The 17th edition of the Camden International Film Festival, the Maine-based documentary event produced by the Points North Institute, will be an expanded hybrid festival, and the largest in person…
Film and Theater
‘We owe everything to the communities that have supported us...and that is why we are protecting our community’s safety’
ROCKLAND — Strand Theatre, in Rockland, announces the following additions to their August and September 2021 lineup:
FILMS
Friday, Aug 13 - Tuesday, Aug…
Hail to the Rad Kids
HOPE—The Hope General Store serves as a catalyst in 19-year-old Emma Jordan’s short film The Musicbox, which won an Honorary Mention award at the 43rd Maine Student Film an Video Festival…
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre swings into August with four in-person films to choose from.
Friday, July 30 - Tuesday, August 3: The Loneliest Whale
A cinematic…
MIFF’s best short visual stories by Maine filmmakers
WATERVILLE—The Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) kicks off this weekend for a 10-day festival in Waterville showcasing nearly 100 films. Of particular interest are the 11 “Maine Short”…
Emma Jordan, Grade 12, has received an Honorable Mention for her film, The Musicbox, which will screen during the 43rd Maine Student Film & Video Festival.
The Maine Film…
special screening of ‘CODA’ (child of deaf adults)
ROCKPORT — The Camden International Film Festival has announced several new titles to its Summer Series at the Shotwell Drive-In. Constructed last summer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The…
Drive-ins and pop-up outdoor theaters became popular last summer and their staying power is holding the summer of ‘21. The beauty of not paying for a $10 tub of popcorn is that you can bring your…
‘members of our community who stepped up, in a truly remarkable way’
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will celebrate Maine teachers, school administrators, and support staff throughout the month of July by offering them free admission to films showing in the theater…
CAMDEN — Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, is welcoming larger audiences, using a choose-your-own ticketing software that…
BELFAST — Six awkward spelling champions learn that winning (and losing) isn't everything in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Midcoast Theater Company’s 2021 summer musical.…
Four Free Family-Friendly Movies throughout the summer
BELFAST — Our Town Belfast is bringing four free family-friendly movies to Steamboat Landing Park this summer. The four movies will be shown on a 20-ft wide inflatable screen at the Park. The…
BELFAST — When the “you-know-what’ hit the United States in March of 2020, the Colonial Theatre marquee went dark and stopped showing films to its Midcoast citizenry. The last time this happened?…
‘ready to come together again to enjoy the beauty of the shared experience’
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will again open its doors for film screenings starting on Friday, June 11. The theater’s new season of films will open with the new release In the Heights, a…
two additional contests added this year
“This past year has been challenging,” said the University of Maine in Augusta, in a news release. “We have been quarantining, masking, ‘pivoting,’ rising up, breaking…
BELFAST — Would you like to learn more about the technical side of theater? The Belfast Maskers is offering teens and young adults the chance to work alongside the Maskers’ seasoned tech people to…
exploring movement, puppetry, theater, and the irresistible power of being ridiculous
The Boston-based ensemble The Gottabees will present three interactive Zoom experiences for kids and families as part of the virtual Strand Family Series.
“How to Charm A Sea Monster” will…
BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers announce their 2021 season.
Founded in 1987, Belfast's premiere community theater group continues to provide quality, engaging live theater, theater camps and…
The Strand Theatre presents a series of virtual cinematic events, including documentary art films and award-winning stage productions, available to stream from their website.
March…
‘Picture Maine’ aims to boost the current film incentive to 25 percent
Maine is a filmmaker’s dream with its rugged coastline, diverse terrain, a pool of talent, and mystique. So why aren’t more movies and television shows shot here?
This has been the…
citizens of Almost experience the life-altering power of the human heart
WALDOBORO — The Waldo is raising the curtain on live theatre production, making sure it’s a safe, fun, and rewarding experience for all, with a call for actors to audition March 17 or 18 for a…
Kate Novack, an Emmy-nominated writer-director-producer of documentaries, wrote and directed “Hysterical Girl,” a short film nominated for Best Short by the International Documentary Association.…
BELFAST — Midcoast Theater Company, formerly Midcoast Actors Studio, announces auditions for its 2021 summer musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Auditions will be held…
BELFAST — Midcoast Theater Company, formally Midcoast Actors Studio, announces auditions for its 2021 spring teen production, She Kills Monsters. Auditions will be held March 18, from 6 - 9 p.m., …
girls’ indoor soccer team navigating big questions and waging tiny battles
The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present an on-demand virtual production of its first spring show, The Wolves, streaming online from March 5–14.
The…
The Strand Theatre continues to present new release films to stream from their website. Six films will be available throughout the month of March.
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stories of residents whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably connected to the ocean
On Tuesday, March 2, at 7 p.m., the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center and Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host a panel discussion with Ian Cheney, director of the 2020 documentary…
WALDOBORO – The Waldo Theatre, which has been closed since 2014 and under renovations and with new board leadership for the past three years, needed to raise $200,000 to complete its $…
Ryan Jackson leads a series of virtual adult improv classes through the Farnsworth Art Museum
ROCKLAND—When creative improvisational master Ryan Jackson gets down to serious business, there are going to be a lot of laughs.
The Rockland native is hosting a series of virtual improv…
Former school site would show films throughout summer
ROCKPORT — Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) founder Ben Fowlie and Development Director Emily Peckham have proposed to operate a drive-in move theater on the former Rockport Elementary…
A short film highlighting Port Clyde’s John Cotton and Toni Small has been released along with two other films in a new series of short documentary films featuring some of Maine’s sea farmers. The…
The Strand Theatre continues to present new release films to stream from their website. Three of the films available thoughout January are The Weasel’s Tale, The Reason I Jump, and …
never seen before archive materials, gripping docu-thriller, all-access into a life
The Strand Theatre continues to present new release films to stream from their website. Three documentaries will be available throughout the month of January.
Coup 53 is the story…
intimate details of drug addiction, homophobia, and medical establishment
The Strand Theatre continues to present films to stream from their website. Available throughout the month of December is the new documentary Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, which explores…
searching for the twelve best, underappreciated Christmas songs ever recorded
The Strand Theatre continues to present films to stream from their website. Throughout the month of December, the 2014 documentary Jingle Bell Rocks! takes the viewer on a search for the…
‘our special Christmas gift to you’
For the holiday season, the Strand Theatre presents a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ classic story A Christmas Carol by House Manager Liz McLeod. The reading is available…
neighboring families compete ‘with hilarious and catastrophic results’
The Belfast Maskers will crown their 2020 season with an online holiday show. The short comedy Let There be Lights!, by Dwayne Yancey, is about neighboring families who vie to put up the…
‘stylized sets that create a surreal cult atmosphere while paying tribute to film classics’
The Strand Theatre continues to offer films to stream from their website. Offered throughout the month of December is a new Canadian comedy The Twentieth Century.
This story of an…
The Strand Theatre’s “Streaming Cinema” films for December include a documentary about a New York City plastic surgeon doing groundbreaking transgender surgery; a Danish story about…
local artists navigating these uniquely challenging times
CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House is launching a series of short videos that focus on how local performers and other artists have been navigating these uniquely challenging times. The “Conversations…
CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of safely distanced 45-seats/one-set-only concerts in the auditorium has started to schedule shows in 2021, while getting ready for two more…
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre announces its “Streaming Cinema” films for November.
“Ticket proceeds are split between the Strand and the movie distribution companies, so a viewer’s…
The Maine Jewish Film Festival is pleased to announce its first virtual festival, to be held Nov. 7-22. Featuring 15 feature and documentary films and related programs, the 2020 virtual MJFF will…
confronting the terrifying ‘Curse of Wilton Waldrop!’
The Strand Theatre presents the “Strand on the Air Halloween Special,” an original radio variety show, on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m., with a re-broadcast on Saturday, Oct…
On Sunday, Nov. 8 from 3-5:30 p.m., Midcoast Conservancy is hosting the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on tour. This online event consists of 16 short documentary films made by independent…
the public lands debate through the eyes of three families
The Strand Theatre continues to present new release films that viewers can watch through online streaming platforms. By purchasing a “virtual ticket,” movie fans can still see the films that would…
screenings to benefit YMCA, Wabanaki health, free drive-in days
This year the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) is going virtual, along with screening twelve nights of films live at its new Shotwell Drive-In Theatre, in Rockport. A program of the…
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced its main slate of feature and short films for its expanded 16th edition, which will take place October 1-12, 2020. In addition…
‘an eye-opening and humorous portrait of a political race’
While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre continues to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that viewers can watch through online…
1948 – the year Trond turned 15. The summer Trond grew up.
While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre continues to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that viewers can watch through online streaming platforms. By…
