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On Wednesday, May 24th 2023 award winning director Rita Leistner visited the ongoing filmmaking workshop that Green Planet Films is offering to the participants of the Maritime Adventure Program at the Mystic Seaport Museum. Rita had the chance to share a bit about her journey in photography and documentary film, discuss the making of her documentary feature Forest for the Trees, as well as join in the workshopping of some student films. This was week 10 of our 11 week workshop. Maritime Adventure Program students have been studying the basic principles of documentary filmmaking and putting them into practice. Student film topics selected by the...

January 6, 2023 - New Fine Arts Documentary set in Ireland     A Film About Love, Art, Revolution & Ireland, A Call to Arts premiered on the RTÉ Network in Ireland and Connecticut Public Television. "It is a wonderful piece of work - fascinating for the political and personal histories it reveals; lively in its expert contributors and visually very rewarding - not least for Helen's beautiful and important photographic and sculptural works." Sunniva O'Flynn - Head of Irish Film Programming at the Irish Film Institute   2021 | 56 minutes | SDH Subtitles A Call to Arts explores Helen Hooker and Ernie O’Malley’s lives and their contributions to...

Green Planet Films was recently awarded a Supporting Arts Grant from the CT Office of the Arts. The grant, in the amount of $2592.00, will enable Green Planet to expand service to documentary film audiences and continue to embolden and support established and emerging documentary filmmakers. This grant will also contribute to new educational outreach to Connecticut nonprofits and schools. About Connecticut Office of the Arts  The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) is the state agency charged with fostering the health of Connecticut’s creative economy. Part of the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development, the COA is funded by...