The Shiretown Film Festival
Film Festival lights up Houlton’s Silver Screen For one week in late April the Temple Theatre in Houlton’s Market Square will be un-reeling its inaugural premier of the ShireTown Film Festival. Featuring films usually only glimpsed on DVD or in far flung locales the theatre’s entire weeklong schedule will be turned over to a full schedule of back to back films acknowledged as amongst the world’s best of the last year. Included will be Academy Award winning and nominated Best Foreign Picture “The Lives of Others,” the rarely shown complete line up of Oscar nominated and winning short documentaries and animated films, the acclaimed Spanish film “Pan’s Labyrinth”, the uplifting “Amazing Grace,” and the Maine film sensation “Islander” which was filmed on location on the island of Vinalhaven featuring many local Maine actors and crew will have it’s Aroostook County premier. A few films are still under negotiation for inclusion. Opening night is Friday April 27th. The theatre will be open seven nights including Saturday and Sunday double matinees with a full rotating schedule to insure that all films will be able to be seen by anyone with a busy schedule. Special ticket pricing will be available for the entire series. To receive a schedule via email please write mikeh@midcoast.com. |
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“The Lives of Others” is the taut suspense filled thriller about an East German surveillance operation that transforms the spy and the actress and playwright he spies on. It was the surprise Best Foreign Picture Oscar winner. “The story that surrounds us is a suspenseful, ethically exacting drama, beautifully realized by the writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck” “Islander” Made in Maine drama showing a hot tempered island lobsterman who comes back from prison a changed man and tries to fit back into his island that has also changed but will not welcome him easily. “A powerfully atmospheric sense of place engulfs "Islander," helmer Ian McCrudden's intimate drama about the sacrifices made and life lessons learned by the residents of an offshore fishing community. Thomas Hildreth's deeply felt performance as a prodigal ex-con anchors this slow-moving vessel, which glides gently on a sea of understated emotions and character insights." “Amazing Grace” The acclaimed and sweeping story behind the times and the man who lead the fight to end the British Empire’s legal slavery. “An unusually satisfying and inspiring historical epic from one of contemporary cinema's best filmmakers.”
“Pan’s Labyrinth” A young girl hides in fairy tales amidst war. Set in Spain’s end of WW2 and the beginning of its slide into fascism “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a swift and accessible entertainment, blunt in its power and exquisite in its effects. A child could grasp its moral insights while all but the most cynical of adults are likely to find themselves troubled to the point of heartbreak by its dark, rich and emphatic emotions. Destined to take every award this season something happened on the way to the Oscar. Winning in many categories the “best picture” proved illusory. Yet the film remains as perhaps the most stunning achievement in the films that vied for attention. Oscar nominated and winning “short documentary films”: a program of four short films. A concert pianist who loses use of his hand relearns his craft, children working and struggling in the dumps of Guatemala, a Chinese family learns how to live with their child’s HIV, and child artists rehearse and perform with legendary performing artists. Oscar nominated and winning “short animated films”. A program of nine of the finest animation short films of the year. This isn’t Cars or Shrek but it may be some of the people who work on those films. Featuring some of the most provocative and creative work being made. |
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