Festival Interviews

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2019 Online Film Festival Interview: BURNING MY TONGUE

17 Sep , 2019 | Written by Gloria Han | Posted by:

We caught up with director and writer Murphy McCann about how she conceived her film Burning My Tongue, as well as the importance of having the right people to support you while making a film.

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Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts | New England

2019 Online Film Festival Interview: FOUR KEYS

16 Sep , 2019 | Written by Gloria Han | Posted by:

Filmmaker Israel Brooks talks about the making of the short film Four Keys, which is screening through October 15 as part of the 11th Annual Online New England Film Festival.

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Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts | New England

2019 Online Film Festival Interview: SCHMOOPIE

15 Sep , 2019 | Written by Gloria Han | Posted by:

Mary C. Ferrara wrote, directed and stars in Schmoopie, about a woman, dealing with a breakup, gets an unexpected suggestion that changes her life.

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Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts | New England

2019 Online Film Festival Interview: THE ALEXANDRA PROJECT

14 Sep , 2019 | Written by Gloria Han | Posted by:

The Alexandra Project is an epic re-imagining of Les Miserables, set in the township of Alexandra, South Africa.

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Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | New England | New Hampshire

2019 FESTIVAL INTERVIEW: HAVE IT ALL

13 Sep , 2019 | Written by Gloria Han | Posted by:

In this five-minute comedy, a simple phone call is enough to catapult Jill down an impossible path until she discovers that the real enemy she’s up against…is expectation.

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Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Massachusetts | New England

2019 Online Film Festival Interview: NONPLUSSED

11 Sep , 2019 | Written by Gloria Han | Posted by:

NewEnglandFilm.com interviews Malachi Van Nice about his film Nonplussed, now streaming through October 15 as part of the 2019 Online New England Film Festival. 

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Documentary | Festival Interviews | Film Festival & Event Profiles | Interviews | Maine | Massachusetts | New England

2018 Festival Interview: Project Puffin

21 Sep , 2018 | Written by John W. Arvanitis | Posted by:

Project Puffin profiles the efforts of conservationists working on the coast of Maine to study, protect and nurture the United States’ only colony of puffins. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, Vanessa Kahn, one of the writers and directors of Project Puffin, discusses how she got into filmmaking, where she’s headed, and, surprisingly, what the puffins taught her about filmmaking.

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2018 Festival Interview: Liberty and Justice: A Cautionary Tale in the Land of the Free

20 Sep , 2018 | Written by John W. Arvanitis | Posted by:

Liberty and Justice get lost wandering through a dark wood in search of a new leader in this wordless stop-motion political satire.

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Documentary | Festival Interviews | Film Festival & Event Profiles | Interviews | New England | Short Films | Vermont

2018 Festival Interview: Looking Back at Me

20 Sep , 2018 | Posted by:

In this short documentary, Alex Escajac tells the story of Sade Bolger, an 18-year-old musician from Vermont who recently came out as non-binary,

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2018 Festival Interview: Eastie

17 Sep , 2018 | Written by John W. Arvanitis | Posted by:

Eastie explores how gentrification and corporate competition converge to put Cucchiello’s Bakery out of business after 70 years of operation in East Boston.

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