this month at the 2010 Online New England Film Festival.

No Sweat: The Making of the Documentary "More Than Walking"

By B. Walter Irvine
Poster of More than Walking

It’s not easy to shoot a documentary in a developing country when you don’t know what you’re doing. Even if you’re a quadriplegic. Filmmaker Jonathan Sigworth talks about directing (and being a subject in) his first documentary More Than Walking which screens at the Woods Hole Film Festival this month.

Oh the Horror! Director Richard Griffin on "Atomic Brain Invasion"

By Kerry O’Donnell
On the set of "Atomic Brain Invasion"

Scorpio Film Releasing is preparing to premiere their seventh film, Atomic Brain Invasion, next month. The company, based in Rhode Island, appears to have found a successful formula for not only creating critically received films, but also obtaining distribution for them.

Big Winner: Martha Grant on her Animation "Win Big, Have It All"

By Warren J. Avery
A still from "Win Big, Have It All"

Filmmaker Martha Grant puts it all on the line at the Rhode Island International Film Festival with her film Win Big, Have It All.

Local Short, Big Screen

By Maddy Kadish
Wesman's film "Shelley" screened at Cannes International Film Festival.

Andrew Wesman’s Harvard University senior thesis film Shelley comes back from the Cannes International Film Festival as it celebrates the importance of small film on the big screen.

The Who, the Whereuntofore, and The Why

By Kerry O’Donnell
Will Your Sins Catch Up with You?  The Why Knows...

The principal players not meeting until the day before production, The Why epitomizes the new type of collaboration in independent filmmaking.

RI Funding Restored to the Arts

By Michele Meek
RI State House http://www.flickr.com/photos/cerebusfangirl/442666495/

The Rhode Island House Finance Committee voted to restore arts funding in its budget package.

Much Ado About Documentaries

By Maddy Kadish
Coming soon: Tara Wray's Cartoon College

Is now the right time to make a documentary in New England? You bet it is.

Film Runs in the Family

By David Pierotti
Dan Boylan and Guy Taylor's Clam Pie, seen in the 2009 NewEnglandFIlm.com Online Festival.

Filmmaking cousins Dan Boylan and Guy Taylor wrap up their first feature-length endeavor.

A Helping Hand in the Farmington Valley

By Kerry O’Donnell
Nancy Anstey, co-founder of the FVFC.

The Farmington Valley Film Commission wants filmmakers to succeed in northwestern Connecticut.

From RI to Oscar: Talking with Producer Erika Hampson

By Michele Meek
Erika Hampson worked as producer on the Oscar-nominated short "The New Tenants."

Producer Erika Hampson talks about her Rhode Island roots and her recent producing work on several narrative and documentary films including the Academy Award-nominated short "The New Tenants."

Exploring the Great Outdoors with Gus

By Michele Meek
Gus Outdoors: Gull Island

Rhode Island filmmaker Sean Nightingale teams up with his six-year-old son Gus on an exploration of nature in the series Gus Outdoors. The first installment Gull Island, which screens this month as part of the first-ever Providence Children’s Film Festival, takes viewers to a seagull nesting location in Rhode Island to learn about how the birds hatch and survive.

Horror in New Hampshire: The Making of YELLOWBRICKROAD

By Maddy Kadish
Cassidy Freeman in YELLOWBRICKROAD.

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

Lights. Camera. New England. An Update on the Studios in the Region

By Kerry O’Donnell
There's more than Plymouth Rock in your own backyard.

Think the studio scene is DOA in New England? Don't pack your bags for Hollywood just yet. Here's a status report on each of the studios planned for the region.

The Price of Pleasure

By Beth Brosnan
Filmmaker Liz Canner.

Filmmaker Liz Canner takes on the "strange science of female pleasure" and how the pharmaceutical companies hope to capitalize on it in her documentary, Orgasm, Inc.

Show Me the Money: Where to Find Local Grant Funding

By Maddy Kadish
Times Are Down, But You're Not Out

In a downward economy, grant funding for Massachusetts filmmakers still exist. Dan Blask of the Massachusetts Cultural Council offers some advice.

The Restaurant: Tasty, Talented, and Local

By Kerry O’Donnell
The Cast and Crew of The Restaurant.

Filmmakers Bobby Scali and Ted Sherman unveil their short film featuring the talents of 40 local SAG actors.

Life Lessons from a Career Production Assistant

By Kevin Mason
A production assistant can save the day too.

Larry Nott - a man whose life goal is to be the best production assistant he can be.

Vermont Filmmakers Fight for Tax Incentives

By Kerry O’Donnell
Actor William H. Macy endorses the VTFMC's work.

The Vermont Film and Media Coalition's Dan Mazur fights to lure filmmakers to the Green Mountain State.

Not Just Pulling Stunts: Leo Kei Angelos Charts His Course from Stunt Coordinator to Writer/Director

By Kerry O’Donnell
Leo Kei Angelos started with stunt work and is pursuing his first feature film, "Pins and Needles."

From Vietnam to the United States, and from stunt coordinator to writer/director, Leo Kei Angelos charts how he has made it so far so fast.

Camden Part II: The Fish Belong to the People

By Maddy Kadish
Fishing near Port Clyde, Maine.

In a two-part article, NewEnglandFilm.com learns more about two film programs that place global ecology under a Maine microscope. Both screen in early October at the Camden International Film Festival.

Checking in with the Curator

By Carly Pifer
"Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" is one of the local films screening at the MFA in September.

Six months into his new position as the first and only curator of film at the MFA, Boston, Carter Long discusses his strategies for the museum’s evolving film program.

This Doc Stinks!

By Mike Sullivan
"Dumping Billy" digs into Newburyport's landfill "laundry."

Mary Godfrey discusses her documentary, "Dumping Billy: The Story of the Crow Land Landfill," which screens this month at the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival.

Yoo-hoo, Filmmakers, Fight On!

By Maddy Kadish
Gertrude Berg is the mother of the modern-day sitcom.

Documentarian Aviva Kempner shines a light on the most famous woman in America you’ve never heard of in her film "Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg."