July/August 2013 | view this story as a .pdf

Sample the endless party in Maine this summer.

From Staff & Wire Reports

What better spot to experience a film festal of outdoor adventure than alongside the Kennebec River on a pitch-dark night in the wild with the stars above you? The Maine Outdoor Film Festival at Three Rivers Whitewater in West Forks is the second annual film rendezvous for hearty outdoorspeople and whitewater groupies, and it’s way, way up there in Somerset County. The high-energy footage–a curated selection of short films from many adventure photographers–is focused on Maine.

“We have a fantastic jury this year selecting the films we’ll show–Ryan Brod, who made the award-winnng ice-fishing film Hardwater; Tom Gerencer, whose Foam Boater was feature-length; and Jane Koopman–she’s a whitewater kayak instructor and a Sugarloaf ski patroller,” says festival organizer Nick Callanan. “The films cover everything from snowboarding and skiing to runner sledding, whitewater kayaking, fly fishing, salmon fishing, mountain biking, and skydiving.”

Deadline for submissions from outdoor filmmakers is August 1–see maineoutdoorfilm.com.
And this is only one of the festivals out there, all over Maine, all summer long. Find the adventure, the food, the art, or the county fair for you on the following pages, and then hit the open road.