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Film Festivals
The New England Film and Video Festival announced the award winners at a screening at the MFA, Boston. "The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein" received the Rosa Luxemborg Award, Most Promising Actor and Best Independent Film. Other reciepients included "The Blue Diner" for Best Film; "Unfinished Symphony" for Best of Festival and Spirit of New England; "Sub!" for Best Student Film; and "Always a Bridesmaid" for Best Documentary. For more information, visit the festival’s web site at http://www.bfvf.org/festival/.
Film Fest New Haven, a broadly focused independent film festival, will run April 27 – April 29. The festival features a competition and accepts shorts as well as feature-length films and videos of any type including dramatic, documentary, and experimental. For more information visit http://www.filmfestivals.com or call 203-776-6789.
The Third Annual Boston Irish Film Festival runs April 20-22 at the Harvard Film Archive. For more information and a full schedule, go to www.irishfilmfestival.com, or call curator Peter Flynn at (413) 253-5414. See the profile in this month’s NewEnglandFilm.com.
The Boston Asian American Film and Video Festival will take place at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston April 5 – 14. It features comedies, dramas and documentaries that focus on Asian – American identity, experience, and political history. The inclusive festival includes works by and about filmmakers of Asian heritage. For more information call the box office at 617-369-3770 or visit http://www.mfa.org
Screenings
There will be two screenings of the "Best of Shorts" from this year’s Boston Underground Film Festival on April 12th in Quincy and April 18th in Boston. For more information call 617-975-3361 or visit http://www.localsightings.com.
"Raise the Dead," the award-winning non-fiction film directed by Newton filmmaker, James Rutenbeck, will air April 1st at 10:30 p.m. on WGBH’s series of independent films, IndieSelect. "Raise the Dead" is the story of 80-year-old Pentecostal preacher, H. Richard Hall. For more information visit http://www.wgbh.org.
Boston Film Artists presents "A Conversation For a Dollar," a new film by underground director, Jason Fisher. The film will screen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on Thursday April 19th at 6 p.m. For more details call the box office at 617-369-3770, visit http://www.mfa.org, or www.illcharacters.com.
Other News
"Movie Talk" with Susan Steinberg-Woll, a screenwriting faculty member at Harvard University and Emerson College, will take place Tuesday nights in April and May at the Coolidge Corner Theater. Every class includes a private video screening and discussion of the films and filmmaking process. This year’s program includes New Asian Cinema, Documentary films, and Hollywood, European and independent features. Special guest filmmakers will join select classes. For more information visit http://www.coolidge.org or call 617-734-2500.
A video release party will be held April 6th celebrating the release of "Pray for Power," directed by Brad Jacques. It will take place at Locke-Ober’s in downtown Boston. For more information call 617-975-3361 or visit http://localsightings.com.
The upcoming feature film, "Baby’s in Black," starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon will begin shooting mid-April in Marblehead and Gloucester, MA. The production is currently crewing up. Those interested can fax their resume to 818-526-4398.
Other local productions include the Brian Dennehy crime drama, "Arrested Trial," recently shot in Waterford, CT. The town has hosted the television show four times in the past six months. Filming is also underway in Bridgewater, MA for the upcoming horror movie, "Little Erin Maryweather" and production has begun at Mystic Seaport for an NBC documentary on the Essex Whaling Ship.
