North Country Shorts 2013 – Call For Entries
Attention! If you are a filmmaker who would like your short work exhibited at the 2013 Lake Placid Film Forum June 14-16, it’s time to submit! Criteria: Films should be no longer than 15 minutes....
View ArticleThe Summit – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
In the summer of 2008, 24 daring climbers headed up for the summit of K2. Only half of them returned. IFC’s “Sundance Selects” recently acquired The Summit, the documentary film which tells the...
View ArticleFairhaven – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
* A former high school football star and one time college athlete, Jon has landed back in the place of his youth – Fairhaven – a small fishing village on the Massachusetts coast. Now in his mid...
View ArticleAt Any Price – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
From Sony Pictures Classics: In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his...
View ArticleThe Come Up – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
We’re thrilled to be screening Kirk Sulivan’s short film The Come Up in June, as a special addition to the North Country Shorts Showcase. In case you missed Kirk’s Adirondack Premiere of The Come Up...
View ArticleFirst Cousin Once Removed – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, Alan Berliner’s deeply personal portrait of Edwin Honig, his “good friend, cousin and mentor,” is a first-hand look at Honig’s journey through the ravages of memory loss and...
View ArticleCoffee and Conversation at the Lake Placid Film Forum
New Program Element! “Coffee and Conversation” with Special Guest Ira Deutchman…. * A discussion of arthouse convergence and how North Country Theaters can continue to play a vital part of the shared...
View ArticleA Band Called Death – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death. Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early ‘70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began...
View ArticleLPFF former program director Alan Hofmanis remembers Ray Harryhausen
Back in 2002 I invited Ray Harryhausen, the legendary special effects artist behind Jason and the Argonauts, Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and Clash of the Titans, to be a guest at the Lake Placid Film...
View ArticleFort Apache – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
Addison Mehr’s film Fort Apache will show at the North County Shorts on Saturday, June 15th. In 1940s America, a precocious young boy struggles to escape small town life. On the eve of his eleventh...
View ArticleAmerican Masters – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
The Film Forum will screen Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, an installment of the PBS “American Masters” documentary series on Saturday, June 15th, 2013. Film Forum artistic director Kathleen Carroll...
View ArticleNorth Country Shorts – two films from Janek Ambros
The North Country Shorts will screen Saturday June 15th, 3-6 pm at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. Among the line-up are two films from Janek Ambros, a former resident of Albany, NY who still...
View ArticleSyrup – playing at the Lake Placid Film Forum
Based on the cult novel by Max Barry, Syrup tells the story of a young ingenious slacker (Shiloh Fernandez) who comes up with a million-dollar idea. On a fun and ferocious ride through the world of...
View ArticleThe Shared Experience in a Wired World
What is the Shared Experience? Whether you’re sitting in a movie theatre with strangers and a large tub of popcorn, or at home with the kids banging pots and pans while you watch a flick on your...
View ArticleShare Your Movie Experience – a chance to win Free Tickets!
Over the past year, the Adirondack Film Society has been actively involved in the initiative to save small neighborhood theaters in upper New York State. We view movie theaters as vital institutions in...
View ArticleWhitewash – Closing Night Film
We will screen “Whitewash” on Saturday night, 9:30 PM at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. * *
View ArticleMonhegan Light – Special Short Film Presentation
* More than a short film, really, “Monhegan Light” approaches the mid-length genre at almost thirty minutes running time. The film was produced by a team of Ohio University students, led by Associate...
View ArticleLights, Camera… Actors
For the past seven years the Lake Placid Film Forum has been home to a unique, educational event – the 24 hour student filmmaking competition. Dubbed “Sleepless in Lake Placid,” the event challenges...
View ArticleThe Mountains Will Wait For You
* Sometimes making a film is by the numbers. Sometimes it is an odyssey – it may even span decades from concept to completion. That’s the case with The Mountains Will Wait For You, the story of Grace...
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