Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
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MNFF Selects presents ‘Grizzly Man’ at Town Hall Theater
This stunning and unforgettable film, directed by the legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog, is a heart rending docudrama that centers on amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell who…
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Sundance-winning documentary ‘Buck’ screens in Middlebury
‘Buck’ is a revealing and moving exploration of the life of heralded “horse whisperer” Buck Brannaman, who recovered from years of child abuse to become a well-known expert…
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MNFF series revives ‘Duma,’ a classic family adventure
MNFF Selects, the monthly screening series presented by the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, is pleased to announce the revival of the stirring family adventure drama “Duma” on Sunday,…
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Midd New Filmmakers Fest goes on tour Feb. 3-6
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) will resume its statewide Vermont tour, following a two year hiatus.
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UPDATE: MNFF Selects brings marine wildlife rescue doc to THT
CORRECTION: An outdated version of this press release was published in the Jan. 13, 2022, edition of Arts+Leisure with incorrect information about Town Hall Theater’s COVID protocols. Please…
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‘Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog’ screens in Middlebury
This special family-friendly holiday film, from award winning director Lynn Roth, sensitively portrays the timeless and unbreakable bond between a boy and his faithful dog as it is…
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‘Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street’ premieres in Middlebury
The film invites viewers to go inside the hearts and minds of the Sesame Street creators, artists, and educators who established one of the most influential and enduring…
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‘It gives us hope’: Alaskan Nets
In its premiere showing at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival last April, “Alaskan Nets” won the Audience Choice Award, the festival’s top overall prize. Here in Middlebury,…
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Family-friendly film series celebrates human-animal relationships
Who doesn’t love feel-good stories of relationships between animals and human beings? That was Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Producer Lloyd Komesar’s rationale when he set the theme for this year’s…
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Film festival gave thrills, nostalgia
MIDDLEBURY — Organizers of the seventh annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, dubbed MNFF7, estimated around 600 people took in one or more of the 120 films screened at…
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MNFF film inspires hope for journalism
A 64-year-old man from a small town in rural Iowa may represent the best hope for community journalism in America. Art Cullen has more than four decades of…
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Local filmmakers explore ‘The Price of Safety’
Sometimes you need to step back to see something clearly; or if your Vergennes filmmaker and photographer Chris Spencer, you use a drone. Flying high over the Little…
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MNFF screens world premieres beginning Aug. 25
The 7th Annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is screening the world premieres of 13 films at this year’s festival, which begins on Aug. 25. These premieres include 11…
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Film Review: ‘Goodfellas’ the most entertaining mob movie ever
It’s the anti-“Godfather” from frame one.The credits rush by with the sound of a car zooming. Three men in a car cruise down an empty road in the…
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Film Review: DeNiro, others lift ‘Cape Fear’ past plot holes
They never got a break. I mean the Bowden family in the film “Cape Fear,” who are terrorized by the ex-con Max Cady (Robert De Niro). Cady poisons…
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Festival to bring ‘Indiana Jones’ co-star to Midd
MIDDLEBURY — The co-star of one of cinema’s most iconic adventure films will help the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) return to an in-person event following a one-year,…