The 10th annual Emporia Area Match Day set a new record this year, raising an astounding $667,733.74 for 35 area organizations and the ECF Fund for the Future.
After a successful launch in 2019, the third season of The MidCoast Film Fest sets sail on Friday, July 29 and continues through Sunday, July 31. Join us in kicking off the weekend with an opening reception, catered by Seacoast Catering, beginning.
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Indie Film: After pandemic-year hiatus, MidCoast Film Fest planning second season
The Lincoln Theater is taking submissions of documentaries and films based on a true story for its nascent festival.
By Dennis Perkins
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The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta is home to the MidCoast Film Fest, whose second season was postponed to this year.
Photo courtesy of Andrew Fenniman
Starting a new film festival is tough. Starting one, putting on a promisingly successful first-ever program, then being shut down for an entire year by a global pandemic is beyond tough. It’s the sort of sucker punch that would send the average nascent film festival founder scurrying away in understandable defeat. But Maine is tough. And, when we’re talking about the Lincoln Theater’s MidCoast Film Fest, we’re talking midcoast tough. Not that being forced to skip the all-important second season of this brand new Maine film festival didn’t hit Lincoln Theater Executive Director Andrew Fenniman ha