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Film New Hampshire E-Newsletter            April 2009
Location Spotlight
Image: Conway Scenic Railroad Wild Orchard Guest Farm, Deerfield
Wild Orchard Guest Farm is a colonial home built circa 1740. Located on a designated scenic road in quiet Deerfield, 40 minutes from Concord. Beautifully renovated and decorated in Early American Country Antiques and Fine American Made Crafts. The house is fully furnished. Four bedrooms, living room, parlor, kitchen, and dining room. Washer/dryer and high speed internet. Set on 80 private wooded acres. A real farm experience--flower gardens, rock walls, chickens, mini-horses, and a family of beautiful peacocks roam the property. Logging trails are cleared for walking, cross country skiing, camping, and other outdoor activities. Weekend getaways, small conferences, family reunions--a great spot for short term leasing.

To view the location file for this property, click here.


Image: Conway Scenic Railroad Alyson's Orchard, Walpole
This a 400-acre open land working orchard. There are facilities to support a film crew: an event center that can hold up to 250 people, a full professional kitchen, and lodging. Located about two hours from Boston and four hours from New York City.

To view the location file for this property, click here.

Find your next filming location in New Hampshire--click here.

If you are a New Hampshire residential or business property owner and you are interested in listing your property as a potential filming location, e-mail the New Hampshire Film and Television Office at film@nh.gov or call (603) 271-2220.
Screenplay Reading Series accepting submissions for 2009-2010
The New Hampshire Film & Television Office invites all writers to submit New Hampshire-set, feature-length scripts for consideration in the Screenplay Reading Series presented in partnership with Red River Theatres in Concord, NH. The series will be accepting submissions during the month of April 2009 for the next reading series that will take place in October 2009, February 2010, and June 2010. Judges will select three scripts, which will be assigned a director, cast from a talented pool of NH actors, and stage-read in an evening event before a live audience at Red River Theatres. Application, fee information, and submission guidelines available here.
Register your production!
Did you know that there are no general filming permits in New Hampshire? The New Hampshire Film & Television Office has taken the hassle out of permitting, and the only paperwork we need is if you are planning to shoot on state property (e.g. state parks, historic sites, government buildings)--and even that is a snap. All you need to do is register your production with the New Hampshire Film & Television Office through our easy-to-use online form and that gets the process started. Best of all, the application to film on state property doesn't cost you a thing!

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New Hampshire Filmmaker Notebook
Items submitted by New Hampshire's film and television industry

New documentary Shooting Beauty by George Kachadorian and Courtney Bent

The New Hampshire Film & Television Office has been in contact recently with New Hampshire filmmaker George Kachadorian of Durham who, with the help of his photographer wife Courtney Bent, has finished the new documentary Shooting Beauty. George sent us an e-mail with information about the film and has allowed us to share that e-mail with you. You'll find his correspondence on our News & Events Blog. Also included are two links to New Hampshire media coverage of Shooting Beauty.

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New Hampshire Film Festival opens call for entries, announces 2009 dates for 9th Annual Film Fest

The 9th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival, October 15-18, 2009 in downtown Portsmouth and the call for entries is now officially open. Films and screenplays are already pouring in, according to organizers. Submission deadlines for the Film Festival are as follows: Early Bird entries June 5; early entries close July 5; late entries close August 5; Without A Box entries online close Aug. 15.

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Local documentary focuses on mitochondrial disease

Marc Dole, owner and founder of the award-winning Hatchling Studios--an animation company based in Portsmouth, NH--is the father of four teenage girls who have grown up with disabilities that stem from mitochondrial disease, a chronic, genetic disorder that occurs when cell mitochondria fail to function properly. Marc's children face challenges that include seizures, deafness, diabetes, immune disorders and severe learning and developmental disabilities. Marc and his family are currently in production of their documentary, Mito-Kids, which is already proving to be an inspirational and relatable film about a family adapting to their constantly changing challenges.

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New England-based reality TV series,
Iron Brides™, currently airing

Beginning March 26, 2009, the first 13 episodes of Iron Brides™ have been broadcast weekly on MyTV and carried on cable TV from New Hampshire's Lakes Region, south to Cape Cod, MA. Part reality TV, part game show, and part primer for brides-to-be, Iron Brides™ airs Thursday nights at 11 p.m. Season One's 13 episodes were filmed entirely in New Hampshire, on 24 unique sets, 27 speakers/presenters and over 30 segments. The show taped in communities as diverse as Concord, Hampton, Portsmouth, Suncook, Sugar Hill, and Nashua.

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Including Samuel  to air on New Hampshire Public Television three times in April

New Hampshire Public Television will broadcast New Hampshire filmmaker Dan Habib's documentary Including Samuel on April 19 at 9 p.m. and on April 22 and 24 at 10:30 p.m. NHPTV's public affairs series, NH Outlook, is producing a special half-hour program on Including Samuel which will air after each broadcast of the film.

For details, visit the NHPTV website.


Mastering Film Scheduling and Budgeting workshop scheduled for May 1-3 in Tilton, NH

Sponsored by Imagine News, Red Hawk Entertainment, Granite Media Center, and Entertainment Partners. During this fast-paced 2½-day workshop, potential filmmakers will focus on the process of scheduling and budgeting a screenplay to arrive at its estimated cost, on time. Red Hawk Entertainment's Dorothy Aufiero, feature film and television producer, will be leading the workshop, joined by Rich Guay of Entertainment Partners. They will guide attendees through a working knowledge of the industry standard software programs EP Scheduling and EP Budgeting.

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One World Video to produce "Visions of Healing" multimedia project

Hollis, NH-based One World Video is producing a multimedia project entitled "Visions of Healing," website, one-hour television special, and DVD program. These positive and affirming programs are intended to inspire and motivate cancer patients and survivors to heal, to take daily care of themselves, and to appreciate the opportunities for well-being in their lives, providing them with both accurate education and powerful insights. The program will focus on nutrition and supplementation, environmental factors, exercise and body weight, surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, chemo and immunotherapy, acupuncture, qigong, massage therapy, music therapy, yoga, reiki, meditation, and guided imagery.

For more information on the program, as well as sponsorship opportunities, please contact Peter Simmons at One World Video via the website at www.oneworldvideo.com.


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Although the New Hampshire Film & Television Office makes every effort to ensure accuracy of its communications to the public, it takes no responsibility for any errors, mistakes, misrepresentations or omissions for items submitted from external sources. The content in the New Hampshire Film & Television Office production directory, location library, news & events blog, e-newsletter, and website is provided for informational purposes and should not be considered an endorsement by the State of New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire Film & Television Office, as part of the New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources, works to expand business activity and employment throughout the state by acting as a liaison between the film industry and an established network of government agencies, the state's film industry workforce and local property owners. The office is responsible for location assistance, public relations and general production support in an effort to broaden the cultural and economic impact of film and television production in the state. For more information about film and television production in New Hampshire, call (603) 271-2220, e-mail film@nh.gov or visit www.nh.gov/film.