The West Tisbury selectmen’s meeting has been moved to the Howes House today to accommodate what is expected to be a large attendance. Selectmen expect to discuss the news that the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival will buy property off Old County Road.
A 12.5-acre residential property off Old County Road is slated to become a permanent home for the film festival, the organization said, although no plan has been presented yet.
On Sunday evening the 16th annual Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival ended another successful run. For many, the main issue was how to choose among so many quality films, especially when screen times for two films overlapped.
The Martha's Vineyard Film Festival opens its 16th straight year on March 17 with a free screening of Heroin: Cape Cod USA and runs through Sunday, March 20.
Caroll Spinney is in the spotlight with the release of the documentary I Am Big Bird, which chronicles his life and career playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street. He was recently on the Vineyard for a film screening and puppet-making workshop.
The children’s programming has long been an essential component of the spring film festival, and for the summer series, too. This year there are numerous family films, including a series of animated short films on Saturday at 9 a.m.
On a recent spring-like afternoon in downtown Chilmark, as the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival staff walked from their offices on South Road to the Chilmark Community Center, the sun burst through a patch of Beetlebung trees.
