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GENERAL PRESS
"Filmmaker Alyssa Botelho serves on the New Bedford Film Festival’s board"
April 2024 | WBUR
At 24, Fairhaven filmmaker Alyssa Botelho celebrates 20th short film
December 2023 | The New Bedford Light
Episode 175: Alyssa Botelho
December 2023 | SouthCoast Artist Index
“It’s really an honor for my film to be recognized by such a noteworthy organization"
June 2022 | The University of Rhode Island
Fairhaven Filmmaker Speechless After Winning Two Emmys
June 2022 | FUN 107
"It’s an honor for our staff to be recognized on a nationwide level for our continued work and commitment to the community of Fairhaven"
May 2022 | Fairhaven Neighborhood News
"In Fairhaven, you'll find a bright future star of the women of the South Coast. Alyssa Botelho...is already an award-winning filmmaker"
February 2022 | SouthCoast Insider
"Alyssa Botelho is an excellent choice for this inaugural award…she has an outstanding academic record…growing professional experience in film, an extensive record of service, and the most impressive essay of all applicants."
5 October 2018 | Providence Business News
SWEET FREEDOM
More on Alyssa Botelho's "Sweet Freedom"
December 2023 | New Bedford Guide
New Bedford abolitionist Mary Polly Johnson's biopic wraps filming
December 2023 | SouthCoast Today
Live behind the scenes of the movie “Sweet Freedom” being filmed in New Bedford!
November 2023 | New Bedford Guide
'Sweet Freedom' Polly Johnson film begins filming in New Bedford
November 2023 | SouthCoast Today
TO DUST ALL RETURN
2021 | short film
Newspapers
"Whether looking at the distant past, present or any point in between...Alyssa Botelho believes 'there's something to the core of humans that stays the same'"
July 2022 | SouthCoast Today
"For the first time in eight years of developing my craft as a filmmaker, I felt my artistic voice came through loud and clear"
July 2022 | The Independent RI
"Alyssa is the first Fairhaven High School alum and the first University of Rhode Island student to win a College/ University Production Award from NATAS"
July 2022 | Fairhaven Neighborhood News
Harrington School alum scores two college Emmys for student film
June 2022 | The University of Rhode Island
"History is filled with incredible women who have outwitted themselves out of situations where they were stripped of power"
May 2021 | The Independent RI
"It explores the nature of good vs. evil, the power dynamics between men and women in this time, and the lengths someone will go to make things right again"
April 2021 | Fairhaven Neighborhood News
"Even though it is a student-led film, she would not consider it to be a student project because of the professional attitude the cast and crew maintained throughout"
April 2021 | The Bourne Enterprise
"Her sheer attention to the details is incredible.”
April 2021 | The Good 5 Cent Cigar
"She and her cinematographer even ventured to Salem in October to do research for the production"
April 2021 | The Independent RI
Radio
Fairhaven Filmmaker Speechless After Winning Two Emmys
June 2022 | 1420 WBSM
SouthCoast Filmmakers Create Drama Set in Colonial New England
April 2021 | FUN107
TV
Paul Santos Live: Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker Alyssa Botelho
October 2022 | Paul Santos Live
Filmmaker Alyssa Botelho Films Period Drama on Cape Cod
April 2021 | Cape Media News
JUNKIE
2019 | sHORT FILM
Newspapers
"That’s what is really important about film; To change the way people think about things.”
January 2020 | FUN107
"The professional quality of the movie was evident from the first few seconds"
January 2020 | Fairhaven Neighborhood News
"Based on a true story, Junkie is a short film about the struggles of addiction and the role of law enforcement in a community of broken people"
January 2020 | The Wanderer
"This is the first time I really got to direct, and it felt so natural"
January 2020 | Wareham Week
"One of the actors who has been in things with CBS said 'this is the most professional, organized experience I’ve ever had'"
December 2019 | The Good 5 Cent Cigar
"It feels like all of these years of my work have been leading up to this moment because it’s such a powerful story"
November 2019 | The Independent RI
"I cannot wait to see the project, and I think it will become a work of art that captures the attention of a serious topic"
November 2019 | SouthCoast Today
Radio
Phil Paleologos Interviews Writer and Director of Short Film 'Junkie'
January 2020 | 1420 WBSM
Podcasts
Alyssa Botelho - Filmmaker - Indie Creator Spotlight
November 2020 | The Dorkening Podcast Network
Inspiration From the Strangest Places | An interview with filmmaker Alyssa Botelho about her debut film Junkie
November 2020 | Throwdown Thursday Podcast
Junkie
General
To Dust All Return
Sweet Freedom
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