TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mike Perreault Executive Director

Ken Eisen Programming Director

Julia Dunlavey Assistant Executive Director

Austin Frederick Technical Director

Nancy Bixler Senior Associate Programmer

Jordyn Chelf Marketing + Development Coordinator

Mary Ellms Communications Coordinator

Jackie Ferlito Interim Communications Coordinator

Arleen King-Lovelace Guest Services Coordinator

Jill Lawrence Patron Services Assistant

Lisa Lessard Guest Services Coordinator

Audrey Loo Production Assistant

Trish Lowell Associate Programmer

Yiyun Mao Production Assistant

John Meader Photographer

Deni Merrill Venue Manager

Emilienne Ouelette Senior Patron Services Assistant

Jak Peters Senior Associate Programmer, Projectionist

Saidah Russell Guest Programmer

Phoebe Sanborn Administrative Coordinator

Serena Sanborn Manager of Outreach + Community Partnerships

Phoebe Ellen Sessler Operations Specialist

Sara Stewart Event + Volunteer Coordinator

Marie Sugden Exhibitions Coordinator

Nathan Sylvester Venue Manager

Greta Thiele Patron Services Assistant

Josh Veilleux Box Office Manager

Zachary-Allen Wallace Venue Manager

Bria Watson Senior Associate Programmer

Lily Webb Technical Coordinator

Mali Welch/All Over It

Festival Graphic Design

Lisa Wheeler Education Manager

Jen Whelan Patron Services Assistant

Throughout this guide, MIFF’s film programmers are identified by their initials: KE Ken Eisen, SR Saidah Russell, NB, TL, JP, BW Nancy Bixler, Trish Lowell, Jak Peters, Bria Watson

Individual tickets for all festival screenings and events are available at MIFF.org and at the Ed Harris Box Office at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, until three hours prior to each showtime. After that time, tickets may only be purchased by queueing in the Rush Line at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center. All screenings $14.

Full Festival Pass ($250): Admits one to all events. Nontransferable.

Partial Pass ($125): Ten admissions to all events; good for up to two admissions per event.

Pass holders must arrive in line for their screening at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center at least 15 minutes prior to showtime to receive priority entry at the Maine Film Center and the Waterville Opera House. All event entry is subject to availability.

Derek Kimball, Caitie Collier, Charlotte Warren, Allen Baldwin, Emma Gregg, Louise Rosen, Tyler French, Teresa McKinney, Kate Hunter, Desi DuBois, Scott Wilkinson, Andrea Quaid, Todd Field, Mike Kaplan, Jake Perlin, Jim Stark, Karen Young

We welcome you to your new home for film and the visual and performing arts in downtown Waterville. The Ed Harris Box Office serves all ticket, pass, and merchandise sales, and is the point of admission for entry to all screenings at:

Our state-of-the-art, three-screen, independent cinema is acclaimed for exhibiting transformative first-run, classic, and international film—and for serving the best popcorn in the known universe.

Since 1902, the beautifully restored, 810-seat Waterville Opera House has been bringing the magic of the performing arts to audiences of all ages through community theatre, dance, concerts, and educational programming.

Photographs and video footage will be taken throughout MIFF and will be used by the Maine Film Center and Waterville Creates for marketing purposes in our print materials, on our website and social media channels, and in third-party publications. Your presence at Festival events constitutes your consent to being included in such recordings. No cameras or recording devices may be used during any film screenings.

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Michelle Jensen, Harry Rabideau, Marilyn Renfrew

Once you download the app you’ll never need WiFi or cellular data to find what you are looking for. On the road, around our towns, on the trail, or even out on the water, the app will guide you to nearly 100 spectacular locations throughout Maine’s Kennebec Valley.

Users will love its GPS-based mapping and inspiring descriptions that will lead them along our scenic drives and tours. Those seeking local brews will easily sip their way through the 14 stops along the Kennebec Valley Beer Trail or follow the listings to recreational trails, roadside oddities, outdoor sculptures and historic sites.

This year we explore new horizons. Across the Sky Bridge that links the Waterville Opera House to the new Maine Film Center at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center, and through a hundred films from across the globe, this MIFF will transport you throughout space and time. We envision:

Making new connections. Looking deep into the past, as our special guest Bill Morrison does in his work, we’re invited to reflect upon the origins and medium of film and how these elements of culture profoundly resonate in the present-day. In tandem with our partners at Ticonic Gallery + Studios and the Joan Dignam Schmaltz Gallery of Art, whose exhibitions and programs heighten the senses and encourage learning and discovery.

Building community. We invite anyone aged 18 and under to attend any event at the festival for free through the Youth Arts Access Fund by inquiring at the Ed Harris Box Office. We’ll proudly exhibit a bumper crop of Maine-made films and host an industry-focused event to highlight the efforts that make our state a competitive and fulfilling place to work in film and media.

Celebrating the cinema. With our now-annual, juried Tourmaline Prizes, we honor the best short- and feature-length made-in-Maine films. And, of course, we celebrate the internationally renowned and admired director Ildikó Enyedi with a MIFF Moose, 24 years after she first visited us here in this place we call home.

We’re honored that you’ve joined us for this experience.

Mike Perreault Executive Director Maine Film Center