The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival is virtual this year, but we will still be bringing you talks with filmmakers about their work. Stay tuned, and visit the MNFF6 website for more info: https://middfilmfest.org/

On-stage conversation with David Shields (director) following the screening of Lynch: A History. Hosted by Prof. William Hart.

MNFF Artistic Director Jay Craven chats over coffee with Bruce Greenwood, Polly Draper, & Jeremy Holm, whose combined credits include Mad Men, House of Cards, Star Trek, Capote, The Sweet Hereafter, Thirtysomething, I’m Not There, Mr. Robot, The Good Wife and many more. Conversations include the actors’ craft, what stories interest them and what life as an actor has brought them.

On-stage conversation with Josh Melrod (director) & Ujon Tokarski (actor) following the screening of Major Arcana. Filmed in Vermont, Major Arcana features a long-troubled itinerant carpenter who returns home to small town Vermont and attempts to build a log cabin by hand, hoping to free himself from a cycle of poverty and addiction. 

On-stage conversation with Andy Mitton (director), Richard King (producer), Alex Draper (actor), & Charlie Tacker (actor) following the screening of The Witch in the Window. Filmed in Middlebury, the film stars Draper as Simon, who  brings his twelve year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse. They encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner, and now with every repair they make – she’s getting stronger. The cast and crew feature a number of Middlebury College students and alumni.

The illuminating conversation with MNFF Honoree Bruce Greenwood continues following the screening of Wildlike, a 2014 film by director Frank Hall Green. Mr. Greenwood will receive a VTeddy Award for Sustained Excellence in Acting.

On-stage conversation with Anna Sang Park (director) and Kevin Hoffman (actor) following the screening of their films “Mrs. Cho” and “Feral”.

Following the screening this heralded film, The Sweet Hereafter, acclaimed actor Bruce Greenwood talks with MNFF Artistic Director Jay Craven about one of his favorite roles and the choices that underlie his superb career.