CIRCUIT FILMS IN THE PRESS
Circuit Films Documentary Receives Recognition
Waiting to Continue: The Venezuelan Asylum Seekers on Martha’s Vineyard, a documentary film created by Circuit Films, received the Outstanding Massachusetts Filmmaker Award at the Arlington Film Festival earlier this month. The award celerates the talent behind making the film as well as its cultural and social significance. Circuit Films is the filmmaking wing of the West Tisbury-based cultural organization Circuit Arts.
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Migrant documentary creating community engagement
The Grange Hall in West Tisbury hosted a live screening of “Waiting to Continue,” a locally produced documentary focusing on the 48-hour Vineyard stay of 49 unexpected migrants who were flown to the Vineyard from Texas in September.
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Compelling works
Circuit Arts, like its founder and everyone who works for this stellar organization, bursts with creativity and a profound dedication to building community through accessible, meaningful, and diverse art experiences, year-round and Island-wide. Its multiple facets include the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, Cinema Circus, the Vineyard Drive-In at the YMCA, Martha’s Vineyard Children’s Theater Camp, and Circuit Films.
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Watch ‘Great Ponds’ at home
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival recently announced in a press release that they would be offering their original documentary, “Great Ponds, Episode 1: On Our Watch,” online, so that folks can view the film from the comfort of their own home.
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Local migrant flights documentary receives award
The locally produced documentary “Waiting to Continue: The Venezuelan Asylum Seekers on Martha’s Vineyard” has been chosen to receive the Arlington International Film Festival’s Outstanding Massachusetts Filmmaker Award, Circuit Arts announced last week.
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Community comes together
Last fall, after the summer hubbub quieted down, another whirlwind hit the Island community. While the world might have been generally aware of the news, Circuit Film’s original short documentary, “Waiting to Continue: The Venezuelan Asylum Seekers on Martha’s Vineyard” gives us a behind-the-scenes story about the 48 Venezuelan migrants who were flown here from San Antonio, Texas, in September 2022 under false promises of work and housing.
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Close to home
This year’s M.V. Film Festival, running from March 22 to 26, promises to connect the community to the film experience. Brian Ditchfield, artistic and executive director of Circuit Arts — the parent company of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival — and director of film programming, Minah (Worley) Oh, are infectiously enthusiastic about the concept of community as central to this year’s enticing offerings. The concept reflects the organization’s mission of connecting the arts to the community.
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