Maine International Film Festival Kicks Off at Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville
The 19th annual Maine International Film Festival kicks off Friday (7/8) with films to be shown at Railroad Square Cinema and the Waterville Opera House.
The film festival runs for 10 days and includes about 100 international and independent films. Receptions, social events and Q & A’s with actors, directors and producers are all part of the 10 days of films. Waterville sees people from all over the world attend.
The festival’s centerpiece film will be the world premiere of a 35 mm restoration of “Peyton Place” at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Opera House, accompanied by a new short film, “On Location in Peyton Place.”
Robert Benton, an Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter whose films include “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Nobody’s Fool,” will be given the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Waterville Opera House.
Actor Gabriel Byrne ( PHOTO) will receive the festival’s Mid-Life Achievement Award on July 15, also at the Opera House.
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