The Producers Club of Maryland, Inc.,
the organizing entity of the Maryland Film Festival, was launched
as a 501(c)(3) corporation in 1993 at a special pre-release
screening of SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE attended by Nora Ephron
and some of the film’s Maryland cast and crew. It has
raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the economic
development work of the Maryland Film Office and Baltimore
Division of Film, Video, and Television, and assists their
work in numerous other ways.
The Producers Club owns the Maryland Regional Production
Guide (www.mdrpg.com), the only comprehensive "yellow
pages" for film, television and commercial production
in the region. In addition to the website, the Guide is distributed
throughout the year by the Maryland Film Office.
The largest single activity of the Producers Club is the
annual Maryland Film Festival, and the Friends of the Festival
year-round screening events. Each year scores of filmmakers
are brought to Baltimore and get to sample the community as
a place for future production.
The Producers Club funds and administers the Maryland Filmmakers
Fellowship each year in partnership with Sundance Labs. Winners
are selected by a panel of Maryland citizens who support the
work of the Producers Club and the Maryland Film Festival,
but none of whom are associated with the film industry. Typically
first money in, grants are given to help with pre-production.
Winners of the Maryland Filmmakers Fellowship:
2004- Richard Press for Virtual Love
2003- Caran Hartsfield for Bury Me Standing
2002 - Doug Sadler for Swimmers
2001 - Jacob and Josh Kornbluth for The Best Thief
in the World and Tatia Rosenthal and Etgar Keret
for $9.99
2000 - Michael Burke for The Mudge Boy
1999 - Rodrigo Garcia for Things You Can Tell Just
by Looking at Her
1998 - Kirby Dick for Beyond the Pleasure Principle
1997 - DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter for Lift
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To support the work of the Producers Club, join the Friends
of the Festival at the highest level you can afford.
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