MIFF in the Mountains 2019
MIFF in the Mountains
Best of the Maine International Film Festival
Friday through Monday, Aug 2-5, 2019
Eight films over four evenings
5 & 8 PM each night
Exclusively Sponsored by Juliet J. Goodfriend
The BEST films of the Maine International Film Festival will be shown at MIFF in the Mountains: nine films over four nights, Friday through Monday, August 2-5, at the RFA Lakeside Theater in Rangeley. Film lovers rejoice! A different film at 5 PM and 8 PM each evening. The complete schedule of films is posted below.
ALL Festival PASS – $50. CLICK HERE
Tickets will also be available for all shows at the door.
These eight films represent the best of American independent and international cinema. We will also spotlight some of Maine and New England’s most exciting and innovative filmmakers.
More than just movies…
Audiences also have opportunities to meet and talk with some of the people behind the movies – curators, professors, critics and filmmakers. Below you will find the complete list of films:
Friday August 2
5:00 pm: Islander
Life on remote Robinson Crusoe island could be utopian, but it isn’t. Is it a bastion away from the world or a microcosmic replica?
8:00 pm: Pupille (In Safe Hands)
Compassionate and beautifully performed by France’s finest actors, this film was nominated for 7 Cesar awards. It captures the adoption process from birth to loving home.
Saturday, August 3 – Two Maine Films
5:00 pm: Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm
Fifteen years in the making in Maine, this family-rated animated musical will set you singing in a fairy tale romp.
8:00 pm: In the Moon’s Shadow
Made in Maine’s Belgrade Lakes during the solar eclipse of 2017 when displaced and estranged sisters reconnect.
Sunday, August 4
5:00 pm: Aga
Revisiting the 100 year old pioneering film (Nanook of the North), this film explores the instincts and motivations of those who live in the same types of extreme conditions today.
8:00 pm: Before You Know It
A very urban coming-of-age film set in a community theater in NYC. Patriarch, Manny Patimkin and his daughters try to hold the family together with frequent role changes.
Monday, August 6
5:00 pm: Cassandro, the Exotico
His trailblazing ascent as an openly gay professional wrestler has been fraught with poignant moments. You will think about wrestling differently after this film.
8:00 pm: Luce
A star-studded cast discovers something shocking in the locker of an all A athlete/scholar who was adopted from Eritrea and up to now has been the pride of his family and school.
