Filmmaking

Comedy | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Vermont

Festival Interview: Pillow Talk

15 Sep , 2016 | Written by Harry Nichols | Posted by:

Writing team Rachel Riendeau and Lincoln Hayes won the Screenwriting Award and the Goldstone Award for Emerging Vermont Filmmakers at last year’s Vermont International Film Foundation Vermont Filmmakers Showcase. Here, the two talk about the making of their film Pillow Talk, now screening on NewEnglandFilm.com as part of the 2016 Online New England Film Festival.

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Animation | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews | Maine | Rhode Island

Festival Interview: The Something

12 Sep , 2016 | Written by Harry Nichols | Posted by:

Tom Babbitt talks about hearing his mom’s stories as a child, becoming an animator and being a “fierce champion of your own work.” His film, The Something, which screened as part of the Providence Children’s Film Festival, is currently available to watch on NewEnglandFilm.com as part of the 2016 Online New England Film Festival.

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Connecticut | Documentary | Festival Interviews | Filmmaking | Interviews

Festival Interview: Coaching Colburn

10 Sep , 2016 | Written by Harry Nichols | Posted by:

Screening at festivals from the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival to the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Coaching Colburn is now screening on NewEnglandFilm.com through October 15 as part of the 2016 Online New England Film Festival. Here, Bemiss talks about the unusual trajectory of the film—from collaborative student production to award-winning festival hit—and about the impact the film has had on its subjects and audience.

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Filmmaking | Maine | Reports | Screenwriting | Vermont

Amber Russell: 2016 Stowe Story Labs Fellow

15 Aug , 2016 | Posted by:

Maine writer Amber Russell earned the Stowe Story Labs / NewEnglandFilm.com Fellowship for her script Margaret, which she wrote because, as she says, “I grew up not knowing how a woman from my own state rose to power and even ran for President.”

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Drama | Filmmaking | Interviews | Local Industry | New England | New Hampshire

The Chain: NH filmmaker Daniel Bérubé

10 Aug , 2016 | Written by Carol Robidoux | Posted by:

Producer Daniel Bérubé talks about returning to his New Hampshire roots, making his film The Chain, which kicks off the inaugural Live Free or Die Film Festival this week, and building on the film community in NH. See also the related article about the Live Free or Die Film Festival on NewEnglandFilm.com.

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Drama | Filmmaking | Interviews | Rhode Island

Branching Out: From Documentary to Narrative

9 Aug , 2016 | Written by Evan Crean | Posted by:

Eric Latek talks to NewEnglandFilm.com about the differences between documentary and narrative filmmaking techniques, and why he likes to help other filmmakers.

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Filmmaking | Interviews | Rhode Island | Short Films

Getting it Right the First Time

1 Aug , 2016 | Written by Evan Crean | Posted by:

First-time Pawtucket, RI filmmaker Carol Conley exorcises demons with her short Penitence, screening at the Rhode Island International Film Festival this month. NewEnglandFilm.com talks with Conley about how she came up with Penitence, her process as a first-time filmmaker, and the reasons why this project is so important to her.

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Filmmaking | Interviews | Maine

Maine Movie: Neptune

26 Jul , 2016 | Written by Josh Kirk | Posted by:

Producer Allen Baldwin discusses the East Coast film scene, Maine’s Last House Productions, and his recent film Neptune, which screens this August at the Woods Hole Film Festival.

 

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Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts | Rhode Island | Television

Cape Verdean Stories

14 Jun , 2016 | Posted by:

Claire Andrade-Watkins talks to NewEnglandFilm.com about the inspiration, distribution and television broadcasts for her films, which are being presented in a retrospective on Cape Verdean history at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Documentary | Females in Film | Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts

A Small Good Thing

27 Apr , 2016 | Written by Catherine Stewart | Posted by:

Fellow female filmmakers discuss work, life, and more in this series, Females in Film. For this installment, NewEnglandFilm.com writer Catherine Stewart talks to filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll as her latest work, A Small Good Thing releases in theaters.

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