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The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival (MVFF) is an annual film festival founded in 2001 and held in Chilmark, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The festival takes place in March, but the MVFF also produces a summer film series in July and August, a family film series in November, December, and January, and special events at other times of the year. The MVFF annually screens more than fifty films, and many of these screenings are attended by the films’ directors, producers, or subjects—some local, some famous, some local and famous, some famously local. The mission of the MVFF is “to produce community events that celebrate all genres of film and spark discussion, debate, and action.”〔(“MVFF website” )〕 From its beginning, the MVFF has been an unconventional film festival, as much a celebration of community, food, art, and music as it is a celebration of thought-provoking, activism-inspiring, and emotionally resonant stories, ideas, and lives through the medium of film. As MVFF Founder and Creative Director Thomas Bena puts it, “The MVFF is more than a festival. It is a happening.”〔(“MVFF website” )〕 Emphasizing community and priding itself on its intimate scale and unusual location, the MVFF is a festival featuring lesser-known and independently produced documentary, narrative feature, and short films about subjects which are important to its audiences: family dynamics, the environment, local and international politics, the arts, alternative/countercultural lifestyles and subcultures, and people who have made a difference. == Winter Festival == The MVFF’s winter festival in March is the main event, a long weekend of film screenings and discussions held at the Chilmark Community Center, a town gathering spot which is transformed into a sort of “community living room” replete with large couches.〔Dooley, Megan (March 5, 2010). (“Festival Finds Itself Sitting Pretty on Chilmark Sofas at Ten Years”. ) ''Vineyard Gazette''.〕 In addition to screenings and discussions with guest filmmakers and film subjects, the winter festival includes food prepared by Vineyard chefs, art installations, and performances by local musicians (though some “off-island” musicians and DJs have also been featured). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martha's Vineyard Film Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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