For Meg Ryan Being a Mother Is Key to Her Directorial Debut
Heather Hamacek

Meg Ryan’s son was 10 years old when she first read William Saroyan’s 1943 novel The Human Comedy.

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Film Festival Celebrates Art of Storytelling from Around the World
Heather Hamacek

Now in its 10th year, the festival featured 20 films from all over the world over the course of four days.

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Film Festival Helps Create a Community of World Travelers
Heather Hamacek

Whether traveling aboard a wooden sloop, laden with climbing gear or carrying traditional aboriginal spears, films from around the world are about to arrive on the Vineyard. The 10th annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival officially begins on Thursday, Sept. 10.

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No Passport Necessary, International Film Festival is a Hot Ticket

All you need to travel the world this week is a seat at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center for this year’s international film festival.

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Martha's Vineyard Film Center Proves its Premise: If You Build It, They Will Come Watch
Ivy Ashe

In the projection room of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center in Vineyard Haven there is one Mac computer on a desk and two small flatscreen Toshiba monitors mounted on a tall unit that controls film projection. On the floor and on a nearby table are several small crates, some orange and some muddy silver, all marked with return FedEx labels. Ship To: BURBANK, CA.

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Film Festival Continues Jamming
Bill Eville

This weekend the Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival continues at venues throughout Vineyard Haven. The opening night ceremonies heralded in a new era as the first-ever film was screened at the new festival center located at 72 Beach Road in the Tisbury Marketplace.

The movie lineup continues through Sunday, at which point 22 films from around the world will have been showcased. A full schedule can be found online at mvfilmfest.com

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First International Film Festival Runs Thursday Through Sunday
Rachel Nava Rohr

This week, five downtown Vineyard Haven venues will become portals
to far off places like Chile, New Zealand, Bosnia, South Africa, France
and Iran. The mode of mental transportation: film.

Roughly 40 feature-length and short films from more than 15
countries will screen in three days and four nights during the
Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival - the first of
its kind on the Island.

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Film Festival Directors Project Success
Julia Rappaport

Move over Cannes. Sundance, save your films for a rainy day. The second annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival was in town this weekend and the roster combined the best of festival award winners, local documentaries and Academy Award nominees.

“It was excellent,” co-director Navette Previd said. “The attendance was fantastic, the audiences were excited about the film selections and the parties were a smash success.”

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Drizzle Dazzle: Festival Draws Soggy Patrons to Film Spectrum
Julia Rappaport

Richard Paradise stood in the corner of the Katharine Cornell Theatre on Saturday afternoon, silent but smiling.

It was a rare moment. Mr. Paradise, co-director of the annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival, is a natural talker and schmoozer. From the time this year’s festival kicked off Thursday afternoon to the time it closed Sunday at sunset, Mr. Paradise gabbed nonstop. He introduced films, talked shop with reporters and greeted audiences and filmmakers alike.

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No Disney Required: Animators Go to the Dark Side at Festival
Jacob Kramer

When most people think of animation, they think of Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and Shrek, but the Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival’s Saturday evening Animation Lollapalooza aimed to dispel that misconception, showing a surprisingly adult selection including a meth-fueled teen sexuality, the systematic massacre of bubble-wrap bubbles, and a funny, amusing series about a girl trying to lose her virginity.

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