Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
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Director Sam Pollard plans trip to Middlebury
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival will welcome director, editor and producer Sam Pollard to the seventh annual festival on Thursday, Aug. 26, for the screening of two of…
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‘Storm Lake’ opens the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
The 7th Annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival will open with the feature documentary “Storm Lake,” on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m., at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater.“Storm Lake”…
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After 40 years ‘Raging Bull’ is still a masterpiece and enigmatic, too!
“Raging Bull” is a terrible movie.For one, it’s just not that great. How about that Robert De Niro guy in the lead? Poorly miscast. Hayden Christenson would have…
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55 more films donated to Ilsley Library
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival has delivered its most recent installment of “alumni donated” films to the MNFF Collection at Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury. This year, the…
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Local film festival plans for in-person screenings
Get vaccinated and get tickets for the Aug. 25-29 local film fest.The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) will return to an in-person event for its 7th Annual Fest…
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Film Fest plans in-person screenings
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) will return to an in-person, five-day experience in Addison County’s shire town this August, news that comes as a blessing…
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Watch winter movies from MNFF’s Split Screen series
Wanting to remain active and relevant during the still sprawling pandemic, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival producer Lloyd Komesar and I went online with our August event, then came…
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Online monthly movie series continues
The Vermont International Film Festival [VTIFF] and the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival [MNFF] will continue the online monthly movie series Split/Screen this month. With the two Vermont film…
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$20K awarded to two new filmmakers
The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Franklin Film Development Fund has recently completed its inaugural year of grant making. The fund, founded in August 2019, was created to stimulate…
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Virtual film festival was a big success
MIDDLEBURY — Organizers of this year’s Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) didn’t know what to expect for viewership, after having had to quickly pivot to a first-ever online…
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MNFF kicks off its virtual film festival this week
MIDDLEBURY — New entertainment options for those spending a lot of time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic are arriving on Thursday, Aug. 27: A panoply of films…
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Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival goes online
MIDDLEBURY — The first-ever online version of Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) is taking shape. Organizers of the sixth annual event — usually a spotlight happening that sends hundreds…
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Big local film festival to offer plenty online
The first-ever online version of Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) is taking shape. Organizers of the sixth annual event — usually a spotlight happening that sends hundreds of…
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MNFF6:ONLINE top picks
Middlebury New Film Festival leaders have released a list of films that will highlight the lineup at the sixth annual gala. Among the best are: • “Jimmy Carter:…
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Middlebury film fest to recognize British director
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (MNFF) has announced that legendary British filmmaker Ken Loach has been named its 2020 Honoree for Sustained Excellence in Narrative Feature…
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Actor Michael Murphy to talk in MNFF’s online event
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is welcoming back one of its favorite honorees, the distinguished film actor Michael Murphy, for the next edition of the Craven…