Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
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MNFF to screen Vt. premiere of ‘Hadestown: The Musical’
Created by New Haven, Vt., native and Middlebury College graduate Anaïs Mitchell, “Hadestown” won eight Tony Awards in 2019, including Best Musical.
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Andy Mitchell takes a lead role in film festival
“I’ve spent my career helping, nurturing, mentoring young filmmakers. That’s a big part of my motivation for doing this.” — Andy Mitchell
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Andy Mitchell tapped to lead MNFF
The Emmy-award-winning moviemaker and local resident steps ups as Managing Producer of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, which will host its 12th season this August.
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Provocative documentary film series to screen at Marquis
Frozen in the New Year? Heat things up with the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Selects monthly screening series that starts Wednesday, Jan. 14.
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Leader leaving MNFF, search for new director under way
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is looking for a new executive director.
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MNFF11 breaks attendance records
MNFF officials say film festival attendance was up 10% from 2024.
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MNFF to bring images, ideas and conversation to Middlebury this week
In mysterious ways, each year’s MNFF selections tend to fall into clusters, thematically. Artistic Director Jay Craven says this year’s crop of films includes characters acting on deeply…
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Over 100 movies will screen in Middlebury next week
Documentaries, short films, student work, movies made in Vermont – there’s a lot to discover at this year’s Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival.
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Family documentary chronicles mom’s life in Middlebury and Ripton
“Traces of Time,” a film by Simeon Hutner and winner of MNFF’s Shouldice Family Prize for Best Vermont Film, will screen on Aug. 21.
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Don’t Miss These Films: Jay Craven’s MNFF Recommendations
This year’s Middlebury New Filmmakers Festivals features 107 films. Here are a few from Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven’s must-see list.
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Film festival guests offer highlights, insights and ideas
Jay Craven offers a look behind the curtain of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival guest-list.
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Middlebury film festival tweaks its storyline
Late August is still two months away, but the county’s shire town is already being readied for its annual role as host of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival,…
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MNFF 2025 lineup takes shape
Details for the 11th annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival are still coming together, but MNFF11 Artistic Director Jay Craven gave us a preview of some of the coming…
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Teen faces dangerous family secrets in ‘Winter’s Bone’ screening
The MNFF Selects Series concludes with a screening of “Winter’s Bone, a 2010 narrative film directed by Debra Granik, on Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m., at Town…
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MNFF to screen noir doc ‘The Thin Blue Line’
I remember the surprise I experienced in 1988 when I first saw Erroll Morris’ pioneering true crime documentary, “The Thin Blue Line.” I’d never seen anything like it,…
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MNFF to debut neo-noir film series with screening of ‘Chinatown’
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival will try something new this winter and spring, with a Selects Series we’re calling “Lost Chances: Neo-Noir Here and Now.”