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Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Oscar Nominee: Best Documentary Feature! “RaMell Ross offers an inspired and intimate portrait of a place and its people observing the lives of two African-American men over five years. Daniel attends college searching for opportunity while Quincy becomes a father to an energetic son. The audience experiences the mundane and monumental, birth and death, the […]

The Informer

Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Directed by John Ford “The Informer is forcefully and intelligently written, directed and acted. The story by Liam O'Flaherty deals with the Irish rebellion against British authority prior to 1922, when the Irish Free State's creation finally removed the hated symbols of British domination” —Variety. “The Informer won Oscars for best direction, script (Dudley Nichols), music […]

Free

Up Tight

Waterville Opera House 1 Common Street, Waterville, ME, United States

Directed by Jules Dassin. By all cultural accounts, 1968 was a hellish year for America. The assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy helped spark the “burn baby burn” sensibility ignited in the streets. It was also during this turbulent period that Paramount Pictures reluctantly agreed to finance Jules Dassin’s remake of the classic film […]

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Film Awards Gala

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

The Maine Film Center invites you to celebrate the best films of 2018 with us! We will bring all the glitz of the Oscars to Railroad Square Cinema for a special evening. Join us for wine cocktails by Meridians and hors d’oeuvres by Amici’s Cucina, followed by a telecast of the 91st Academy Awards on […]

Free – $15

Opening Reception for MIFFonEDGE Vol. 7

Old Waterville Post Office 1 Post Office Square, Waterville, ME

This year, MIFFonEDGE invites us to expand our perceptions regarding disciplinary boundaries as we engage with 6 artists and multiple interactive performances. Find out how sensory memory influences our futures? What is the relationship between natural history, myth, and individual story? Find out at MIFFonEDGE! FMI

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Film Awards Gala

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

The 92nd annual Oscar nominees have just been announced! The Maine Film Center invites you to celebrate the best films of 2019 with us on a special evening with all the glitz of the Oscars! Join us at 6:30 p.m. at Railroad Square Cinema for drinks and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a telecast of the 92nd Academy Awards on […]

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Maine International Film Festival

Skowhegan Drive-In 201 Waterville Rd., Skowhegan, ME

Hello film lovers, I’m writing to share an update about the 23rd Maine International Film Festival. While the ongoing pandemic has radically changed the ways that we can enjoy cinema together, we're excited to announce a partnership with the Skowhegan Drive-In Theater, where we'll host MIFF from July 7-16. We're proud to bring MIFF to […]

World Premiere at MIFF: American Thief

Skowhegan Drive-In 201 Waterville Rd., Skowhegan, ME

The 23rd edition of the Maine International Film Festival, taking place at the Skowhegan Drive-In July 7-16, will feature the world premiere showing of the American independent political thriller American Thief as its Centerpiece Film selection.The film shows at 8:45 p.m. on Sat., July 11, and the filmmakers will be present at the event. Individual tickets […]

Star Party with John Meader

Quarry Road Recreation Area 300 Quarry Road, Waterville, ME

Join us for a tour of the night sky in a properly socially distanced star party at Quarry Rd, near the yurt, after the MIFF film Latcho Drom. John Meader, of Northern Stars Planetarium, will lead a tour of the constellations visible, sharing his knowledge of stars, visible planets, and the Milky Way which will […]

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Cinema in Conversation: The Way of the Gun

A NEW MAINE FILM CENTER VIRTUAL SERIES   CINEMA IN CONVERSATION community discussions with filmmakers and experts from around the world This fall we introduce a new virtual film series hosted by the Maine Film Center. Filmmakers, film experts, policymakers, and journalists from around the country and the world will join us on Zoom to discuss a film. How […]

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Cinema in Conversation: Entangled

How it works: This fall we introduce a new virtual film series hosted by the Maine Film Center. Filmmakers, film experts, policymakers, and journalists from around the country and the world will join us on Zoom to discuss a film. Register for the Zoom webinar (free!) Watch the film anytime (most films are available for streaming on a major […]

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Cinema in Conversation: In My Skin and Women in Windows

IN MY SKIN and WOMEN IN WINDOWS  October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. After watching these two films (one short film and one feature length), join the discussion with filmmakers Anna-Sophia Richards and Astrid Schäfer (director, producer, IN MY SKIN), and Patrisha McLean (founder/president of Finding Our Voices; producer, "Women in Windows"). October 18 at 2:00pm […]

Cinema in Conversation: La Llorona

This fall we introduce a new virtual film series hosted by the Maine Film Center. Filmmakers, film experts, policymakers, and journalists from around the country and the world will join us on Zoom to discuss a film. Join a conversation with Director Jayro Bustamante, led by Ana Almeyda-Cohen and Tiffany Creegan Miller, Assistant Professors of Spanish, from Colby College, […]

Cinema in Conversation: Big Night

This fall we introduce a new virtual film series hosted by the Maine Film Center. Filmmakers, film experts, policymakers, and journalists from around the country and the world will join us on Zoom to discuss a film. Stanley Tucci’s directorial debut, BIG NIGHT, is a comedy-drama about two immigrant brothers from Italy who open a restaurant and try to […]

Stop-Motion Animation Workshop

Online Event ME

Students in grades 7-12: Join the Crew! A FREE monthly virtual workshop series with industry professionals. Participate in creative challenges to win prizes and gear. In the next session, explore the world of stop-motion animation with filmmakers Isabelle and Phoebe Rogers. MORE

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Virtual S.L.I.C.E.- 2D Animation

Online Event ME

Learn the essentials of 2D animation with award-winning filmmakers Isabelle and Phoebe Rogers, whose short films have won at the past two Maine Student Film & Video Festivals. They’ll take you through their process of storytelling and bringing shapes and figures to life with the power of stop-motion animation. For ages 13-18. Free. Registration required. […]

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Cinema in Conversation: BlacKkKlansman

Online Event ME

BlacKkKlansman: Spike Lee Takes on the Interracial Buddy Film with Charles I. Nero, Prof. of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies, Bates College Wednesday, February 3 at 7:30pm How it works: After watching the film (on your own time, in your preferred way), filmmakers, film experts, policymakers, and journalists from around the country and the world will join […]

Free

Cinema in Conversation: Choose-Your-Own Kelly Reichardt Film

Online Event ME

Pick one or more Kelly Reichardt films to watch, then tune in to the discussion. Dr. Matthew Holtmeier and Dr. Chelsea Wessels – Assistant Professors and Co-Directors of the Film and Media Studies program at East Tennessee State University – will introduce Kelly Reichardt and her filmography, offering insight into some of the key themes […]

Wonder Woman and Female Unruliness

Online Event ME

CINEMA IN CONVERSATION community discussions with filmmakers and experts from around the world WONDER WOMAN with Prof. Kathleen Rowe-Karlyn, University of Oregon Wednesday, March 3 at 7:30pm How it works: Register for the Zoom webinar (free!) Watch the film anytime, streaming on HBO Max and available to rent/buy from Google, Amazon, Apple, YouTube, etc. Tune in to the Zoom […]

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The Woman’s Film (1971)

Online Event ME

We continue to be inspired by remarkable artistic and creative endeavors across the country and around the world. While we are not able to travel far-and-wide during the pandemic, we are pleased to be able to share these initiatives virtually. Our ARTS WATCH segment spotlights some of the most fascinating, creative, and thought-provoking artists + […]

Cinema in Conversation: Bluebird

Online Event ME

Filmed in Maine! On a freezing January evening, school bus driver Lesley completes her route, but her final inspection abruptly ends when a bluebird comes into view. What happens next shakes her small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have enormous consequences. Director Lance Edmands will join us to discuss Bluebird, as well as […]

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Cinema in Conversation: Stray

Online Event ME

Stray explores what it means to live as a being without status or security, following three strays as they embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society. Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the […]

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Maine International Film Festival

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

The 24th annual Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) will be held July 9-18 at Railroad Square Cinema and Waterville Opera House in Waterville, Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre in Skowhegan, and online. The complete lineup, festival passes, and tickets for individual screenings are available on MIFF's website. Opening & Closing Night Tickets: $12 All Other Tickets: $10 […]

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MIFF

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

The 24th annual Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) will be held July 9-18 at Railroad Square Cinema and Waterville Opera House in Waterville, Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre in Skowhegan, and online. The complete lineup, festival passes, and tickets for individual screenings are available on MIFF's website. Opening & Closing Night Tickets: $12 All Other Tickets: $10 […]

The Wizard of Oz

Railroad Square Cinema Schupf Art Center, 93 Main St, Waterville, ME

Yes, it’s true! Margaret Hamilton, known forever as The Wicked Witch of the West, was a heck of an actress—as proven by the fact that she was actually a very sweet woman. No stranger to Maine, where she was a part-time resident, she once worked on the stage of Skowhegan’s Lakewood Theater! And her son, […]

$7.50 – $10.50
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