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2021 Online Fest Retrospective
NewEnglandFilm.com offers a look back at its history with the 2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective
Written by Chase Hoffman | Posted by: NewEnglandFilm.com
NewEnglandFilm.com is excited to announce the launch of the 2021 Online New England Film Retrospective. The retrospective features shorts from filmmakers of diverse backgrounds, each with a unique story to tell, who have ties in some form to the New England region. This free event will take place entirely on NewEnglandFilm.com’s website. Feel free to check out their website for more information on the retrospective, as well as the roster of featured shorts.
NewEnglandFilm.com has launched the 2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective to showcase over two dozen short films from the past two decades of the website and festival online to watch for free now through October 15, 2021. The retrospective include five films featured in the earliest days of NewEnglandFilm.com’s magazine, before its online festival launch—The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles (1996 Beth Harrington); Repetition Compulsion (1997 Ellie Lee); Holy Tortilla (1998 Lauren Ivy Chiong); My Father’s Story (1998 Mary Kocol); Celebration (2008 Daniel Stedman).
Viewers will discover and re-discover films from diverse backgrounds that touch on a range of subject matter, from adoption to unearthed family secrets and even a messianic tortilla. The 2021 Online New England Film Festival Retrospective is organized in a series of showcases or you can browse all the films here. The full line-up is below.
This event traces NewEnglandFilm.com’s extensive history of highlighting the works of filmmakers with ties to the region by pulling together some of the best films that have been featured on the site in over two decades. The retrospective takes place entirely on NewEnglandFilm.com’s website and will primarily focus on shorts from the 1990’s and early 2000’s. There is no fee required to view the films that are featured, and NewEnglandFilm.com will be adding interviews with the filmmakers during the duration of the festival.
The complete line-up (in date order) includes:
The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles (1996 Beth Harrington)
Repetition Compulsion (1997 Ellie Lee)
Holy Tortilla (1998 Lauren Ivy Chiong)
My Father’s Story (1998 Mary Kocol)
Celebration (2008 Daniel Stedman)
A Work In Progress (2008 Sarah Ginsburg)
Jelly Fishers (2009 Steven Subotnick)
Respect For Acting (2010 Richard Waterhouse)
Birthmarkings (2011 Margaret Lazarus)
Sanjiban (2012 Ben Pender-Cudlip)
The Commitment (2012 Albert M. Chan)
Demi Pointe (2012 Talin Avakian)
Filmmaking (2013 Aidan Rea Payne)
What Cheer (2013 Michael Slavens)
The scared is Scared (2013 Bianca Giaever)
After Ella (2014 Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness)
Liz (2014 Sharyn Paul Brusie)
Rocketship (2013 Alfred Thomas Catalfo)
The Routine (2014 Brian Groh)
Knightsville (2015 Aly Migliori)
Anna (2015 Eric Latek)
FIBA Allow Hijab (2017 Jon Mercer and Tim O’Donnell)
Game (2017 Jeannie Donohoe)
Imagine Kolle 37 (2017 Michele Meek)
Curls (2019 Sharon Contillo)
Schmoopie (2018 Mary C. Ferrara)
Cranberry Nights (2020 Sara Robin)
My Black Is… (2018 Miguel Valdez & Eunice Beato)
Passive Aggressive Dads (2019 Jim Picariello)
Tea Time (2020 Tara Price)
The Mountain Dogs (2020 Aynsley Floyd)
Launched in 1997, NewEnglandFilm.com is an online community and resource for film and video production in the region. Our site features jobs and opportunities; an industry production directory; local film industry news; and the Online New England Film Festival.
