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

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 | Film Festivals | Interviews | Massachusetts | Short Films
2018 Festival Interview: Eastie

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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Comedy | Females in Film | Film Festival & Event Profiles | Film Festivals | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts
2018 Festival Interview: What the Doctor Ordered

Audrey Noone on food, cooking for your cast and crew, and how her mid-life crisis lead to a Best Acting in a Comedy award.
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Drama | Festival Interviews | Film Festival & Event Profiles | Film Festivals | New England | New Hampshire | Short Films
2018 Film Festival Interviews: Rabbits

A lonely farmer reflects on the death of his wife and we learn that there may be more to the story.
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Film Festival & Event Profiles | Film Festivals | Massachusetts
IFFBoston 2018 Preview: An Interview with Nancy Campbell

Contributing Editor Evan Crean sits down with Independent Film Festival Boston’s Program Director Nancy Campbell to discuss IFFBoston 2018 on his podcast Spoilerpiece Theatre.
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Stepping Up Your Film Career

Whether you’re someone who’s been working in film for years or you’re a newbie, you’re likely ready to kick your film career up a notch. Our panel of pros will discuss the state of the independent film industry in the 21st century, offering some tips for funding, producing, and distributing your films.
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2017 Festival Interview: Boston Jewish Film Festival

NewEnglandFilm.com chats with Ariana Cohen-Halberstam, Artistic Director for the Boston Jewish Film Festival about the themes for this year’s festival, how she selected some of its notable films, and why she integrated podcasting and VR into her lineup.
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Film Festival & Event Profiles | Film Festivals | Rhode Island
2017 Festival Interview: Art & Design Film Festival

NewEnglandFilm.com interviews Emily Steffian, Artistic Director of Rhode Island’s Art & Design Film Festival about her inspiration for the festival, about notable films playing this year, and about her ideas for expanding it in the future.
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Festival Interviews | Film Festivals | Filmmaking | Maine | New England
2017 Festival Interview: Bird Carver

Screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival, Bird Carver profiles Steven Valleau, the bird carver in-residence at the Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor, ME. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, the documentary’s director Madeleine Cohen discusses how life’s big choices inspire her films and offers some unique advice about documentary filmmaking.
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Documentary | Festival Interviews | Film Festivals | Interviews | Massachusetts | New England
2017 Festival Interview: Praying for Change

Screening through October 15 as part of the 2017 Online New England Film Festival, Praying for Change highlights homelessness in the US through the lens of Leroy Bailey, a man committed to improving the lives of homeless veterans. In this interview with NewEnglandFilm.com, the film’s director Brian McPartlan reveals his inspiration for the film and Netflix the documentary that inspired him to become a filmmaker.
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