Part of the reason why Middle Coast is such a great event is because our local community in Bloomington will sit side by side with filmmakers from around the world to enjoy fantastic films. If you’re coming from out of town we want to help make your visit to Bloomington the best it can be. Here’s […]
Read More ›We’re less than a week away from the festival, and the team behind Middle Coast is getting excited to meet the filmmakers and festival goers. But before then, we wanted to give you a chance to get to know us and why putting on this festival in Bloomington is so important to our team. Jess Reed is the woman […]
Read More ›When filmmaker Katie Cokinos sat down to write the screenplay for I Dream Too Much, her husband and filmmaking partner, Alex Rappoport, gave her one request: write a movie that could be shot in their hometown of Saugerties, New York. The film, intended to be a convenient project for the couple, ended up turning into a feature […]
Read More ›There’s a reason everyone has a favorite movie. It’s the same reason that an audience filing out of a theater after a great film is buzzing with conversation. Because film is personal. It shows us slices of the world we don’t know about. It introduces us to characters that act as mirrors to our own lives […]
Read More ›When Middle Coast’s founders Jessica Levandoski and Chelsea Sanders conceived the idea of starting a film festival in Bloomington, Ind., they wanted to provide a great film experience in the Midwest. But as we’ve brought the festival into its second year, a secondary goal emerged: involving more women into the filmmaking process. The gender inequality […]
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