Industry News - August 2012
HappeningsCheck out the Rhode Island International Film Festival August 7th to 12th. Events include opening night celebration, the Rhode Island Film Forum, and dozens of screenings. Learn more...
View ArticleThe DotCommentary: A New Column on the Local Film Industry and Film Tax Credits
Interesting conversations have been taking place lately on the Film Tax Credits and their worth. Let me start by explaining to you a little about myself, and why I am so committed to the results of...
View ArticleIndustry News - September 2012
HappeningsWant to go to a festival without leaving the comfort of your house? Check out the 4th Annual Online NewEnglandFilm.com Festival right here on the website, where we're screening 28 local films...
View ArticleIndustry News – October 2012
Happy HalloweenPrepare to be terrified at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival October 25–28. Films will screen at a few different venues; festival also includes the H.P. Lovecraft...
View ArticleThe DotCommentary: Election Season
Thank you for the overwhelming readership of my last article. You've persuaded the editors of NewEnglandFilm.com to keep me around for another month. Let me first state, I am a member of - but do not...
View ArticleIndustry News - November 2012
HappeningsThe Boston Jewish Film Festival runs November 7–19. Highlights include Surprise Screenings and Female Helmers, four shorts by women filmmakers. Festival passes are available. Visit bjff.org...
View ArticleIndustry News - December 2012
HappeningsCheck out the Hartford Flick Fest December 6–9 in Connecticut. Screenings will take place at Spotlight Theatres (39 Front Street) and include the Hartford-shot feature: Rising Star, written...
View ArticleKAY Studios, Rhode Island: New England's Smallest State has Big Potential
When it comes to film, larger New England states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut get the glory and the attention, but Rhode Island is not going unnoticed. With substantial productions taking...
View ArticleIndustry News - January 2013
HappeningsCelebrate the tenth annual Stowe Mountain Film Festival at the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum January 31st to February 3rd. Check out the festival website for more updates.read more
View ArticleRecap: Most Popular NewEnglandFilm.com Stories of 2012
15 from 2012Boston Casting: Ensemble Casting At Its Best When Angela Peri began her casting company in 1991, she named it Boston Casting because she wanted it to be bigger than herself. Today she has...
View ArticleRailroad Square Cinema: Small Town Theater Makes Big Waves
Since its opening 34 years ago, Railroad Square Cinema of Waterville, Maine, has become famous for supporting lesser known documentaries and independent films in their modest three-screen theater. They...
View ArticleThe DotCommentary: Massachusetts Reels in Reality TV Productions and Feature...
Lately, Boston has been getting its taste of reality. As the local film industry expands, the terrain has been flooded with reality TV. The Wahlberg family is pumping out their share of pilots,...
View ArticleIndustry News - February 2013
Academy Awards CelebrationsThe Ellie Fund’s 17th Annual Oscar Experience Boston will be held at Boston’s State Room on February 24th from 6:30 to 11:30 pm. Proceeds benefit breast cancer patients and...
View ArticleIndustry News - March 2013
HappeningsCelebrate films by and about women at the WAM!Boston Film Festival March 23–24 at the Brattle Theatre. Festival passes are available. Click here for more information.Montpelier, Vermont hosts...
View ArticleIndustry News - April 2013
HappeningsCelebrate Maine’s Lewiston Auburn Film Festival April 4-7. Highlights include a gala dinner, awards show, and student film competition. Films screen at a few different venues. For more...
View ArticleKickstart New England: April 2013
Check out two Kickstarter projects, both from filmmakers who showed films at the 2012 NewEnglandFilm.com Online Film Festival:True Colors: OUT Youth TheaterMassachusetts filmmaker Ellen Brodsky...
View ArticleMemories For Sale: Local Playwright Makes First Film
They say good things come in small packages, and that is definitely the case for the upcoming short film Memories For Sale, set to premiere on April 20th in Lowell, Massachusetts. The story follows...
View ArticleKickstart New England: Jake Bann's "Deterrence"
Boston University student Jake Bann is looking for Kickstarter support for the film Deterrence, his thesis and "the passion project of a few visionaries with a story to tell." Written and directed by...
View ArticleIndustry News - May 2013
HappeningsThe Berkshire International Film Festival runs in Great Barrington and Pittsfield, Massachusetts May 30th to June 2nd. Screenings include Before Midnight, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, and After...
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