Cast your vote for “Best of the Fest” – The Disposable Film Festival awaits your input! It’s no secret: The LFC are huge fans of the Bay Area-based Disposable Film Festival (read our past entry on the DFF HERE), so much so that plans are in the works to partner with the DFF (thanks to [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Vote for your favorite Disposable Film Festival short — voting closes May 31!
Posted in Movie Rants-N-Raves, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Carlton Evans, Disposable Film Festival, Disposable Film Festival Competitive Shorts on May 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Casting call in Nashua, NH for feature film, “The A Plate”
Posted in Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged BetweenGigs Casting, casting calls Nashua NH, casting calls New Hampshire, The A Plate movie on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Calling all actors and wannabe film extras! We received a hot tip yesterday on a romantic comedy/feature film being shot in the greater Nashua, NH, area called The “A” Plate. The producers and BetweenGigs Casting are looking for both background and featured players, so get your resumes and headshots together and get in touch with these folks. [...]
Standing room only at “Enlighten UP!” screening!
Posted in Screenings and Events on May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The LFC has been flying on air from our last two film events, Browsing Through Birke’s and Enlighten Up! It seems our wishes for hosting full-house screenings and bringing the community together around film have been granted as of late, and we are here to thank YOU. Thank you for your attendance and support; thank you [...]
Is the truth about yoga OUT THERE? “Enlighten Up” screens TONIGHT at Life Alive in Lowell
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, tagged Brom Yoga, Enlighten Up, Jon Brandi, Kate Churchill, Life Alive Lowell, Nick Rosen, The Space Lowell, Western Ave Studios Lowell on May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ENLIGHTEN UP (2008) A Skeptic’s Journey Into the World of Yoga Monday, May 24 | 7:30PM Life Alive Urban Oasis & Cafe 194 Middle Street, Lowell Free admission (donations welcome!) For some, the power of yoga has transformed and healed body, mind, and soul. But Nick Rosen is a bit skeptical — what IS it [...]
Lowell’s Pollard Library’s “Forever Free” exhibit features a Civil War Film Series
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, tagged Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, American Library Association, Civil War Film Series Lowell, Forever Free Lowell, Gilder Lehman Institute of American History, Glory the movie, Huntington Library, Johnny Shiloh, Mass Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, Pollard Memorial Library Lowell, Sojourner Truth on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Quick local film news flash: Lowell’s Pollard Memorial Library will feature a wonderful Civil War Film Series in conjunction with their exhibit Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation, which reexamines President Lincoln’s efforts toward the abolition of slavery during the Civil War. Organized by the Huntington Library and the Gilder Lehman Institute of American History in cooperation with [...]
Thanks / More Film!
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged (500) Days of Summer, Birke's Department Store Lowell, BromYoga, Browsing Through Birke's, Chelmsford Public Library, Enlighten Up, Jon Brandi, Life Alive, Szifra Birke on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We here at the Lowell Film Collaborative couldn’t be happier or more honored for the wonderful turnout we had on Tuesday at the National Park Visitor Center for our community screening of the documentary Browsing Through Birke’s. Our partnership for this (ad)venture with Szifra Birke, daughter of the film’s subjects Nathan and Sally Birke, has [...]
“Browsing Through Birke’s” tells the tale of survival, and a Lowell landmark
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, tagged Birke's Department Store Lowell, Browsing Through Birke's, Center for Lowell History, Joe Quinlan photography, lowell film events, Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, Nathan Birke, Sally Birke, Szifra Birke, The Birke Building Lowell on May 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“BROWSING THROUGH BIRKE’S“ Tuesday, May 18 | 6PM Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center 246 Market Street, Lowell Free admission! 6 – 7PM: Visit with Sally Birke and family members – share your memories of Birke’s! 7 – 8PM: Watch “Browsing Through Birke’s” 8 – 9PM: Discussion, Q&A 9PM: Head across the street to Brew’d [...]
Chad Montrie’s “River Cycle” screens for Doors Open Lowell
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, tagged Boott Cotton Mills Museum Lowell, Chad Montrie, Doors Open Lowell, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell National Preservation month, Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, River Cycle: The Concord in Lowell, Tsongas Industrial History Center on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last month, the LFC was fortunate enough to help promote (and attend) the premiere of filmmaker Chad Montrie‘s documentary, River Cycle: The Concord in Lowell. The event was a sold-out affair, with almost 100 people in attendance and a great lineup of guest speakers, including the Tsongas Industrial History Center, Lowell National Historical Park, and [...]
Local film news, courtesy of NewEnglandFilm.com
Posted in Film Festivals, Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Boston Film Festival, Boston LGBT Film Festival, Camden International Film Festisval, CT Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Kevin Bright, Mass Cultural Council, New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival, Perkins School for the Blind, Principle Pictures Plymouth Mass, Vermont Film Commission, Walpole HS Film Festival, Williamstown Film Festival on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We at the LFC try to keep our fingers on the pulse of Great New England film news. Here are some juicy nuggets, courtesy of one of our favorite online resources, NewEnglandFilm.com. It’s worth the time to sign up for their e-mail notifications, especially if you’re a local film festival buff — there are film fests aplenty [...]
Get serious about your screenwriting!
Posted in Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Angela's Ashes, Animal House, Caleb Deschanel, Chocolat, Vermont College, Vermont College Writing for Stage and Screen Conference on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
IMAGINE IT. After a breakfast discussion on character arcs with Animal House star Peter Riegert and famed playwright and anthologist Nina Shengold, you hustle across campus and slide into a seat at the conference table to hear what the producer of Chocolat and Angela’s Ashes has to say about your script. After two hours of [...]
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