Maine
2017 Online New England Film Festival | Maine International Film Festival | Drama | Maine | Watch Online Now |
Road Kill
This film is in part auto biographical to the director. It is also inspired by Native American’s
respect for animal life. The film was shot with the intention of grasping a somewhat timeless
theme, a boy and his bicycle. And over this theme was to be played more contemporary themes
facing Americans and the worlds mental and physical challenges. Symbolism plays a large part
of the film, i.e.: the boy is always bicycling away from us. Is he leaving this world behind? The
film was written and edited to leave a lasting impression by not finding closure at the end. Is it
the voice of memory, or an old soul departing.
2017 Online New England Film Festival | Maine International Film Festival | Comedy | Maine | |
What My Friends Do On A Saturday Night
A young man invites his ex to a party and has to accept that she is moving on from their relationship, even though he may not be over her.
2017 Online New England Film Festival | Maine Short Film Festival | Documentary | Experimental | Maine | |
Oak Street Mural
This time-lapse film captures 16 days of work on the Oak Street mural, a new addition to the cultural vibrancy of Rockland’s downtown. The project was guided by local community mural artist Alexis Iammarino who runs SaturdayStudio at the Rockland Recreation Center. She was joined by two professional Baltimore-based mural artists, “Jessie and Katey”, who have been collaborating on large-scale murals and installations across the country since 2001. The mural was also completed with help of local artists and volunteers of all ages.
2017 Online New England Film Festival | Maine Short Film Festival | Documentary | Maine | |
Bird Carver
Steven Valleau has been a professional bird carver for thirty years, most of them spent at the Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor, Maine. In this understated film, Valleau shows us that even the quiet and passionate pursuit of a solitary art such as his can take a surprising toll on the lives of those around him. Providing poignant glimpses into an artists’ life, as well as the nature of obsession, BIRD CARVER shows us how time can be purposefully, beautifully, and sometimes dangerously spent.
2017 Online New England Film Festival | Maine Short Film Festival | Documentary | Maine | Watch Online Now | Jury Award Winner
The Long Haul
We follow one woman as she heads to sea on a fishing boat. In the eerie night or under the still bright sun, it’s not always clear where or when this is. It appears as a dream removed from the particulars of the woman’s circumstances and so in her melancholy narration she might not just be describing her own life alone, but also ours.
This film was made by possible thanks to the kind support from the Macdowell Colony.
2016 Online New England Film Festival | Maine Short Film Festival | Music Video | Maine | Watch Online Now | Audience Award Winner
Clothes Encounter
Clothes Encounter is a commercial shot for a local thrift store featuring a parodied pop song.
2016 Online New England Film Festival | Rhode Island International Film Festival | Documentary | Maine | Rhode Island | |
Meredith’s Medicine
Meredith has always harbored a deep connection with her favorite ski resort, but after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, her relationship with the mountain entered a whole new level.
2016 Online New England Film Festival | Providence Children's Film Festival | Comedy | Maine | Watch Online Now | Audience Award Winner
This Time It’s Shopping
A family-friendly short about a peculiar customer who interrupts a gift store owner’s quiet day. Is she really shopping… or is this some kind of game?
2016 Online New England Film Festival | Maine Short Film Festival | Documentary | Maine | |
The Raw Essence of Carlo Pittore
The Raw Essence of Carlo Pittore is part of a series of films titled Great American Artists launched in 1999 as Maine Masters. Carlo Pittore (b. Charles Stanley, 1943-2005) was one of the original founders of the Union of Maine Visual Artists, the sponsor of this film series. As his friend the poet Bob Holman says in the film, “Carlo led a merry band of artists” in the 70s living in the yurts of Bowdoinham. Carlo was an internationally renowned “mail” artist and the postcards he sent around the world and exhibited at over a thousand shows are extraordinary.
It is with the hope that the release of this short will encourage others to help us fund the feature length version of this very complex artist. Contact mainemasters1@gmail.com for more information about this continuing project.
2016 Online New England Film Festival | Maine Short Film Festival | Documentary | Maine | |
Maine Heritage Orchard
Maine Heritage Orchard documents the transformation of a reclaimed gravel pit into the Maine Heritage Orchard, a living museum of apples traditionally grown in Maine. Organic farmer and nationally recognized apple expert, John Bunker, and others pass on their knowledge of working the land to the young farmers settling in Maine, preserving Maine’s orcharding traditions.