JAN CANNON, director-producer AN UNCOMMON CURIOSITY

attending screenings Sat 7:30pm and Sun 3:00pm Jan Cannon has sadly had to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances.

Jan Cannon has over 20 years of experience working on commercial, industrial, documentary, and feature films. He specializes in documentary films related to sustainability and art. His films, distinguished by a strong artistic sensibility, have additionally been influenced by his two decades of experience working as a studio potter whose work is included in the collections of The British Museum, the Crocker Art Museum, and many private collectors. With his strong sense of visual composition, precise editing skills, and keen ability to connect with people, he helps subjects share their ideas and tell their stories in a compelling and elegant way.  

ALAN PARROT, subject FALCONS AND TERRORISTS

attending screenings Sat 2:30pm, and Sun 5:00pm

Alan Parrot (pronounced pa-row), a Hancock resident born and raised in Bangor, has had a lifelong love of falcons. At the age of 18 he moved to the Middle East to study falconry. After serving as royal falconer for various Arab leaders for two decades, he became a hunted man after he stopped exporting legally acquired wild falcons from Canada to the United Arab Emirates. He has since poured his energy into ending the high-stakes illegal trafficking and cruel treatment of the wild birds of prey and has also sought to prevent the breeding and release of non-native hybrid falcons, which cause genetic pollution.

HUEY, director-producer IN GOOD TIME

attending screenings Fri 6:00pm and Sat 4:30pm

For 30 years Huey has been making films on artists, education, the environment, and Maine. His films have been shown at film festivals throughout the US, on PBS, and on television in Europe. He is a recipient of a fellowship in film from the Maine Arts Commission and is a member of the Maine Touring Artists program and the New Hampshire Arts in Education Program. Huey was named one of the 10 most intriguing people in Maine by Portland Magazine, 2006. He is a founder of the Maine Student Film and Video Festival and was its director for 31 years. He has been an artist-in-residence in over 150 schools in New England and has given presentations at arts and education conferences throughout the US.

JOSLYN RICHARDSON, director  ON CLOSER INSPECTION

GRAHAM REEDER, director  OUTSIDE IT IS SNOWING

attending screenings Fri 8:30pm and Sat 5:45pm

Joslyn Richardson and Graham Reeder are current College of the Atlantic students. Their works, On Closer Inspection and Outside it is Snowing (respectively), were created for MIFF-favorite Nancy Andrews’ Intermediate Video class.

MATT SHAW, director  BOWLING GREEN

attending screenings Fri 8:30pm and Sat 5:45pm

Matt Shaw graduated from College of the Atlantic this past spring. Bowling Green was created in the course of an Independent Study with Colin Capers, and was designed as a counterpart to his senior project – a video sculpture installation at COA’s Blum Gallery entitled Those Dark Trees.