Join The Maine Outdoor Film Festival for an indoor screening of the ELDERBERRY PROGRAM at Talbot Auditorium part of University of Southern Maine's Portland campus.

Where: Talbot Auditorium, 85 Bedford St Portland, ME 04101 United (Google Maps Link)

Parking: Street Parking

When: Saturday July 26, 2025. Doors at 4:40PM, films begin at 5PM

Tickets: $15 advance, $18 at the door

Hosted by: WMPG, Southern Maine's Community Radio State

This Event is Included in:

All-Access Pass

Friends of MOFF Pass

Matinee Pass



More info:

Outside water is allowed.

email moff@maineoutdoorfilmfestival.com with questions!

Film Program

THE WILD BUNCH

A gang of wannabe bikepacking misfits follow the Butch Cassidy's outlaw trail.

MILES BEYOND REMISSION

After being told he'll never reach remission, a six-time cancer survivor sets out to be the first of his kind to run a marathon on every continent, with a moving message: if cancer is global, so is surviving. A powerful short documentary about men's mental health, resiliency and learning to seek out the joy in life wherever you can find it.

PATSO

Patso is a celebration of what is possible when we embrace the river community around us.

PASTURES AND PANELS

Independent family farms across the U.S. are facing steep challenges, but some farmers have discovered a way to turn things around: "solar grazing." By raising sheep under solar panels and using them to keep the grass low, these generational farmers are combining agriculture with clean energy. This innovative practice has become a national movement, with tens of thousands of sheep now grazing solar fields. Pastures and Panels tells the story of Daniel Dotterer, a 7th-generation Pennsylvania farmer, and other family farms who've breathed new life into their land through solar grazing. Their stories capture the decline of small, independent farms and the hope for a new beginning. By uniting farming and energy production, these farmers are preserving their family legacies while helping to power America's future.

DANCING ON THE EDGE

LINES

There's a tense moment before every grand performance where apprehension turns to belief, and preparation meets presentation. We follow the interwoven journey of a skier and a rapper as they individually navigate this moment on stages of their own choosing.

ECHOES IN THE DARK

Unique, mysterious, but misunderstood; a species that does so much for us, and their real value is now coming out of the dark. Echoes in the Dark (2024) uncovers the impact of an unsuspecting, yet wildly rejected creature: bats. The documentary is a fully student-produced project from the University of Florida, led by a team in their early 20s. The film shines a light on the immense value these flying mammals hold not just to the people in the small town of Gainesville, Florida, where the film takes place, but across the world. The human relationship with bats is fully realized throughout the piece and shows how this connection has evolved and shifted over decades. It highlights the relationships experts and admirers alike hold with the species while also challenging what it means to coexist with the natural world, accepting all the wildlife that plays a role in it, by settling the misconceptions commonly tacked onto the animal. Furthermore, the film explores how climate change is hurting bat populations across the sea and back at home, which is lessening their relevance and benefits for both people and the environment. Bats become characters as the documentary progresses. Though we can't interview them, their voices are still heard, and their personalities shine through. A majority of this film takes place outdoors, showing off the bats and the people that study them. From UF's own bat houses to bat populations in the Bahamas, the film aims to reeducate people about bats while also recognizing the human race's shortcomings in accepting and supporting them in local communities.

KANENON:WE - ORIGINAL SEEDS

Kanenon:we - Original Seeds carries viewers into the grassroots Indigenous seed sovereignty movement led by Haudenosaunee women. Prior to European contact there was a rich and vibrant diversity of foods, with women primarily responsible for caretaking of the seeds. Genocidal practices including, boarding schools, land theft, forced relocation, imposed religion and even food warfare contributed to a disconnection from our traditional foods and seeds. Indigenous seed keepers are vigilantly protecting the biodiversity of seeds under threat of Agro-Chemical Giants that currently control over sixty percent of seeds worldwide. As these Haudenosaunee women step back into their sacred responsibility as seed keepers they offer a powerful view of what is possible in Indigenous communities working towards food sovereignty.