Bangor Film Festival
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| Location | Bangor, Maine |
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The Bangor Film Festival started as a week-long event, taking place annually in the city of
independent filmmakers
from all over the world, with a special emphasis on showcasing films from the local Maine film scene. Each year the festival features special discussion panels and screenings which focus on a particular
cinematic theme or genre.[citation needed] Each year the festival gives awards in the following categories; Best of the Festival (Audience Award), The John Ford Award (for outstanding achievement in directing) and the Queen City Award (special jury prize).[citation needed]
The first annual BFF took place in late December 2007.film production company. The special focus of the 2007 festival was on the independent short film.[citation needed] The festival also hosts the first annual 28-Eighty Film Shootout Competition, in which filmmakers have 2,880 minutes (48 hours) in which to write, direct and edit their films.[citation needed]
In 2010, the Bangor Film Festival merged with the KahBang Film Festival, becoming part of the
KahBang Music, Art & Film Festival.[citation needed] Now in its fifth year, the KahBang Film Festival is a three-day festival, taking place on the Bangor Waterfront during New England's indie & largest discovery festival; showcasing emerging talents in music | art | film. To that end, KahBang Film is a discovery festival for independent cinema, dedicated to showcasing emerging films and filmmakers and exposing them to new audiences.[citation needed] The festival is a program of the non-profit organization KahBang Arts. To serve this mission, the KahBang Film Festival uses a free ticket model allowing for a wide, diverse audience of festival-goers.[citation needed
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KahBang film receives submissions for independent filmmakers from across the globe.[citation needed]
Notes and references
- ^ Bangor Opera House
- ^ "The Inaugural Bangor Film Festival and 28-Eighty Film Shootout". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
External links
- New England Film online magazine listing
- KahBang Film Festival website
- KahBang Arts website
- KahBang Music, Art & Film website
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