by Christine Wertz | Dec 2, 2020 | MdFF, Press Release
Sundance Media Contact: Spencer Alcorn, spencer_alcorn@sundance.org SNF Parkway Media Contact: Chris Wertz, christine@mdfilmfest.com FROM THE SNF PARKWAY We’re excited to share that the SNF Parkway Theatre, home of the Maryland Film Festival, is participating in the...
by Christine Wertz | Jun 25, 2020 | MdFF
June 25, 2020 For Immediate Release Media Contact: Leah Frelinghuysen Leah@MonarchyPR.com, +1.917.280.5170 MdFF Awarded $80,000 Program Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Only Arts Organization in Maryland To Be Awarded Program Grant...
by Maryland Film Festival | Jul 5, 2019 | MdFF
This week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the organization that awards the Oscars) invited a new group of filmmakers to join its ranks.In addition to names like Gemma Chan, Sterling K. Brown, Tom Holland and Lady Gaga, there are 17 new invitees who...
by Maryland Film Festival | Sep 18, 2018 | MdFF
Dear Friends: I want to share some news with you from the Maryland Film Festival. Jed Dietz, the Founding Director of the Maryland Film Festival (MdFF) and a prime mover in Baltimore’s cinema renaissance for over two decades, has announced to the MdFF Board of...
by Maryland Film Festival | May 9, 2018 | Interview, MdFF, Parkway
Sollers Point is a story that is uniquely Baltimore, although many of its themes are universal. The film is importantly set around Sollers Point Road, which runs from Holabird Avenue almost to Broening Highway. It is in this stretch of Dundalk that Keith (McCaul...
by Maryland Film Festival | Apr 25, 2018 | Interview, MdFF, Parkway
While not as publicized as cases of police brutality and police shootings in cities like New York, Oakland, Ferguson, and right here in Baltimore, the 2014 killing of Dontre Hamilton in Milwaukee is as shocking and tragic as any. The absolutely riveting and often...
