Dir of Programming
Maryland Film Festival
Eric Allen Hatch is the Director of Programming for Maryland Film Festival, which will hold its fifteenth annual festival May 8-12, 2013 in beautiful downtown Baltimore. Eric oversees MFF’s call for entries; recruits and manages the screening committee that evaluates entries; acts as liaison with distributors and filmmaker alum; represents MFF at other festivals such as TIFF and SXSW; and edits the annual MFF program guide. Eric also implements MFF’s year-round programming, including the popular Gunky’s Basement 35mm genre-film series, curated and hosted by musician Dan Deacon and video artist Jimmy Joe Roche. Eric wrote music, film, and literature reviews for Baltimore City Paper from 1997-2007. He founded, programmed and hosted the Baltimore Museum of Art's Free First Thursdays Film Series (2005-2008), focusing on visionary international cinema of the 1960s and 70s. Eric was a member of the screening committee for MicroCineFest, one of the country's premiere underground film and video festivals. He also co-founded the Red Room Collective, the organization behind the High Zero festival, an internationally lauded festival dedicated to experimental, improvised music. Hatch joined MFF’s programming team in 2007, and became director of programming in 2010.