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Indie Film: Aspiring actor and Windham resident Anthony Carignan stars in the first episode of a new series

Indie Film: Aspiring actor and Windham resident Anthony Carignan stars in the first episode of a new series

A brand-new streaming service was looking for someone with compelling screen presence and a location with some great production value. Luckily, the producers of the new travel outdoor series “Finding Adventure” found both right here in Maine, filming its premiere episode in Portland, Minot and Scarborough, and choosing for its first-ever guest Windham resident and aspiring actor Anthony Carignan.

Carignan’s Maine-based outdoor adventures come courtesy of the streaming service Very Local, which you can get for free on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV or Android TV. An intriguing mix of original programming and (as the name implies) local interest shows and news, Very Local has signed on ocean conservationist and perpetually outdoorsy TV host Kinga Philipps (“Lost In The Wild,” “America’s Lost Treasures”) to seek out, as Carignan explained, “people who are not super-adventurous, but who are looking to find adventure for different reasons.”

"We have been fortunate to have made two movies in Maine — The Way We Get By and Beneath The Harvest Sky.” Maine is a very special state in that there are so many options for locations. Given its size, you can travel to northern Maine, southern Maine, all along the coast, and tell a number of different stories in totally unique worlds with each film having very distinctive looks. The abundance of locations combined with the incredible generosity of the people and communities, make filmmaking in Maine a pure joy. We would not be filmmakers today without the support from the people of Maine and we will be forever grateful."

- Gita Pullapilly and Aron Gaudet, The Way We Get By and Beneath the Harvest Sky

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"Filming in Maine was a dream, simply because of the people. We came to Maine and found enthusiasm and friendliness. People wanted to help out any way they could and were excited to be a part of something. That sort of thing doesn’t happen in Los Angeles or New York or even Georgia. It’s really beautiful for people to come together to support a large artistic project like this."

- James Khanlarian, Director, The Ghost Trap

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