The Maine Outdoor Film Festival is back for 2021! The International festival celebrating adventure, conservation, and the arts is happening this summer in Portland, Maine!
This year, the Maine Outdoor Film Festival will be be hosting ELEVEN nights of screenings in various Portland, outdoor spots, from July 29 – August 8, 2021, featuring two hours of entertainment each night. These nights always sell out, so be sure to purchase your tickets now- available in individual tickets, a MOFF Gold Pass, or a Friend of MOFF all-access pass. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Teens to Trails.
Full Maine Outdoor Film Festival lineup below:
7/29 The Kennebec Program
Eastern Promenade, 8p – 10p
BLIND FAITH – 25.66 minutes – by Graeme Meiklejohn – from BC
THE LIGHT OF LUBEC – 3.2 minutes – by Roger McCord – from Maine
24 LEECHES – 10 minutes – by Aaron Peterson – from MI
RUNNING THROUGH BARRIERS – 6 minutes – by Julia Ngeow – from Maine
THE GILDED TRAP – 17.1 minutes – by Ashley Siana – from Maine
DISTANT DHARMA – 16 minutes – by Annemarie Hennes – from United States
THE LONG GAME – 5.33 minutes – by Herman Mantis, Inc. – from PORTLAND
JEFF LABREE | MAINE GUIDE – 1.5 minutes – by Lone Spruce Creative – from Maine – Short
THE FUNNY RUNNER – 20 minutes – by Rob Steger – from CO
7/30 The Penobscot Program
Eastern Promenade, 8p – 10p
BORN FROM JUNK – 14.5 minutes – by Mike Horn, Galin Foley – from CO
HOME OR HIGH WATER – 11.5 minutes – by Dave Weich – from Portland, Oregon
DIRTBAGS – 5.18 minutes – by E.C. Brego – from Maine
TO ROW AND LET GO – 27.5 minutes – by Doug Welch – from Maine
DECISION – 12.33 minutes – by Beau Gaughran – from Maine
THE SURFBOARD BUILDER – 3.97 minutes – by Juliette Sutherland – from Maine
MORE THAN A MOUNTAIN – 37.6 minutes – by Maine Mountain Media – from Maine
7/31 The Saco Program
Eastern Promenade, 8p – 10p
BLAZING TRAIL – 9 minutes – by SouthBound Collective – from Queensland
GO JOSIE – 12 minutes – by Gingerly Films – from Charlotte, NC
UNDERSTORY – A JOURNEY INTO THE TONGASS – 40 minutes – by Colin Arisman – from VT
IF I TELL THEM – 12.43 minutes – by Oliver Sutro – from CO
SUFFERFEST – 11 minutes – by Tyler Graim – from USA, CO, Denver
JUNIPER RIDGE LANDFILL MEGADUMP PART 1 – 16.57 minutes – by Sunlight Media
YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE – 10.5 minutes – by Jamie Walter, Taylor Walker, Chris Shane – from Maine
8/1 The Mattawamkeag Program
Eastern Promenade, 8p – 10p
RECOLONIZING THE ELWHA – 8.6 minutes – by Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission/North 40 Productions – from Pacific Northwest
SNOWY – 12 minutes – by Alex Wolf Lewis and Kaitlyn Schwalje – from Maine
WITHOUT A PADDLE – 40 minutes – by Nick Khattar, Johan Rosen – from Canada
FAKA’APA’APA – 14.1 minutes – by Scott Sporleder – from CA
GOAT LADY – 11.3 minutes – by Doroga Media – from Auburn, Maine
ACADIA – 3.3 minutes – by Somewhere Studios – from Cape Town & Connecticut
PROJECT 20/20 – 9 minutes – by Geoff Nickerson – from Maine
45 MINUTES BY PLANE – 9.83 minutes – by Guillaume Knobloch – from MA
8/2/21 The River Runner
Urban Farms Fermentory 8p – 10p
85 minutes – by Rush Sturges
The story of Scott Lindgren’s 20-year quest to be the first person to paddle the four great rivers that originate from Tibet’s sacred Mount Kailash is more than a gripping whitewater flick. It is also an intimate chronicle of an emotionally stunted athlete who’s having a breakthrough after a life crisis.
8/3 Double Feature
Urban Farms Fermentory 8p – 10p
THE LAST LIGHTKEEPERS – 1 hour – by Rob Apse – from NH
This lighthouse film odyssey across New England, explores the regions final act to save these American sentinels that once defined a nation, now deemed excess, where individuals fight to preserve their structures and recount their folklore before their lights go dim.
FOLLOWING LINES – 59.75 minutes – by François Léger-Savard – from Quebec
Seeking a deeper encounter with the territory of the Inuit, six paddlers plan to make the first recorded descent of a little-known river in northern Quebec. This mapping expedition, beset by adverse weather conditions and other unforeseeable situations, is also, for the filmmaker, a reminder of his ancestry.
8/4 The Long Coast
Gulf of Maine Research Institute 8p – 10p
In a series of lyrical portraits, THE LONG COAST illuminates the stories of Maine’s seafolk, those whose lives and livelihoods are inextricably connected to the ocean. This film shows the beauty and uncertainty they face as overfishing, aquaculture and warming seas confront Maine and its people with profound change.
8/5 The Androscoggin Program
Eastern Promenade, 8p – 10p
SAILING CITA – 8 minutes – by Anna Wilder Burns – from Portland, Maine
A JOURNEY UPSTREAM – 12 minutes – by Eric & Andrew Braker – from Brookeville, Maryland
RATTLESNAKE TO WESTWATER – 20 minutes – by Hank Leukart – from California
SCHOOLIES – 4.75 minutes – by Camden Spear – from Maine
HIDDEN WILD – 26 minutes – by Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen – from Florida
TREE TO BOARD – 16 minutes – by Torsten Brinkema – from Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and currently residing in Waterville, Maine
DURGA: FORGING A NEW TRAIL – 20.47 minutes – by Emily Hopcian – from Michigan
8/6 The Nezinscot Program
Eastern Promenade, 8p – 10p
THE GHOST – 15 minutes – by Carlo Nasisse, Maria Luisa Santos – from Athens, Georgia (Based in Mexico City)
THE PALISADES PROJECT – 20 minutes – by Mike Vanata of Square State Film – from WY
BIKE BORDERLANDS – 3.3 minutes – by Sam Davies – from United States
MADE BACK EAST – 22 minutes – by Vagrants – from Back East
REWILDING THE NORTHEAST – 10.7 minutes – by Cassidy Motahari – from VT
THE MAQUOIT II: THE LIFELINE OF CASCO BAY – 4.9 minutes – by Bob Krist – from Boothbay Harbor, Maine
THE TEARS OF SHIVA – 31.33 minutes – by Mikel Sarasola – from Spain
8/7 The Sheepscot Program
Eastern Promenade, 8p – 10p
RAISED ON RAINBOWS – 8.9 minutes – by Matt Coddaire – from Gunnison River, Colorado
THE PATH LESS PAVED – 9 minutes – by Colin Jones – from Canada
APPROACH – 14.1 minutes – by Eric Merideth – from Massachusetts
AGUILUCHO: DANCE OF THE HARPY EAGLE – 21.85 minutes – by Daniel Byers – from United States
SEASONS OF LOVE – 4 minutes – by Steve Underwood – from Maine
THE SEA FARMERS – 9.13 minutes – by Nathan Golon, Emilie Silvestri – from Maine
MAINE: BLUE HOUR ON THE MIDCOAST – 2.85 minutes – by Bob Krist – from Boothbay Harbor, Maine
FREE AS CAN BE – 31 minutes – by Samuel Crossley – from CA
8/8 The St. Croix Program (FINAL NIGHT)
Eastern Promenade, 8p – 10p
RY’S WAY – 4.75 minutes – by Bailey Beltramo – from NH
CONNECTION – 29.33 minutes – by Jan Zurek – from Utah
THE FERRYMAN – 8.4 minutes – by Carlo Nasisse – from Athens, Georgia (Lives in Mexico City)
NEVER IN THE WAY – 6 minutes – by Colin Jones , Anthill Films – from United States
RIDE MAINE: CAPE ELIZABETH – 3 minutes – by Greg O’Connor – from Maine
CRUX – 34 minutes – by Zac Hoffman, Casey Dubois – from BC
THE MAROON BOMBER – 9.95 minutes – by Joshua M. Thomas – from CA
DANI BURT – 11 minutes – by Brian Olliver – from Los Angeles, CA
