Open Night Party 5-8pm today!

by Alan LaFave

mariamylove At 5pm tonight it’s time to close up shop for the day, head down to Wash­ing­ton Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets, in Down­town Bay City.  Don’t worry about din­ner because great treats from down­town eater­ies are pro­vided.  Add in some music from An Amer­i­can Under­dog (cd release party at the open­ing!) wsg Vince Dynamic, and meet some of […]

Twilight Saga’s Jackson Rathbone in “Girlfriend”

by Alan LaFave

girlfriend-movie-poster “The Twi­light Saga:  Break­ing Dawn Part 1″ won’t be out in the­aters until Novem­ber, but you can see Jack­son Rath­bone (Jasper Cullen) in the HHM fea­ture “Girl­friend” this week­end!  Don’t miss the Inter­lochen grad’s turn as a trou­ble­maker in the fan­tas­tic inde­pen­dent film that Rath­bone both stars in and co-produces.  Pro­ducer Shaun O’Banion worked with […]

The Lake Effect” shot in MI

by Alan LaFave

lake effect poster Writer/Director Tara Miele will be at Hell’s Half Mile to talk about her film “The Lake Effect” shot in South Haven, MI.  The film uses the small town coastal set­ting as the back­drop for this enjoy­able comedy/drama.  A “must see” at HHM-6!

Buy Now Tix/Passes

by Alan LaFave

To buy your passes on-line today, just visit the Tick­ets & Passes page on this web site and fol­low the link to the All Access Pass, Film Pass or Music Fes­ti­val sales pages via BrownPaperTickets.com. To buy tick­ets to indi­vid­ual film screen­ings just visit the film page and click on the “buy tick­ets” link for the screen­ing that […]

TV Acting Trio Coming to Bay City

by Mike Weiss

Shiloh_Alex_Rider (1) Hell’s Half Mile is excited to fea­ture three short films (see Fea­tured Shorts Pro­gram) from co-director/co-writer/actor broth­ers Rider and Shiloh Strong, and producer/writer/actor Alexan­dra Bar­reto.  All three are sched­uled to attend HHM Fest and will be avail­able for Q&A after each screen­ing. About our guests.…For over two decades, Rider Strong and Shiloh Strong have been […]

Passes On Sale Now!

by Alan LaFave

Visit the Tick­ets & Passes sec­tion at the top of the page (look up) to link to our PASS SALE on BrownPaperTickets.com. All Access Passes are dis­count to $40 and include access for one to all films, all recep­tions and the Sat­ur­day night music event! Film Passes are dis­counted to $25 and include access for one […]

Maria My Love” opens HHM 2011

by Alan LaFave

6f99b42f-3p Scout­ing films at the Tribeca Film Fes­ti­val every year really pays off!  Our 2011 open­ing night film, Maria My Love, pre­miered in 2011 at Tribeca and is a per­fect exam­ple of great inde­pen­dent film­mak­ing.  The film takes the time to explore the uni­ver­sal theme of loss and how one tries to recover through the grief, but with an intimacy that […]

Feature Films Announced!

by Alan LaFave

Check out the “Film” tab for the list of Fea­ture Films, includ­ing Doc­u­men­tary and Nar­ra­tive films.  Scroll over each image and click to watch the film’s trailer.

New site still under construction

by Mike Weiss

Hey all, I’m Mike. I am the web devel­oper that is help­ing out with the fest. As you can see, the web­site is launched. I wish I had more time, but with the way these things work, there really isn’t much you can do until just before the event. My goal is to really make sure that […]