Online New England Film Festival Awards

Online New England Film Festival Awards ceremony and networkingat the Coolidge Corner Theater happens Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. An opportunity for networking will be followed by a screening and the announcement of awards in each category.

Meet and talk with the festival founders, jurors and filmmakers include:

Kevin Anderton, Boston Film Night founder, Dan Boylan, director of Clam Pie, Marc Dole, founder of Hatchling Studios, Cheryl Eagan-Donovan, president of Women in Film Video New England, Michele Meek, founder of NewEnglandFilm.com, and Erin Trahan, editor of NewEnglandFilm.com, executive director of The Independent.

For tickets and details, see www.newenglandfilm.com.

First-Ever Online New England Film Festival

Film makers, your audience awaits.

Entries are sought now for the first-ever Online New England Film Festival, presented by NewEnglandFilm.com.

Planned to be an annual event, filmmakers can choose from the following categories: animation, children/family, comedy, documentary, and drama. Showcase launch of selected films is Sept. 1, 2009 through Oct. 16, 2009.

The films will be selected by NewEnglandFilm.com staff and a festival jury.

In addition, festival organizers partnered with Women in Film Video New England to jury a special category New England Women Above the Line for films under 30 minute produced, directed, or written by a woman, or women based in New England.

During the online festival, viewers will be able to post comments on films, share films with friends, and vote on favorites.
An awards ceremony and screening will take place the weekend of Oct. 17, 2009 in Boston, Mass.

In 2006, Connecticut established a tax credit to bolster the in-state film industry by allowing productions spending at least $50,000 to receive a credit on up to 30% of their costs on all goods, services, and labor. Consult the official Digital Media and Motion Picture Tax Credit Guidelines for a list of eligibility requirements.