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Snapshots from the Provincetown film festival

There have been close to 80 films shown during the 19th annual Provincetown International Film Festival, with close to 70 stars and filmmakers in attendance. We were able to speak to some of them Saturday at a gathering at the Land’s End Inn and hear about their work. Below are some highlights — and the list of eventual festival winners at the end

Aubrey Plaza talks about her new movie – and Instagram – at Provincetown festival

Aubrey Plaza was the big star at the Provincetown International Film Festival on Sunday. The actress, of “Parks and Recreation,” “The Little Hours,” “Legion,” and “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” was in town for a festival screening of her new dark comedy, “Ingrid Goes West,” the story of a woman who becomes obsessed with a seemingly perfect Instagram star, played by Elizabeth Olsen.

Documentary on nuclear plant closing to screen in Provincetown

PROVINCETOWN — A five-year look at the grass-roots political battle that preceded the closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is presented in a feature-length film titled “Power Struggle,” which is set to be shown three times this weekend at the Provincetown International Film Festival.

 

P’town fest fun

There are more than tourists flocking to Provincetown this sunny summer week. The town’s annual film festival has drawn a crowd of celebs.

John Waters Likes to ‘Make Trouble’

John Waters wonders what kind of adult comes to the beach for the summer. And yet for 52 years (in 1964 he was here for only two weeks) he’s returned to Provincetown every summer to write in the mornings and head to Long Nook most afternoons, and is often bicycling about town…