The Woods Hole Film Festival once again promises to be one of the most interesting and exciting to date. This is the oldest film festival on Cape Cod and the Islands. It offers eight days of screenings, workshops, special events, staged readings, panel discussions, parties and more. The Woods Hole Film Festival screens work submitted from around the world, with special emphasis on the work of New England and first-time filmmakers.

A sampling of the films that will screen during the Festival includes, documentary filmmaker Anne Makepeace's film ROBERT CAPA IN LOVE AND WAR about the Hungarian-born Andre Friedman who reinvented himself as an American named Robert Capa who became a celebrated photographer specializing in documenting the war; Harvard University instructor Robb Moss's personal documentary THE SAME RIVER TWICE, Fran Solomita's hilarious film, WHEN STAND UP STOOD OUT, and several work-in-progress screenings, including Bill Plympton's new animated feature HAIR HIGH. In addition, the Woods Hole Film Festival will offer a special event evening with Michael Sappol, curator and historian of the National Library of Medicine screening selections from the archives that show psychiatric films through the years.

A sampling of workshops includes ANIMATION, with award-winning animator, Bill Plympton; THE INFINITE FORMS OF DOCUMENTARY FILM, a study of how style works with content in the shooting and editing of non-fiction, by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Kate Davis; HOW TO MARKET AND SELF-DISTRIBUTE YOUR FILM, with Laura Bernieri and David Kleiler, and WORKING WITH DISTURBING IMAGES with Michael Sappol.

The Reel Blues Fest, which will take place on Sunday, August 31st, is a collaboration between the Woods Hole Film Festival and the New England Blues Society to present a one day concert and film event that raises funds to support the programs offered by each. The Reel Blues Fest will be held at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis and will feature the New Orleans sounds of Dr. John and the Texas Blues of Delbert McClinton and the award-winning documentary HONEYBOY, by Chicago filmmaker Scott Taradash.

Festival passes on sale June 1st, tickets on sale July 1st. For more information call (508) 495-3456 or check online at www.woodsholefilmfestival.org.

The Rhode Island International Film Festival celebrates the independent spirit in film and has become a haven for independent filmmakers from throughout the world. This year, The Festival's theme is "Discover the New Voices of Independent Film." In 2002, the Festival presented 23 World Premieres and 12 US Premieres to sold-out houses. Films came from 23 countries and 31 states. Attending the Festival were more than 200 filmmakers, producers, cast and crew. The Festival is dedicated to the creation of opportunities for artistic interaction and exchange among independent filmmakers, directors, producers, distributors, backers, and the film-going community. Of special note is that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected to recognize the Rhode Island International Film Festival as a qualifying festival for the Short Films category for the Annual Academy Awards. With more than 1400 film festivals worldwide, only 47 have this recognition.
RIIFF 2003 will turn the Festival's host city into the "Providence Backlot" where a plethora of activities will enchant, entertain and enthrall filmmakers and filmgoers alike. The Festival has created a synergy with local businesses that will cover a multitude of elements that make up the world of film. For the time of the Festival in August, Providence will be the backlot for filmmakers and filmgoers. Look for restaurant tie-ins with special festival meals, discounts, and a month of activity celebrating their film arts heritage.
To learn more visit www.film-festival.org.

The Roxbury Film Festival showcases feature-length films, documentaries, and shorts written by or, directed by persons of color. While New England filmmakers of color are the focus of the festival, we do screen films by other filmmakers of color not from New England.
The Roxbury Film Festival is one of four events of the Roxbury Arts Series sponsored annually by ACT Roxbury Consortium with The Color of Film Collaborative, Inc. and held at Northeastern University's Roxbury campus and at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The film festival is held as part of Northeastern's Artstuff: Cross Cultural Arts Fest.
All genres of films (i.e. narrative, documentary, shorts, features, and animation) produced, directed and/or written, by or about people of color are eligible for submission. Some preference is given to past or current New England residents.
This festival is still accepting submissions for its 5th annual festival.
The final deadline for submission is May 31, 2003. Submission forms and guidelines can be obtained by visiting the websites: www.actroxbury.org or www.roxburyfilmfestival.org or by calling 617/541-3900 ext. 223.

Star Qualities: It's Still It: Movie actors come and go, most of them forgotten well before they're gone. A few, though, have an afterglow. Call it charisma or star power or sex appeal, whatever "it" is, they had it. They still have it! Star Qualities: It's Still It will be presented at the Alamo Theatre with the musical accompaniment of pianist Philip Carli and Clayton W. Smith and the Bon-Ton Salon Orchestra. Comic short subjects selected by the Museum of Modern Art's Anne Morra will be shown throughout the festival.

The featured stars are: Clara Bow, who truly flaunted her sex appeal on the silver screen, does just that in IT (1927). The original America's Sweetheart, Mary Pickford, is a dime-store stockroom girl in MY BEST GIRL (1927). Lillian Gish, the frail-looking beauty with astonishing emotional power, stars as Anna, a serving girl in D.W. Griffith's WAY DOWN EAST (1920). When Anna lies exhausted on an ice floe sweeping toward a waterfall we are all frozen. Douglas Fairbanks, the most dashing movie star of the Twenties, stars in
THE MOLLYCODDLE (1920). Victor Fleming directs. Gloria Swanson, the glamorous star whose every move-especially her lavish fashion moves-were closely watched by fans, stars in THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL(1921). Directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
Charlie Chaplin, the "tramp philosopher," brings his comic yet sensitive
touch to THE IMMIGRANT (1917). First Chaplin goes with the flow on a rolling
America-bound ship. In THE ADVENTURER (1917), Chaplin is an escaped convict who rescues a drowning woman and her boyfriend. As Chaplin had his mustachioed bowler-wearing tramp, Harold Lloyd had his bespectacled optimistic man. In THE FRESHMAN (1925), he is Harold "Speedy" Lamb, nerd on campus.
Excellent film prints will be shown, thanks to colleagues at the Library of
Congress, Milestone Film and Video, Film Preservation Associates, the Museum
of Modern Art, and UCLA.

The Alamo Theatre is located at 85 Main Street, Bucksport, Maine. For more information call 207 469-0924, or visit www.oldfilm.org.