• Directed by: Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger

• Produced by: Sylvester Stallone, Braden Aftergood, Dick Boyce and Ryan Cook

• Written by: Luke Paradise (screenplay) - based on the book by Donn Fendler

Starring Luke David Blumm, Paul Sparks, Caitlin FitzGerald, Ethan Slater, Griffin Wallace Henkel

Lost on a Mountain in Maine tells the inspiring true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler, who is separated from his family by a fast-moving storm atop a treacherous mountain. For nine days, Donn fights to stay alive as he attempts to survive the unforgiving wilderness of northern Maine without food, proper clothing, or the knowledge of how bad his situation really is. His disappearance sparks a massive search effort that captures national headlines and attracts hundreds of volunteers, including his father, who fears he may never see his son again.

Rated PG

Runtime: 98 minutes

• Directed by: Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger

• Produced by: Sylvester Stallone, Braden Aftergood, Dick Boyce and Ryan Cook

• Written by: Luke Paradise (screenplay) - based on the book by Donn Fendler

Starring Luke David Blumm, Paul Sparks, Caitlin FitzGerald, Ethan Slater, Griffin Wallace Henkel

Lost on a Mountain in Maine tells the inspiring true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler, who is separated from his family by a fast-moving storm atop a treacherous mountain. For nine days, Donn fights to stay alive as he attempts to survive the unforgiving wilderness of northern Maine without food, proper clothing, or the knowledge of how bad his situation really is. His disappearance sparks a massive search effort that captures national headlines and attracts hundreds of volunteers, including his father, who fears he may never see his son again.

Rated PG

Runtime: 98 minutes

• Directed by: Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger

• Produced by: Sylvester Stallone, Braden Aftergood, Dick Boyce and Ryan Cook

• Written by: Luke Paradise (screenplay) - based on the book by Donn Fendler

Starring Luke David Blumm, Paul Sparks, Caitlin FitzGerald, Ethan Slater, Griffin Wallace Henkel

Lost on a Mountain in Maine tells the inspiring true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler, who is separated from his family by a fast-moving storm atop a treacherous mountain. For nine days, Donn fights to stay alive as he attempts to survive the unforgiving wilderness of northern Maine without food, proper clothing, or the knowledge of how bad his situation really is. His disappearance sparks a massive search effort that captures national headlines and attracts hundreds of volunteers, including his father, who fears he may never see his son again.

Rated PG

Runtime: 98 minutes

• Directed by: Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger

• Produced by: Sylvester Stallone, Braden Aftergood, Dick Boyce and Ryan Cook

• Written by: Luke Paradise (screenplay) - based on the book by Donn Fendler

Starring Luke David Blumm, Paul Sparks, Caitlin FitzGerald, Ethan Slater, Griffin Wallace Henkel

Lost on a Mountain in Maine tells the inspiring true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler, who is separated from his family by a fast-moving storm atop a treacherous mountain. For nine days, Donn fights to stay alive as he attempts to survive the unforgiving wilderness of northern Maine without food, proper clothing, or the knowledge of how bad his situation really is. His disappearance sparks a massive search effort that captures national headlines and attracts hundreds of volunteers, including his father, who fears he may never see his son again.

Rated PG

Runtime: 98 minutes

• Directed by: Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger

• Produced by: Sylvester Stallone, Braden Aftergood, Dick Boyce and Ryan Cook

• Written by: Luke Paradise (screenplay) - based on the book by Donn Fendler

Starring Luke David Blumm, Paul Sparks, Caitlin FitzGerald, Ethan Slater, Griffin Wallace Henkel

Lost on a Mountain in Maine tells the inspiring true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler, who is separated from his family by a fast-moving storm atop a treacherous mountain. For nine days, Donn fights to stay alive as he attempts to survive the unforgiving wilderness of northern Maine without food, proper clothing, or the knowledge of how bad his situation really is. His disappearance sparks a massive search effort that captures national headlines and attracts hundreds of volunteers, including his father, who fears he may never see his son again.

Rated PG

Runtime: 98 minutes

Autumn Gold at The Grand

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a 2017 American swashbuckler fantasy film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg and written by Jeff Nathanson, with story credit given to both Nathanson and executive producer Terry Rossio. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film is the stand-alone sequel to On Stranger Tides and the fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and the final installment in the original series. The film stars Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, and Kevin McNally. The story follows Captain Jack Sparrow as he searches for the Trident of Poseidon to defeat Armando Salazar, who is determined to kill every pirate at sea and take revenge on Sparrow for imprisoning him and his crew of ghosts in the Devil's Triangle. Jack is joined by Hector Barbossa, young sailor Henry Turner, young astronomer Carina Smyth, and Jack's crewmen, including first mate Joshamee Gibbs and Scrum, to defeat Salazar's ghostly crew.

PG-13 (2hrs, 9 mins) Action/Adventure

$5 General Admission

*Come dressed in your favorite pirate attire and win a prize!

February 19 – 23

1:00 pm Daily - TICKETS PURCHASED AT DOOR ONLY - door opens at 12:00 PM

$1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth & Morton’s Moo

February 19 – 23

1:00 pm Daily - TICKETS PURCHASED AT DOOR ONLY - door opens at 12:00 PM

$1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth & Morton’s Moo

February 19 – 23

1:00 pm Daily - TICKETS PURCHASED AT DOOR ONLY - door opens at 12:00 PM

$1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth & Morton’s Moo

February 19 – 23

1:00 pm Daily - TICKETS PURCHASED AT DOOR ONLY - door opens at 12:00 PM

$1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth & Morton’s Moo

February 19 – 23

1:00 pm Daily - TICKETS PURCHASED AT DOOR ONLY - door opens at 12:00 PM

$1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth & Morton’s Moo

Exclusive Media sponsor

Hosted by The Grand and The Ellsworth American.

Tickets are $18.00 (fees included) - General Admission.

 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in roughly 550 communities and more than 40 countries across the globe, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide! 

From the over 400 entries submitted into the Festival each year, award-winners and audience favorites are among the films that are carefully selected to play in theatres around the world.

Exclusive Media sponsor

Hosted by The Grand and The Ellsworth American.

Tickets are $18.00 (fees included) - General Admission.

 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in roughly 550 communities and more than 40 countries across the globe, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide! 

From the over 400 entries submitted into the Festival each year, award-winners and audience favorites are among the films that are carefully selected to play in theatres around the world.

Exclusive Media sponsor

Hosted by The Grand and The Ellsworth American.

Tickets are $18.00 (fees included) - General Admission.

 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in roughly 550 communities and more than 40 countries across the globe, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide! 

From the over 400 entries submitted into the Festival each year, award-winners and audience favorites are among the films that are carefully selected to play in theatres around the world.

The 2023 musical romantic fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by David Magee. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The film stars singer Halle Bailey in the title role, alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy. The plot follows the mermaid princess Ariel, who is fascinated with the human world; after saving Prince Eric from a shipwreck, she makes a deal with the sea witch Ursula to walk on land.

• (2hrs, 15mins Rated PG)

• $1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth

The 2023 musical romantic fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by David Magee. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The film stars singer Halle Bailey in the title role, alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy. The plot follows the mermaid princess Ariel, who is fascinated with the human world; after saving Prince Eric from a shipwreck, she makes a deal with the sea witch Ursula to walk on land.

• (2hrs, 15mins Rated PG)

• $1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth

The 2023 musical romantic fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by David Magee. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The film stars singer Halle Bailey in the title role, alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy. The plot follows the mermaid princess Ariel, who is fascinated with the human world; after saving Prince Eric from a shipwreck, she makes a deal with the sea witch Ursula to walk on land.

• (2hrs, 15mins Rated PG)

• $1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth

The 2023 musical romantic fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by David Magee. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The film stars singer Halle Bailey in the title role, alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy. The plot follows the mermaid princess Ariel, who is fascinated with the human world; after saving Prince Eric from a shipwreck, she makes a deal with the sea witch Ursula to walk on land.

• (2hrs, 15mins Rated PG)

• $1 General Admission

Sponsored by The City of Ellsworth

On the Stanley Subaru Stage

Performing for audiences around the world and in their own backyard in Maine, the 195th Army Band’s Concert Band is carrying on a proud tradition of military bands past and present by performing free patriotic public performances. The 195th Concert Band showcases a performance repertoire ranging from military marches to significant wind band works, Broadway medleys, and popular tunes, as well as featuring soloists from within the band and performing compositions by area composers and arrangers.

Free Admission

One Week. One World. One Festival 

This riveting MSFF 2023 line-up is linked by a common theme: how we face adversity, whether others impose it or arises from personal circumstances. The Final Ten short film selections feature narratives that are dramatic, sometimes humorous, occasionally magical, and always inspirational! The ten finalists hail from eight countries, with films from Australia, Afghanistan, Finland, Iran, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Canada, alongside three short films from the USA. 

Audience Voting 

$10 Adults, $9 Seniors/Students., $8 Members General Admission