Join The Maine Outdoor Film Festival, presented by Baxter Brewing, for a two hour program of outdoor adventure and conservation short films, shown outdoors, at Après for night three of the third weekend of MOFF.
Date: Saturday, August 13, 2022
Location: Outdoors at Aprés in Portland
Doors: 7:00 pm
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $15 adv / $18 day-of (included in the MOFF Gold Pass)
Make it a full day adventure and check out MOFF Field Day before the screening, from 2 to 6pm. Maine Outdoor Brands will be hosting the MOB Yard Sale with warehouse deals on apparel and gear from their awesome member companies, plus there will be live music, food trucks, beer & seltzer and of course the t-shirt swapaganza! The MOFF Field Day is free and open to the public.
Other info:
-A Panel discussion – How’d You Get That Shot!? – will occur from 6:30 to 7:30pm and is available to all ticket holders
-Please bring your own camp chair/blanket.
-Beer, and of course, Après signature seltzer available for purchase with ID.
–Eat It or Beat It food truck will be joining us for the evening.
-Outside water/snacks are allowed.
-Dogs are welcome, but we ask dog owners be courteous and remember folks are there to enjoy a film screening.
-A pay-what-you-can STREAMING OPTION is available on the night of the in-person showing.
In case of Foul Weather:
-If a screening is postponed because of rain or inclement weather, it will take place the following Monday night at the same location of the originally scheduled screening.
–If two screenings are postponed, the second screening will take place Tuesday, etc.
-We’ll attempt to make any postponement call by 4pm on the day of the screening, and will email all ticket purchasers. We’ll also post on our home page, social media and the event screening page.
-Tickets purchased for the original screening will be honored at the makeup screening.
-Ticket purchasers will also have the option of transferring their ticket to another screening or transferring to a virtual ticket.
Film Program:
The film program will last about two hours, 15 minutes, including a 10-minute intermission, and is subject to change
WRITE YOUR LINE – 3 minutes – by AUGEY MARC, COLLET ANDY – from France – Short synopsis: As a kid, Ben dreams of reaching the level of his favorite athletes, who have become legends today. During his ski descent, he finds himself sharing his ride with the greatest. This descent will go viral on the internet, provoking the craze of future generations, all curious to see such a sharing.
THE MAKER – 6.2 minutes – by Joe Pierre Azar – from Lebanon – Short synopsis: A short portrait documentary on the only professional surfboard shaper in the Arab region Paul Abbas.
REVERIE – 5.2 minutes – by Claire Wiley – from Utah – Short synopsis: Encaustic artist and outdoor adventurer, Bridgette Meinhold lives among the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. Her paintings reflect the aspen groves and peaks that surround her. On a frigid March morning, just before her birthday, Meinhold turns her muse into her canvas to create a snow labyrinth.
UNCHARTED WATERS – 7 minutes – by Jack Armstrong – from California – Short synopsis: Uncharted Waters tells the life-changing story of 50 active and inactive gang members experiencing an overnight whitewater rafting trip for the first time.
UNSINKABLE SHIPS – 7.8 minutes – by Lamia Lazrak, Josie Colt – from Maine – Short synopsis: Unsinkable Ships is an animated film that explores the ideas of theorist Buckminster Fuller through the voices and stories of Maine Islanders.
INTERMISSION
TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH: STOKE THE FIRE – 73 minutes – by Todd Jones, Steve Jones, Jon Klaczkiewicz – from United States – Short synopsis: Stoke the Fire explores our athletes’ evolution within skiing and the pure joy that manifests from that process. The stoke means different things to different people based on where they are in their evolution. For some it is about committing to a new world, a lifestyle, and the friendships that blossom from that commitment. The choice to enter this world is a spark, and with every new experience the fire grows. With more knowledge comes more exploration, both physically and geographically, that helps to understand what those raw experiences connected with nature do for the soul. With more experience an examination of our shared history becomes important, and ultimately some of us might want to test our limits at the upper echelon of what is possible by drawing upon the sum of our knowledge and experiences. While the answers we find are different for everyone the pursuit of this evolution is something sacred, the pursuit is what stokes the fire.
*this film is not available in the virtual program because of TGR distribution agreements
