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RANGELEY — The 3rd annual Maine Outdoor Film Festival will be on Friday, Sept. 1, a kickoff to the next day’s Trail Town Festival.
Four films will begin at 7 p.m. in the Lakeside Theatre, 2493 Main St. This year’s films will include shorts from Belgium and Mexico before bringing viewers back to Maine.
In Belgium’s six-minute “A Passion of Gold and Fire,” from director Sebastien Pins, a beekeeper shares his worries about the future of his apiary school — and the environment. “Corazon” tells the story of a friendship between two anglers and the generosity of the fly-fishing community that rallies around a guide in need. When legendary angler Sandflea of the tiny Mexican island of Holbox needs a new heart, North American Mike Dawes helps this father, grandfather, unofficial mayor and provider of fish for neighbors and friends. Directed by R.A. Beattie, the 20-minute film shows people of many cultures building bridges, not walls.
In “Georgia to Maine,” Lane and Graham — thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail — along with three friends, hike the length of the trail. In 13 minutes directors Reid Lauff and Parker McBain show what it’s like to journey the length of the East Coast.
The final presentation is a 45-minute film about how western Mainers did the impossible. In “The Town That Moved A Mountain,” director Rick Groleau shows what happened when a group of ski enthusiasts in the 1950s realized that the popular ski area that they had built on Spruce Mountain in Jay was too difficult to access. Their unlikely decision: move the mountain. Their hard work led to a local ski revolution that benefited the entire community.
The Trail Town Festival begins at 10 a.m. on Pond Street in Rangeley. Games and activities that celebrate the outdoors, including a marshmallow roast, arts and crafts, exhibits, an ice cream-eating contest and a raffle highlight the day, which runs until 4 p.m. Music will be provided by Rangeley’s Mike Blythe and the Schrader Family. BMC food truck and the Outing Club’s popcorn machine will offer food, and local restaurants will be open as well.
For more information, including admission costs of the film festival and special rates for Appalachian Trail hikers, visit rangeleytrailtown.com and maineoutdoorfilmfestival.com.
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“The Town That Moved A Mountain” will be one of four films shown at the Maine Outdoor Film Festival, at 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 1, at Rangeley’s Lakeside Theater, part of the two-day Trail Town Festival.
