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Sanford News
\nApril 5\, 20
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\nBy Shawn Sullivan
SANFORD — Like any good sequel\, the S anford International Film Festival will return — but this time in October.
\nThe festival will be held from Wednesday\,
“(October) seems a more fest ive time of the year\, and a great time to see movies\,” he said. “Our tra ditional weekend at the end of May was looking difficult for many of our s taff and crowded with local events\, so we thought we’d mix it up a bit.”< /p>\n
Moving the festival to that spookiest of months also allows SIFF t o play up its most popular annual attraction: Horror Night.
\n“We wo uld like to highlight our horror-themed events a little more\, and we thou ght it would make sense to move closer to Halloween\,” Harmon said. “We’re working out the details for a costume contest with a cash prize.”
\nThis will be the festival’s fourth outing. The Horror Nights of the secon d and third festivals proved big draws. The second SIFF featured a special screening of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” at Smitty’s Cinemas and inclu ded a special guest appearance by the actor Gunnar Hansen\, who played “Le atherface” in that horror classic. At last year’s festival\, actress Anne Bobby made a special appearance at a screening of her film “Night Breed\,” written and directed by horror legend Clive Barker\; Bobby also starred i n two other films shown during the festival\, one of which\, “Suffer the L ittle Children\,” was shot here in Sanford.
\nNot a horror fan? Not to worry. The festival traditionally offers all genres of film during its usual five-day stretch — comedy\, drama\, documentary\, suspense thrillers \, family fare\, you name it. Movies from filmmakers in Maine and througho ut the U.S. and the world are shown. Student films are also highlighted. p>\n
According to Harmon\, 400 films from 45 countries have so far been submitted to the festival and are being considered for inclusion by a pane l of judges.
\n“We are far outpacing our submissions from last year\ ,” Harmon said. “We have a panel of 10 judges\, whose tastes are vastly di fferent. They are all extremely attentive to detail and love watching film s very much.”
\nThe festival’s committee is continuing to work on ne w ideas and surprises for this fall’s event. The festival will include the annual awards night\, which this year will be held at the Sanford Town Cl ub on Washington Street. During this event\, filmmakers and performers are awarded as the best in their categories and\, in some cases\, are present ed with a Tommy — SIFF’s equivalent of an Oscar\, a small statue modeled a fter the statue of Thomas Goodall\, the city’s historic benefactor\, in Ce ntral Park.
\nFor more information about SIFF\, you can “like” the < a href='https://www.facebook.com/SanfordIFilmFest/'>Sanford International Film Festival Page on Facebook.
\nEditor’s Note. Sanford News Editor Shawn Sullivan is on the Sanford International F ilm Festival Committee and is one of the judges.
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