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Film Festivals
The 18th Boston Film Festival will run September 6-15, 2002. This year the festival will showcase approximately 50 feature films including documentaries and American independent films. Visit www.bostonfilmfestival.org or call 617-266-2533 for more information.
Telluride at Dartmouth will run September 20-25, 2002 in Hanover, NH. The Telluride Film Festival has celebrated the art of film since 1974. Now, for the 17th consecutive year, The Hopkins Center at Dartmouth is bringing a sampler of Telluride to the College with premieres of six films fresh from the festival. For more information, visit www.hop.dartmouth.edu or call 603-646-2422 for tickets.
Film Fest New Haven will host the Seventh Annual festival on September 20-22, showcasing dozens of local and international shorts, features and documentaries. For more information, visit www.filmfest.org.
In Rhode Island, the Convergence Film/Video/Animation Festival will run from September 12-15. Part of the Convergence Arts Festival, the film festival will feature regional and national films at Providence’s Cable Car Cinema. For more information, visit www.caparts.org.
The Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline Mass will host the Global Economic Justice Video Festival August 30-September 1, 2002. Some of the films include: "Not For Sale/ No Se Vende," "Another World is Possible: Impressions of the 2002 World Social Forum," and "Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, The World Bank and the IMF." For further details about the films and screening times please visit www.coolidge.org or call 617-734-2501.
Screenings
The locally produced independent movie "Working Stiff" will open at the Belmont Studio Cinema on Friday, September 20. To kick off the movie, there will be a wine and cheese reception on opening night from 6-7 p.m. where people will be able to meet with members of the cast and crew, including first-time writer-director Greg Joyce and stars Sean Vincent Biggins and Maia Tamanakis. For more information please call (978) 532-3429; e-mail workingpix@aol.com or visit www.workingstiff.org.
On Labor Day, The Coolidge Corner Theater will have an encore presentation of "Salt of The Earth," which was shown at the Labor Film Festival. "Salt of The Earth," tells the story of the 1950 strike of Mexican-American workers against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico. For more details visit www.coolidge.org or call 617-734-2501.
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston will continue screenings of Lucia Small’s award-winning documentary ‘My Father, The Genius’ throughout September. Small’s film has earned top prizes at many film festivals including the Newport International Film Festival, the New England Film and Video Festival, and the Slamdance Film Festival. Visit www.mfa.org for more information about these films and screening times.
"XXYY," a feature film by New Hampshire native Austin Chick will be shown at the 2002 Boston Film Festival. The film is the story of a love triangle between a young artist and two college women. "XXYY," premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake Lake City, Utah. Please visit www.bostonfilmfestival.org or call 617-266-2533 for more information.
In the News
High Output and Charles River Studios will vacate their 55,000 square foot production facility in Brighton this fall and move to a larger, 93,000 square foot space just off Route 128 in Canton, MA. The new facility will feature three new soundstages in addition to all the services offered at the Brighton facility. Please visit www.highoutput.com for more information about the company.
The Action/Cut Filmmaking Seminar returns to Boston on October 5-6 and New York City on October 26- 27 for seminars for filmmakers, directors, writers, actors, producers, and other industry professional. The seminars offer first-hand career knowledge from a working director/writer with an in-depth, audio-visual study of the skills, tools, and industry trade secrets to take any project from page to shooting to finished film. Seminar Director Guy Magar is an international film instructor and working director/writer presently on contract to Miramax Films. For more information, visit www.actioncut.com or call (800) 815-5545.
"Blue Vinyl," directed by Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold, has been selected for the 2002 Environmental Messenger of the Year Award. The award will be presented September 9 at the EGA fall retreat in Asheville, North Carolina. For more information on the film or to learn more about the hazards of vinyl please visit www.bluevinyl.org and www.myhouseisyourhouse.org.
