HBO’s The Gilded Age premieres this month. The period drama series from Julian Fellowes, set during the Gilded Age, was filmed in Rhode Island last year.

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Film News January 2022

January 2022 update of industry news, festival updates, call for films and more from the New England film industry.

4 Jan , 2022  

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Railroad Square Cinema date night screenings, Don’t Look Up, LEF New England Moving Image Fund grant, plus January local industry buzz.

Happenings

Maine Film Center’s Railroad Square Cinema invites you to “Bring Back Date Night” with a series of screenings beginning this month. Watch In the Mood for Love on January 31, Love & Basketball on February 7, 10 Things I Hate About You on February 14, Saving Face on February 21, and Baby Driver on February 28. For tickets and more information, click here.

Billings Farm & Museum presents the Woodstock Vermont Film Series January 1 to March 12. The series of documentary films will screen in person, with Covid safety procedures in place. Advanced reservations are recommended. For more information, click here.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival tours parts of New England this winter, beginning with New Hampshire and Vermont this month. The tour comes to Burlington, Vermont from January 20-22, and Lebanon, New Hampshire on January 25 and 26. Learn more here.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum presents its annual Moby-Dick Marathon January 7-9, which will be virtual this year. The event kicks off with guest celebrity reader and Massachusetts native Sam Waterston. To learn more and check out the calendar of events, click here.

Industry Buzz

Made in Massachusetts, feature films The Tender Bar and Don’t Look Up are out now. Both films are screening in theaters; in addition, The Tender Bar is available on Amazon Prime, and Don’t Look Up on Netflix.

HBO’s The Gilded Age premieres this month. The period drama series from Julian Fellowes, set during the Gilded Age, was filmed in Rhode Island last year. Read more here.

Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals have named Jason Bateman their 2022 Man of the Year. Bateman will be honored on February 3 at Harvard. To learn more, check out the Hasty Pudding website.

Opportunities

Register now for the 2022 Maine Film Association’s Winter Film Challenge. Teams of Maine filmmakers will have 72 hours to write, shoot, and edit a short film over February 3-6, with the premiere on February 12. Regular registration deadline is December 15-January 14; late January 15-February 3. For more information, visit the MFA website.

Apply now for the LEF New England Moving Image Fund grant for Production/Post-Production. Deadline to apply is January 21. For more information, click here. 

The MacDowell Colony is now accepting applications for its fall 2022 residencies through February 10. Artists working in architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts are encouraged to apply. To learn more, visit the MacDowell website. 

The Berkshire International Film Festival is now open for submissions. Regular deadline is February 1; late March 14; extended March 31. Learn more here.

The Stowe Story Labs application season began November 1. Visit their website for more updates.

Submit now to the Nantucket Film Festival for features, shorts, and screenplays. Final deadline is February 11; extended March 11. For fees and more details, click here.