RANGELEY — The Maine Outdoor Film Festival will be held beginning at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 30, in the RFA Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St.
The festival features a variety of short films about the outdoors. Admission is $6 for adults, and $3 for Appalachian Trail hikers and children under 12. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
The festival kicsk off the Rangeley Trail Town Festival, which is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, on Pond Street. The festival features games and activities, including Gifford’s Ice Cream Eating Contest at 3 p.m., a marshmallow roast, arts and crafts, exhibits, a raffle and more. The Saturday celebration is free and open to the public.
Rangeley’s Joe Montimurro will provide music, starting at 12:30 p.m.
Films at the Friday night film festival are:
“Nolan’s Fourteen” (5:50 min, directed by Matt Trappe) introduces us to Joe Grant who wants to push himself to “that edge” that will enable him to dig deep into his own self. So begins his rowdy jaunt through Colorado’s Sawatch range which links fourteen 4,000-foot mountains over roughly 100 miles.
“Orogonia” (8:30 min, directed by Enrique Pedrero Pacheco) is a philosophical journey, passing through the stunning scenery of boundless European highlands, and leading into the heart of humankind’s the deepest yearnings.
“Sound of Silence” (11:30 min, directed by Philippe Woodtli). Skiing helps Robin Gillon find his way. Born severely deaf, he was bullied by his peers, branded a fool by his teachers, and locked away in a basement at his first job at a bank, but the peaks of Switzerland give him life.
“Enock” (15:06 min, directed by Craig Muderlak) tells how for paraplegic Enock Glidden has both the strength to do 3,000 pull-ups and — more importantly — the support of a community of friends, family, mentors, and strangers who help make his dream to climb El Capitan in Washington a reality.
“Movements” (13:29 min, directed by Colin Scott) tells a symphonic saga about three Alaska fishing guides who take a road trip back home to New York City. Traveling from Alaska’s Edenic paradise to New York’s “modern-day Gomorrah,” they arrive in Times Square on Halloween night.
“The Home for Broken Toys” (23:54 min, directed by Holly Butcher) features a group of middle-aged men — the “East German Ladies Swimming Team” — who plunge every winter weekend, into the freezing waters of a pond in central London. The film follows the team through one season to explore their motivations, which turn out to be comedic, poignant, and profound.
For more information on the Trail Town Festival, visit rangeleytrailtown.com ; for information on the film festival, visit maineoutdoorfilmfestival.com/2019-rangeley.
PHOTO: “Enock,” a film about the power of community to help a paraplegic climber reach his goal of climbing El Capitan will be one of six short films to be shown at the 5th annual Maine Outdoor Film Festival in Rangeley’s Lakeside Theater Friday, Aug. 30. (Submitted photo)
