Mar 042011
 

Each day of the festival March 4 – 10 offers a glimpse into the private lives of interesting individuals around the world. There are many unique opportunities to meet film makers and ask those behind the scene questions that good films inspire. Visit www.salemfilmfest.com for full festival details. Friday’s schedule is as follows:

5:00 pm – Salem Film Fest Shorts – 73 min – Directed by John Bonner; Jason Kovacsev and Matt Mamula; Shaleece Haas; Tessa Joosse; Orlando von Einsiedel

6:40 pm – Camera, Camera – 60 min – Directed by Malcolm Murray

7:00 pm – Echotone– 88 min – Directed/Produced by Nathan Christ

8:00 pm – Steam Of Life – 81 min – Directed by Joonas Berghall & Mike Hotakainen

9:30 pm – Player Hating: A Love Story– 90 min – Directed/Produced by Maggie Hadleigh-West

9:40 pm – On The Other Side Of Life – 88 min – Directed by Stefanie Brockhaus & Andy Wolff

9:30 pm – Friday Night After-Party at Finz Seafood Restaurant & Grill on Pickering Wharf. Cover charge is $5, but free for All-Access Passholders and official festival filmmakers. Cash bar

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Mar 022011
 

Salem Farmers’ Market is a proud sponsor of Grown in Detroit  at the Salem Film Festival March 4 – 11, 2011 www.salemfilmfest.com. The movie will be shown at the National Park Service on New Liberty and Essex St. Saturday, March 5 at 1:30 pm and at Cinema Salem Tuesday, Mar 8 at 5:15 pm. Learn more about urban farming and be inspired.

This is the film’s New England Premier. The Film has previously been awareded; Best Documentary – Austin Film Festival; Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival; Sarasota Film Festival; International Millenium Festival, Brussels

“Detroit has earned its notorious title as one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. Where residents once had major supermarkets and affordable, healthy dining, now liquor stores sell groceries from behind bullet-proof glass and fast food restaurants are rampant. Amidst all this negativity the city and its residents are emerging with their own solution. Nature has taken over and the city is ‘greening’ from within – more than one third of the city has become green again.  GROWN IN DETROIT focuses on the urban gardening efforts managed by a public school of 300, mainly African-American, pregnant and parenting teenagers. As part of the curriculum, the girls are taught agricultural skills on the school’s own farm. The young mothers are learning by farming to become more independent women and knowledgeable about the importance of nutritional foods. “Back to the roots”, a simple yet effective solution for a city that has to start all over again and perhaps a lesson to be learned for the rest of the world.”
 
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Feb 282011
 

Join the Salem Film Fest Committee and others Thursday, March 3 at 5:30 for the Film Festival’s VIP kick off reception at the National Park Service Visitor Center at the corner of Essex St. and New Liberty St. This FREE event is sponsored by the Salem Chamber of Commerce. After the reception, at 7 p.m. the Peabody Essex Museum will be showing Bill Cunningham New York, a film about a New York Times Sunday Style Section photographer. There will also be an awards ceremony at  Cinema Salem for the Five Minute Student Film Contest. For details about more festival events or the schedule of films visit www.salemfilmfest.com.

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Feb 262011
 

Salem Film Fest March 4 – 11 – An International Documentary Film Festival right in your own backyard. You’ve heard the buzz now here are some of the details… This festival is being held in Cinema Salem, downtown Salem in the museum place mall with select screenings at the NPS Visitor Center and the Peabody Essex Museum. In this festival you can visit Cape Town, Northern India, Detroit, Russia, Pakistan, Brooklyn and Tibet to name just a few locations where the films take place. The films explore diverse experiences from naked Finnish men’s in sauna’s to Clarence Reid aka Blowfly who claims to be the original rapper. The films offer a glimpse into the lives of violent terrorists, teens farming in Detroit, American Indians, Columbian children abducted as soldiers and so many others.  Mark your calendar now and visit www.salemfilmfest.com to plan your week.

Follow this link to see the promotional video about the festival –

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeFOhB_Y8pQ&feature=player_embedded

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Feb 242011
 

…getting rave reviews. People all over Salem are taking notice of the new logo for Destination Salem and the new slogan – Still Making History.  This logo highlights Salem’s long rich history and continued sucesses as well as the witch trials we are most known for and the maritime history which has been so important in Salem’s past and with the ferry and cuise port projects – our future.

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