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Special Note: Maine Premiere Filmmaker: Mike Wilkinson Total Running Time: 00:20:00 Filming Location: Kentucky Filmmaker Origin: Michigan Synopsis: Ice climbing in Kentucky?! This adventure documentary takes the audience for a bourbon-fueled ride deep into the bushy hollers of Appalachia with a crew of harmless misfits as they race to search out and climb new ice routes...

Filmmaker: Johann Vorster Total Running Time: 0:12:00 Filming Location: Cameroon Filmmaker Origin: South Africa Synopsis: Imagine a fish so big that some call it the elephant of the river. Imagine it inhabited the waters of 1/4 of the African continent in vast numbers. Now imagine, that largely unseen to the developed world, a wave...

2020 MOFF Award Winner: Best ShortFilmmaker: Anna Burns and Jack Bouchard Total Running Time: 0:04:22 Filming Location: New Hampshire Filmmaker Origin: Maine and New Hampshire Synopsis: Recycled to Ride' features Korey Nolan, a local New Hampshire surfer and surf crafter. Nolan has blended his love of surfing with his passion for environmental advocacy to create...

Filmmaker: Rebecca Hynes Total Running Time: 0:04:00 Filming Location: United States Filmmaker Origin: United States Synopsis: Three river surfers become obsessed free divers, reuniting lost belongings and unearthing the water logged history of the Deschutes River. This film to be screened at: 7/30/20 - Late Show - Thompson's Point - Portland ...

Special Note: United States Premiere Filmmaker: Say Mahalo Total Running Time: 0:03:17 Filming Location: In Italy, at Lago di Resia Filmmaker Origin: Germany Synopsis: "Just Be" is a short movie about the art of living wide rather than living long. "Life's short, they say. But...

Special Note: New England Premiere Filmmaker: Kevin Mcgee & Brandon Bondehagen Total Running Time: 0:03:10 Filming Location: Fairbanks, Alaska Filmmaker Origin: Portland, Oregon Synopsis: Mini Doc. about a dog musher in Fairbanks Alaska and how he and his dogs work with each other in hard winter conditions. Thoughts from the filmmaker: It was a challenge keeping our equipment...

Filmmaker: Rachel Knoll Total Running Time: 00:04:00 Filming Location: United States Filmmaker Origin: United States Synopsis: Ski Jumping was one of the original Olympic sports. However, it wasn't until the 2014 winter Olympics that women athletes were able to compete. This motivational short shows the portrait of a young female athlete who grew...

2020 MOFF Award Winner: Emerging Filmmaker AwardFilmmaker: Eli Haan and Emilia Quinton Total Running Time: 0:30:48 Filming Location: United States Filmmaker Origin: United States Synopsis: In one of the whitest cities in the USA, a queer African American woman disrupts the outdoor adventurer stereotype. Thoughts from the filmmaker: Our Trails Too is more than a hero’s journey....

2020 MOFF Award Winner: Best Maine FilmFilmmaker: Benjamin Keller Total Running Time: 0:13:44 Filming Location: Maine Filmmaker Origin: Maine Synopsis: What makes a great beer? The water of course! How a handful of brewers and conservationists are looking to protect Maine's Sebago Lake Watershed, for beer's sake. This film to be screened at: 8/07/20 - Eastern Promenade...

Special Note: New England Premiere Filmmaker: Ben Moscona / Jason Edelstein Total Running Time: 0:06:38 Filming Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico Filmmaker Origin: Ben is from Bozeman, Montana and Jason is from Denver, Colorado Synopsis: Aural historian, jazz musician, sound-collage artist, and environmentalist Jack Loeffler shows us what it means to truly listen to the natural...