Maine Film Center

We’re starting a new chapter in the Paul J. Schupf Art Center with free holiday films. The more the merrier! December 17: The Muppet Christmas Carol (10:30, pictured) and Miracle on 34th Street* (1:00) December 18: Fiddler on the Roof (noon) December 19: Gremlins December 20: Bridget Jones’s Diary December 21: Monty Python’s The Meaning […]

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is “the Greatest Film of All Time.” In a stunning surprise, Chantal Akerman’s feminist masterpiece just won the Sight and Sound poll of over 1400 global film critics’ once-every-decade vote for that honor, knocking off past winners Vertigo (2012 winner) and Citizen Kane (winner of the previous […]

In the first image of the incredibly great documentary All That Breathes, the camera slowly takes us into the rain-soaked, dirty, unpaved streets of Delhi, India, where, by the end of the shot, we’ve gone from disgust to delight—the ugly streets are actually teeming with animal life! We are now ready to join brothers Nadeem […]

Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and John Heffernan (Dracula) lead the cast in Shakespeare’s rom-com of sun, sea, and mistaken identity. The legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riveria has been visited by artists, celebrities, and royalty. But when the owner’s daughter weds a dashing young soldier, not all guests are in the mood […]

There's nothing like a good monster movie. When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay (Julie Adams). The stunning underwater […]

NATIONAL POPCORN DAY National Popcorn Day is Thursday, January 19! Celebrate with the Maine Film Center - they're offering FREE small bags of popcorn that day!

One showing only! Date: Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 12:55PM Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St., Waterville, ME This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Met Opera Live in HD: Fedora by Umberto Giordano! Umberto Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns […]

Join us for a broadcast of the 95th Academy Awards, celebrating the best films of 2022. We'll be hosting a gala reception with catered refreshments at 7:30pm, before settling in to watch the Oscar ceremonies broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Dress to impress or come as you are! We'll have a red […]

My Name Is Andrea is the story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy with iconoclastic flair. Decades before #MeToo, Dworkin called out the pervasiveness of sexism and rape culture, and the ways it impacts every woman’s daily life. This documentary film, directed by Pratibha […]

Q&A with Maine director Garrett Zevgetis! A video goes viral, showing a white police officer in South Carolina pull a Black teenager from her school desk and throw her across the floor. A healer and an activist, Vivian Anderson uproots her life in New York City to move to South Carolina to support the girl […]

“All I owned was my camera, a leopard coat, and a grenade in case of capture...the pillow was the rifle, the walls were the trees and the sky was the roof,” says partisan Faye Schulman. Over 25,000 Jewish partisans, fought back against the Nazis and their collaborators from deep within the forests of WWII’s Eastern […]

Free admission, sponsored by Colby College Department of Spanish and the Latin American Studies Program. At the age of seven, filmmaker Medhin Tewolde Serrano recounts her first experience of being called Black by a stranger on the streets of Mexico, noting it as the first time becoming conscious of her racial identity and the prejudice […]

Q&A with local trans activists and Colby students! Porpora is a road trip across Italy and through the life of Porpora Marcasciano, a leading figure of the Italian trans movement. While traversing the Italian peninsula from the north to the south, Porpora and her traveling companion, Vittorio, retrace the key moments and places of her […]

Back by popular demand! Free for MIFF Full and Partial Pass holders, as well as Comp "Admit One" ticket holders. Show your pass at the Box Office to exchange for a ticket. Additional tickets available for purchase. The role of Israel in American Jewish identity is challenged when Simone Zimmerman and Eitan join an awakening […]

Date: Saturday, August 26 at 12pm Running Time: 3 hours MPA Rating: R Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine   A rollicking new comedy by Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night). After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to […]

Running Time: 2 hour 35 minutes MPA Rating: Not Rated Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian […]

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive […]

Join us for a Q&A following the showing with director Tommy Hyde! Hardscrabble, Vermont dairy farmer Doug Butler has an offbeat passion: dog mushing. A local folk hero, Doug trains his team of mutts on the family farm with a dream to compete at the world dog mushing championships in Alaska. But the demands of […]

Date: Saturday, March 16 at 12pm Runtime: 3 hours 11 minutes MPA Rating: NR Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game. […]

Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes MPA Rating: R Organization: Maine Film Center Venue: Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine This film is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund. Fiery Rose Gooding (the wonderful, Oscar-nominated Jessie Buckley) has little in common with the pious Edith Swan (Oscar-winner Olivia Colman) aside from them being neighbors in the seaside […]

Join us for a free screening of Hairy Who + The Chicago Imagists, a stunning documentary about a ragtag group of young artists coming onto the Chicago scene in the mid-1960s that highlights the career of Gladys Nilsson, an artist on view at the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art (right below the theater). Join […]

Join the Lost on a Mountain in Maine filmmakers for a panel and workshop to learn about the production of their film and best practices for your own project. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited to 70. Free, but RSVP requested. RSVP

For aspiring young filmmakers looking to get a jumpstart on their future productions! Learn the basics of cameras and other film gear, the different roles on a production team, how to effectively structure a story, and essential editing techniques on professional software. This class is a great first step in filmmaking and is intended both […]