2013 Festival Submissions Now Open

Mar 222013
 

Submissions for the 2013 Newburyport Documentary Film Festival (NDFF) are now being accepted. Please click on the link below to Without-A-Box to get your documentary submitted!

The 2013 NDFF will take place September 20 -22. Please mark your calendars. We will again open with a Friday night film followed by a fantastic selection of films throughout the weekend. Screenings will again be at the Firehouse Theater and the Screening Room.

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The 8th Annual Newburyport Documentary Film Festival

Mar 172013
 

We are excited to announce the 8th Annual Newburyport Documentary Film Festival will be held September 20-22, 2013! SAVE THE DATE!!!

We will again open with a Friday night film followed by a fantastic selection of films throughout the weekend. Screenings will again be at the Firehouse Theater and the Screening Room.

The Newburyport Film Festival (NDFF) is back!

Sep 232012
 

The BESTIVAL has come and gone to the Screening Room! On September 21-23, NDFF is proud to present The BESTIVAL! This year we will be screening some of our favorite films from past festivals.  Since the inception of the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival in 2004,  over 100 films have been screened.  Many have gone on to screen at numerous prestigious festivals and won countless awards.  So please join us this September and celebrate some of our and hopefully your favorite films from the past!

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We are excited to announce the 8th Annual Newburyport Documentary Film Festival will be held Sept. 20-22, 2013!  SAVE THE DATE!!!

The BESTIVAL is here!

Sep 222012
 

Films at 1:00pm (shorts program) and 8:oopm (Other People’s Pictures) today:

The Screening Room
82 State Street
Newburyport, MA
http://www.newburyportmovies.com

Buy tickets for any BESTIVAL screenings all weekend at the Screeening Room.

Tonight’s festivities:
7:30 pm  Join us for free “Wine and Whoopie (Pies)” + softdrinks and popcorn!!!!
8:00pm  Screening of “Other People’s Pictures”
9:20pm  Q&A with filmmakers:  Lorca Shepperd and Cabot Philbrick
10:00pm  Afterparty at Oregano’s: Ticketholders only!!!

The BESTIVAL is one week away!

Sep 152012
 

TICKET PRICES
Available for purchase now at the Screening Room during business hours!!!
Friday Sept 21 8pm Feature Film
The Philos0pher Kings
Enjoy Free “Wine and Whoopie (Pie)” 
Made possible by a generous donation from Chococoa Baking Company!
$10

Saturday Sept 22 1pm Shorts Program: 
Ride of the Mergansers
Elegy for the Elswick Envoy
Asparagus
$10

Saturday Sept 22  8pm Feature Film
Other People’s Pictures
Free wine and soft drinks
Q&A with filmmakers following film
After-party at Oregano’s
$15

Sunday Sept  23 8pm Feature Film
Motherland
Free wine and soft drinks
$10

 A limited number of ALL ACCESS PASSES are available for $30!

Announcing The BESTIVAL Schedule

Aug 182012
 

Friday, Sept 21 at 8pm

The Philosopher Kings (70 min)

Saturday, Sept 22 at 1pm: Shorts Program

–Ride of the Mergansers (11 min)

–Elegy for the Elswick Envoy (21 min)

–Asparagus! Stalking the American Life (53 min)

Saturday, Sept 22 at 8pm 

Other People’s Pictures (53 min)

Sunday, Sept 23 at 8pm

Motherland

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Aug 182012
 

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The Bestival Line-up: Motherland

Aug 072012
 

Motherland   2009 NDFF
Director: Jennifer Steinman

http://www.motherland-thefilm.org/about.html

An honest and intimate look at the complexities of grief and healing, “Motherland” is about resilience, triumph of the human spirit and the power of unconditional love. It also reminds us of the vastly different ways in which disparate cultures confront deeply felt personal challenges.  Each year over eight million families around the world suffer the loss of a child. In Jennifer Steinman’s moving and inspiring documentary film, a 17-day trip to South Africa transforms the lives of six grieving women from across the US. Unexpectedly and eight thousand miles from home, each finds comfort and healing in a landscape that appears, at first, to offer little more than melancholy.

Link to trailer   http://www.motherland-thefilm.org/watch.html

The Bestival Line-up: Other People’s Pictures

Aug 072012
 

Other People’s Pictures (53 min)   2005 NDFF
Directors:  Lorca Shepperd and Cabot Philbrick
http://www.other-peoples-pictures.com/press.htm

Nine obsessive collectors share an unlikely addiction: snapshots that have been abandoned or lost by their original owners and are now for sale. Ready to pay hundreds of dollars for a single picture, they hunt for the images that feed their fantasies and quiet the voices in their heads. See what they find and learn why they want it in this surprising look at the little-known world of vintage snapshot collecting.

Link to trailer  http://www.other-peoples-pictures.com/trailer.htm

The Bestival Line-Up: The Philosopher Kings

Aug 072012
 

The Philosopher Kings (70 min)   2009 NDFF Special Judges Mention
Director:  Patrick Shen
http://www.philosopherkingsmovie.com/

In search of wisdom found in unlikely places, The Philosopher Kings takes us on a journey through the halls of the most prestigious colleges and universities in America to learn from the staff members who see it all and have been through it all: the custodians. This thought-provoking documentary interweaves the untold stories of triumph and tragedy from the members of society who are often disregarded and ignored, and seeks out the kind of wisdom that gets you through the day and the lessons one learns from surviving hard times, lost loves, and shattered dreams.

Link to trailer http://vimeo.com/4541978

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