Company/Organization Profiles | Film School & Education | Filmmaking | Interviews | Vermont

Stowe Story Labs Retreat Empowers Filmmakers

1 Nov , 2013 | Written by Maud Dillingham | Posted by:

A September workshop in Vermont trains New England filmmakers in the nuts and bolts of making films.

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Film Festivals | Film Reviews | New England

Filmmaker Ted Ryan shows us the kind of things we do for the movies we love.

1 Nov , 2013 | Written by Ted Ryan | Posted by:

Filmmaker Ted Ryan's ode to The Crash Reel, Lucy Walker’s film about the rise and fall of Kevin Pearce – a professional snowboarder whose career and life nearly ended when he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a 2009 training run before the Vancouver Olympics.

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Film Festivals | Interviews | Massachusetts

Glovebox Short Film and Animation Festival: Unabashedly Artsy

31 Oct , 2013 | Written by K. Correia | Posted by:

Now in its third year, the Glovebox Short Film and Animation Festival celebrates artists, filmmakers, and their audiences.

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Company/Organization Profiles | New England | Screenplay Doctor | Screenwriting

Ask the Screenplay Doctor: Joining a script writing group

30 Oct , 2013 | Written by Susan Kouguell | Posted by:

Screenplay Doctor, Susan Kouguell, interviews Genine Tillotson, Director of Harvard Square Script Writers, about HSSW and the benefits of joining a writing group. Email screenwriter@newenglandfilm.com to have your screenwriting question answered in an upcoming issue.

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Filmmaking | Interviews

Mongolia: A Video Interview with Edward Nef

1 Oct , 2013 | Posted by:

Mongolia – Mining Challenges a Civilization explores a country on the brink of a radical change: from rural nomads to mining industrialists. In this video interview, NewEnglandFilm.com writer Dave Walker talks with Edward Nef about what inspired him to create this documentary that may have influenced the course of history in its namesake.

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Film Festivals | Rhode Island

Rhode Island International Film Festival: The Inside Scoop

1 Oct , 2013 | Written by Alli Rock | Posted by:

Are you looking to apply to the Rhode Island International Film Festival? Or just be an audience member? Our 2013 Festival Partner gave us the inside scoop in this festival profile.

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Film Festivals | Maine

Maine International Film Festival: The Inside Scoop

1 Oct , 2013 | Written by Alli Rock | Posted by:

Are you looking to apply to the Maine International Film Festival? Or just be an audience member? Our 2013 Festival Partner gave us the inside scoop in this festival profile.

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Industry News | Local Industry

Industry News – October 2013

1 Oct , 2013 | Written by Casey Stirling | Posted by:

This month, you can head to NewEnglandFilm.com Festival Partners' Vermont International Film Festival and New Hampshire Film Festival, as well as watch the last two weeks of the Online New England Film Festival! Check out the news for local films, upcoming festivals, and filmmaker opportunities. To submit news, e-mail news@newenglandfilm.com.

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Filmmaking | Interviews | Local Industry | Vermont

40 Filmmakers and Historians: The Vermont Movie

1 Oct , 2013 | Written by K. Correia | Posted by:

While neither the largest nor the smallest of the New England states, Vermont has forged a name for itself as a leader in firsts. The first to outlaw slavery; the first to allow same-sex civil unions; etc. It is a state steeped in grassroots thinking and democracy. It is no wonder that a project such as Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie, which has brought together over 40 local filmmakers and historians, would develop out of this state.

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Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts

Have Skills and Will Use Them: Patti Cassidy’s Boston Play Cafe

1 Oct , 2013 | Written by Donna Sorbello | Posted by:

Filmmaker Patti Cassidy has taken an unconventional path to becoming a filmmaker, but she learned all she knows from public access television. Now, she's using those skills for a new show: Boston Play Cafe.

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