Maine International Film Festival to open Friday with ‘The Bookshop’

The 21st annual festival is expected to draw 10,000 film enthusiasts to Waterville from around the world during its 10-day run.

Maine International Film Festival 2018 schedule

J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Memoir of War’

The film brings to life Marguerite Duras' diaries of life under the German occupation in Paris with a penetrating look into the souls of the waiting, J.P. Devine writes.

Film festival wraps up by honoring outgoing director Shannon Haines

About 9,000 people attended the 20th annual festival over 10 days, organizers say.

Film festival workshop in Waterville aims to teach collaboration, big thinking

Taught by a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, the workshop had participants make experimental short films with their phones.

J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Deep Waters’

In the family-based film set on the rocky coast of Maine, characters will be tested by a deep-sea storm before the waters calm on a positive note, writes J.P. Devine.

Maine International Film Festival honors Lauren Hutton with Mid-Life Achievement Award

Supermodel and actor Hutton, 73, widely known for her role in 'American Gigolo,' joins 19 other winners of the MIFF award.

J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Trouble in Paradise’

The 1932 light comedy requires us to loosen up and listen, because the dialogue is fast and furious, full of clipped questions and slap-in-the-face answers, writes J.P. Devine.

Interactive documentary by Colby professor, former student screens at Maine film festival

"The Maribor Uprisings" lets audiences experience the massive protests that engulfed the Slovenian city in 2012.

J.P. Devine MIFF Movie Review: ‘Stairway to Heaven’

The effects throughout, in blazing Technicolor and gorgeous black and white, are worth the cost of the popcorn, writes J.P. Devine.