One of my chief joys of writing this column is the opportunity to talk to the Maine filmmakers of tomorrow. Or, you know, the day after tomorrow. Meet Georgia Lobozzo, who won the Portland Children’s Film Festival’s young filmmakers contest, K-2nd grade division, earlier this month. Her film, “Barney & Quackers,” is a charming claymation […]

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