2017 Maine Outdoor Film Festival Award Winners announced. MOFF 2017 by the numbers

Best Film of Festival and Best Feature
THE TOWN THAT MOVED A MOUNTAIN Directed by Rick Groleau

Conservation Award
MAS AFUERA: EXPEDITION TO SELKIRK ISLAND Directed by Patricio Mekis & Mateo Barrenengoa

Best Film From Away
INTO TWIN GALAXIES Directed by Jochen Schmoll

Best Young Filmmaker
Peter Ackerman, director of DEAD MEAT

Best Maine Film and Inspiration Award
IMMERSION Directed by Ben Keller

Best Short (tie)
CLARITY Directed by Alex Poland
KEEP PEDALING Directed by Rob & Nevya Mueller

MOFF 2017 By the Numbers:

Number of films accepted and screened: 58

Maine films accepted: 28

Towns in Maine that hosted screenings: 15

Counties in Maine that hosted screenings: 10

Miles put on the MOFF Forester: 2,122

People who attended screenings: 1190

Value of Cash and prizes awarded to filmmakers: $4,200

Amount of cash raised for Teens to Trails: $1,100 (plus whatever was in the boot!)

Value of prizes given away to attendees in the door prize raffle: $2,345

Hits on the MOFF website from August to October: 19,547

Thank yous owed: A LOT  >>>

Thanks to the sponsors without whom none of this would have happened... these are the successful companies using their resources to support outdoor filmmaking and youth in the outdoors! Yay them.

Thanks to the filmmakers whose vision, expression and storytelling inspires us to go to our special places and recreate or be still... keep up the great work!

Thanks to the tireless jury of volunteers who pored over the hours and hours of submissions to select the films - and winners - of MOFF 2017... and the other volunteers who helped with setup at the venues and postering. Now, how can we help you guys!? (seriously, let me know)

Thanks to the venue operators and local organizers who brought MOFF to their town and rustled up local interest.

Thanks to the MOFF fans who spread the word both online and the old-fashioned way, and who attended the screenings! (if a film is screened in the forest and no one sees it, does it make a sound?)

And finally, thanks to the relatives of the MOFF production team for putting up with our long hours away from home as we put the time in necessary for this passion project to grow (let's go hiking this weekend, family!).

Shorts-

-Winter Broke and Stoked (presented by Sugarloaf) is on!

-Check out THE TOWN THAT MOVED A MOUNTAIN in Livermore on Nov. 4

-MOFF will be featured on Thursday night at Emerge Film Festival April 26, 2018 in Lewiston!

-Bring MOFF to your town in 2018 - We are currently booking our September 2018 screenings. For more info, please reply to this email of call Nick C at 672 3344 

-Got a Sponsorship inquiry for 2018?

-2018 Submission window is open. Deadline is June 15 for shorter films and April 30 for features.

Filmmaker in Focus episodes

MOFF director Nick Callanan sits down with filmmakers to discuss their work.

-Rory Strunk, Producer of DEFOE'S WAY

-Ben Keller, Director of IMMERSION

-Rick Groleau, Director of THE TOWN THAT MOVED A MOUNTAIN

-Get yourself a MOFF shirt. Price includes shipping. 

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