4-day celebration of rising filmmakers returns to Charles Theatre
In two years, Baltimore’s New/Next Festival has quickly lived up to its name.
The film festival, created in 2023 when the Maryland Film Festival took a year off, has become an imaginative playground for many emerging filmmakers in Maryland and beyond.
“Just as we’re establishing ourselves as a festival, they’re also coming into their own with their filmmaking voice,” said co-founder and programmer Eric Hatch.
Ahead of the third annual New/Next, which runs Thursday through Sunday at the Charles Theatre on North Charles Street, Hatch chatted about some of the weekend’s highlights, including an ’80s-inspired video game fantasy, an award-winning documentary and a screening handpicked by comedian Stavros Halkias.
Read full article: New/Next Film Festival: What to know about the Baltimore event – The Baltimore Banner
