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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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MIFF-by-the-Sea
Sep 17 - 20

The Maine International Film Festival is coming to Bar Harbor!

Fri Sept 17 - Mon Sept 20

Enjoy 4 days of exciting film events:  Local Films, Maine Films, International Films, Shorts & Documentaries, Animation, Filmmaker talks and more.

Film Schedule

Film Descriptions

 Catered Opening Night Celebration

Join us, our friends and neighbors, and several filmmakers for a friendly get-together fro 4pm - 6pm on Friday Sept 17 to kick off the festival.  The afternoon event will feature delectable appetizers from Sassafrass Catering using many local ingredients, and refreshing beverages from The Atlantic Brewing Company, Bar Harbor Cellars, and Old Soaker Sodas.  We will be celebrating MIFF Mid-Life Acheivement Award honoree and Reel Pizza friend Jay Cocks, who will be introducing his Oscar-nominated film THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at a 5:45 screening.  Tickets for the Celebration are $15.  Tickets for the film are $8.  

IMPROVISION 9/17 Special Festival Edition
Sep 17

Friday as part of MIFF-by-the-Sea

Special Film Festival Edition!  Don't miss out on all the FUN!

11:00 pm

LATE NIGHT FUN

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ITS BACK! and Better than ever!
Check out our occasional, wacky collaboration with the talented ImprovAcadia crew!

With the sound turned off, this ever-changing group of up-and-coming comedians improvise the dialogue, music tracks and sound effects to a cheesy, grade-B
movie, THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!  Their talents make the pictures on the screen way funnier than they were ever anticipated.  It's a totally new show every time. 

 

MEET YOUR FARMER
Oct 2

FILM AND TALK

Saturday 2pm

 

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Maine Farmland Trust (MFT), a statewide non-profit which works to preserve farmland and keep Maine’s farms farming, is hosting a showing of 8 short documentaries by Maine filmmakers Cecily Pingree and Jason Mann, which tell the diverse stories of eight Maine farms: from Aroostook to York, from potatoes to dairy, from large commercial operations to small farms that sell directly to local people.   Don’t miss this opportunity to see what has farmers, chefs, food connoisseurs and farmland conservation supporters talking about “an unmistakable momentum in Maine.”

 

John Piotti, Executive Director of Maine Farmland Trust, will be providing additional commentary to the films.

www.mainefarmlandtrust.org 
www.meetyourfarmer.org

 

Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased at the door. All proceeds will benefit Maine Farmland Trust in its efforts to preserve farmland and support agriculture in Maine.