Film Fest for Casco Bay
Saturday, November 2, 2024
2-6 p.m.
What: Film Fest for Casco Bay
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024
Time: Doors open at 2 p.m. for food, drinks, raffle, & mingling
Films: 3 to 6 p.m.
Where: University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center, 88 Bedford Street, Portland, ME
Interested in volunteering at Film Fest? We have several opportunities starting at 12:45 p.m. Click here to learn about the roles and to sign up! Please reach out to Sara Freshley if you have additional questions: sfreshley@cascobay.org.
We will also host a raffle for prizes such as local hand crafted goods, gift cards to local shops and eateries, art, Friends of Casco Bay hats and jackets, and even private boat cruises on Casco Bay!
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This year's line-up!
THE CURRIER BROOK by Caleb N.L. Baker from Maine. This short film is the product of a twelve-month process examining the meanderings of a central Maine brook from above.
SEVEN PHASES OF MADNESS by Zacharie Turgeon. Welcome aboard the rollercoaster that is Mathos’ twisted mind while experiencing yet another journey on a gravel bike. Mad or not mad? Yours to judge.
IT GOES Jack Knellinger. Bound by time, a group of Ohio State University students satisfy their hunger for rock climbing by looking to the walls already around them.
AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE by Tom Bell from Maine. For anyone who yearns for a human connection to music, this is the story of a quirky radio station in Maine and its eccentric DJs. The 32-minute documentary showcases the people behind the microphone, taking the audience into the heart of the station and its community-first ethos.
ECHDOE by Gwen Kathryn Thomson. Following a life-changing climbing fall, Cheryl is told she might never walk again, launching her on a journey to heal the trauma of that day and testing her inner resilience to the limits. Echdoe follows her anxious return to the quarry years later, where this time, she intends to get to the top.
SOUNDSCAPE by Timmy ONeill. Soundscape shares the sightless experience of climbing a mountain via echo location, touch and imagination. Soundscape features Erik Weihenmayer, a global adventure athlete and author who is fully blind, as he ascends a massive alpine rock face deep in the Sierra Nevada. Using expert camera work and emotive, novel animation to bring to life a concept by adaptive climbing pioneer Timmy ONeill, the film is a surprising and soulful adventure.
FORE & AFT by Gabe Gerzon. For over 230 years, Lowell’s Boat Shop has perched over the Merrimack River in Massachusetts. Graham McKay, the master boat builder, safeguards tradition and community at the shop. While Graham has mentored for years, he finds an uncommonly precocious pupil in William, a 16-year-old drawn to the water and the workshop.
JOJO – A TOAD MUSICAL by Chelsea J Jolly and David Herasimtschuk. JOJO celebrates a creative and musical portrait of JoJo Nyaribo, a young nature lover and wildlife advocate as he explores the meaning of biodiversity and stewardship in his own backyard. This story weaves together Jojo’s love for the natural world with his journey in learning about and fighting against a specific fungus that has been wiping out a staggering number of amphibians around the globe.
TAKE ME TO THE OCEAN by Elena Mozzhelina from Maine. A story of healing through cold ocean waters of the Maine coast.
Plus: Special guest interview and Q&A with filmmaker Tom Bell, producer AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.
Thank you to our Film Fest for Casco Bay Sponsors
