My favorite time of year is upon us, the Independent Film Festival of Boston 2010 is just around the corner. And the best just got better, the festival has expanded to eight days this year! The festival starts Wednesday April 21st, and ends Wednesday, April 28th.
The Opening Night film for the 2010 Festival will be [...]
IFFBoston has released the winners of the 2009 Jury Awards:
Narrative:
Grand Jury Prize: CHILDREN OF INVENTION
Special Jury Prize: BEESWAX
Documentary:
Grand Jury Prize: CRUDE
Special Jury Prize: UNMISTAKEN CHILD
Honorable Mention: THE WAY WE GET BY
Short Film:
Grand Jury Prize: INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
Special Jury Prize: I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
Congratulations to all the winners! Tonight is the closing night of [...]
The narrator states right at the beginning of ‘500 Days of Summer’ that this film is not a love story. You think, “Yeah right. It has a boy, a girl, and its about their relationship, how is that not a love story.” Well, I’ll further afirm the fact, that ‘500 Days of Summer’ is not [...]
I’d say we’re off to a great start. Tonight’s screening of ‘The Brothers Bloom,’ marked the beginning off the 7th annual Independent Film Festival of Boston.
‘That Evening Sun’ is a narrative feature that just won the audience award for Best Picture, and Grand Jury Award for Best Acting Ensemble at the SXSW festival.
‘Make-Out With Violence’ is a narrative feature film from the Nashville based Deagol Brothers. Tim Anderson from ‘Bloody-Disgusting.com’ called is “the American Graffiti of Zombie love stories.’
The 2009 Independent Film Festival of Boston is approaching quickly, and we’ll be starting out coverage previewing some of the films this week. This years festival will be running from April 22nd through April 28th, with screenings being held at the Somerville Theater, Brattle, Coolidge Corner, and the Institute of Contemporary Art.
The opening night film [...]
Narrative: MY WINNIPEG
Documentary: LIFE.SUPPORT.MUSIC.
Short: TONY ZOREIL (TONY ZEAR)
Here are the winners of the 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston:
Grand Jury Prize Narrative: BALLAST directed by Lance Hammer
Special Jury Prize: MOMMA’S MAN directed by Azazel Jacobs
‘Encounters at the End of the World,’ is the latest documentary from filmmaker Werner Herzog. And what a wonderful way to close out the sixth annual Independent Film Festival of Boston. ‘Encounters,’ is a fascinating, riveting and moving look at the people and animals that live in Antarctica.
‘Frownland’ a first feature from Director Ronnie Bronstein is a black comedy about a door-to-door coupon salesman who can’t hold a conversation with anyone but his analyst.
It’s rare to see a film with a single star. Its difficult enough to tell a story that engages a whole audience, especially as the the attention span of audiences become shorter and shorter. ‘Larry (the actor)’ is brave in that you spend the entire 35 minute run time with Larry, an actor with a [...]