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13th Green Mountain Film Festival
Montpelier – March 19-28, 2010
St. Johnsbury – April 9 – 11, 2010
FOCUS ON FILM and CATAMOUNT FILM AND ARTS announce collaboration.
13th Green Mountain Film Festival, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury, VT.
The Green Mountain Film Festival, one of the state’s most exciting and anticipated annual traditions, will return for its 13th season in Montpelier from March 19-28, 2010.
This year’s festival, in collaboration with Catamount Arts, will add a satellite location in St. Johnsbury, expanding its reach into the Northeast Kingdom.
Focus on Film, the festival’s parent organization, has shown independent, international and documentary films in and around the state capital since 1997. The main festival holds screenings at three locations in downtown Montpelier, including the festival’s headquarters at the Savoy Theater.
This year will feature ten days of screenings in downtown Montpelier, then the focus will shift to St. Johnsbury, April 9-11, when Catamount Arts will host the festival at its community arts center on Eastern Avenue and at two other locations in town. In addition to screening many of the same films as the Montpelier locations, Catamount Arts will feature a high school filmmakers showcase.
Donald Rae, the Executive Director of Focus on Film recently commented on the addition of St. Johnsbury as a satellite location.
“The Green Mountain Film Festival has become one of the most vibrant events of its kind in the region. This new collaboration with Catamount Arts enables us to reach an even broader audience, while retaining the intimate scale and friendly atmosphere that is so much a part of the festival.”
Catamount, a long-time mainstay of the arts community in the Northeast Kingdom, has been active as a movie theater and fine arts presenter since 1985. In October, 2008, Catamount opened its new community arts center in the Masonic Temple in St. Johnsbury. This new facility now includes two movie screens, which gives them the flexibility to become an active partner in the expanding Green Mountain Film Festival.
“Catamount Arts’s commitment to presenting the best in independent, international and documentary films is compatible with the philosophy of the Green Mountain Film Festival,” said Jody Fried, the Executive Director of Catamount. “We are happy that we can now offer the excitement and scope of this event here in the Northeast Kingdom.”
“It’s a great fit and a tremendous opportunity on all sides,” concluded Rae.
For more information, please visit GreenMountainFilmFestival.org or catamountarts.org.
CONTACT
Donald Rae
Executive Director
Focus on Film
26 Main Street,
Montpelier, VT 05602
donaldrae@gmail.com
802 262 3423
Jody Fried
Executive Director
Catamount Film and Arts
115 Eastern Avenue,
St.Johnsbury, VT 05819
jodyfried@gmail.com
802 748 2600
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