Bulkhead Pictures, the folks who brought us “The Listeners” in 2005, will film scenes for their next short film, “A Bootful of Fish,” at the Rochester Opera House in February.
To help bolster interest and support, they’ll hold a Community Support and Fundraising Party at The Governor’s Inn in Rochester on Thursday, Jan. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. The evening will feature refreshments and a screening of “The Listeners,” plus opportunities to get involved in Bulkhead’s next project. For more information, visit www.bulkheadpictures.com.
 
Filmmakers from New Hampshire-based production company Either/Or Films and administrators from the town of Peterborough received commendations from the Governor and Executive Council in December for choosing to shoot their film, “The Sensation of Sight,” completely in Peterborough in October and November. The company was praised for fostering a working relationship with the town, raising 90 percent of their film’s funds in New Hampshire, and attracting major talent to be a part of the project.

“The Sensation of Sight” is an offbeat drama about a man’s search for meaning amidst the ache of despair. It stars David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck”), and features Ian Somerhalder from ABC’s “Lost,” Daniel Gillies from the Steven Spielberg-produced mini series, “Into the West,” as well as Scott Wilson (“The Last Samurai”), Jane Adams (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”), Ann Cusack (“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”), Joseph Mazzello (“Jurassic Park”), and Elizabeth Waterston (“Law and Order”).

Several local filmmakers recently earned the dubious distinction of having the best septic system videos around. They’re winners of the “Septic Scenes” video contest, sponsored by the New Hampshire Estuaries Project.
John Shore and Dina Sutin of Portsmouth and Manchester won first place and $1,000 for “Your Septic System, Your Friend,” described by NHEP as “a well-produced video that featured a news parody, an animated SCUBA diver in a septic tank, and an original septic system music video.” Tim Gaudreau of Portsmouth won second place and $500 for “Fish Gone Bad,” an animated short of a fish mutating due to a septic system owner’s abuse of his system, and Terry Picard of Dover won third place and $200 for a hand-illustrated home movie comparing a septic system to the human digestive tract.
The winners and two honorable mentions will be included in a 30-minute septic system variety show that will air on Seacoast Community Access Television this spring. The program is part of an educational campaign by the NHEP to teach people about the importance of maintaining septic systems to protect water resources. For more information go to www.nhep.unh.edu.