IFFB Press Release and complete film listing

Here's the press release from the IFFB with a complete list of the films that will be showing this year – lots of good stuff coming, more in the days ahead right here on BP…


INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON ANNOUNCES
 2009 PROGRAM LINE-UP

Festival expands to the ICA and adds new presenting sponsor;
“THE BROTHERS BLOOM” directed by Rian Johnson to open seventh annual festival;

           

BOSTON (March 22, 2009)—The Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFBoston)
today announced the films that will be featured at the 2009 Independent Film
Festival of Boston. The seventh annual festival will be held April 22-April 28,

2009. Inthe continuing expansion of
the festival, the Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston has been added as a
screening venue. A new Presenting Sponsor, The
Liberty Hotel
, has joined the festival and the official hotel of the
Independent Film Festival of Boston. The liberty Hotel joins returning
presenting sponsors Ford and JetBlue Airways. B-Side, a leading technology partner for film festivals, has also
joined as a Premier Sponsor for the Independent Film Festival of Boston in
2009. B-Side will manage all ticketing pages of the festival website and
provide interactive features for audience members. The festival, complete with
film screenings, filmmaker Q&A sessions, panel discussions, visiting
filmmakers, parties and events will showcase the works of filmmakers who seek
to create films that are life changing, thought provoking and expose aspects of
life in new and revealing manners.

 

THE BROTHERS BLOOM” directed by Rian
Johnson and  starring Mark Ruffalo,
Adrien Brody, and Rachel Weisz will open the festival on Wednesday, April 22nd
at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square
. Rian Johnson and selected
cast will be in attendance for the Opening Night screening.

 

Some
highlights of the 2009 festival include Ondi Timoner’s (“Dig!”) Sundance Grand
Jury Prize-winning documentary WE LIVE
IN PUBLIC
, Guillermo Arriaga’s ( writer of 
“Babel”, “21 Grams
”) directorial debut THE BURNING PLAIN starring Charlize
Theron and Kim Basinger, 500 DAYS OF
SUMMER
starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, LA MISSION starring Benjamin Bratt, IN THE LOOP starring James Gandolfini,
Hirokazu Koreeda’s STILL WALKING,  Robert Siegel’s (writer of “The Wrestler”) BIG FAN starring Patton Oswalt and
Kevin Corrigan, and Olivier Assayas’ SUMMER
HOURS
starring Juliette Binoche, and WORLD’S
GREATEST DAD
directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.

 

Numerous
films with strong Boston ties will make their New England premieres at the
festival this April including Jonathan Hock’s THE LOST SON OF HAVANA, Bestor Cram’s JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON, Aron Gaudet’s THE WAY WE GET BY, Laura Longsworth’s LUCKEY, Gerald Peary’s FOR
THE LOVE OF MOVIES: THE STORY OF AMERICAN FILM CRITICISM
, Amy Grill’s SPEAKING IN CODE, Andrew Bujalski’s BEESWAX, Alex Karpovsky’s TRUST US, THIS IS ALL MADE UP, Ian
McFarland’s CHIP ON MY SHOULDER,
George Kachadorian’s SHOOTING BEAUTY,
Al Ward’s BLOOD, SWEAT & CHEERS,
and Tze Chun’s CHILDREN OF INVENTION.

Special
guests attending the festival include Chris
Cooper
, Benjamin Bratt, Bobby and Peter Farrelly, Kevin
Corrigan
, Luis Tiant, and many
more to be announced in the coming weeks.

 

INDEPENDENT FILM
FESTIVAL OF BOSTON 2009 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:

 

Narrative Features

500
DAYS OF SUMMER, directed by Marc Webb

THE
ANSWER MAN, directed by John Hindman

BEESWAX,
directed by Andrew Bujalski

BIG
FAN, directed by Robert Seigel

BIRDWATCHERS,
directed by Marco Bechis

BRONSON,
directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

THE
BROTHERS BLOOM, directed by Rian Johnson

THE
BURNING PLAIN, directed by Guillermo Arriaga

CHILDREN
OF INVENTION, directed by Tze Chun

THE
ESCAPIST, directed by Rupert Wyatt

FROM
INSIDE, directed by John Bergin

GRACE,
directed by Paul Solet

HELEN,
directed by Joe Lawlor & Christine Malloy

THE
HIGHER FORCE, directed by Olaf De Fleur

IN
THE LOOP, directed by Armando Iannucci

MAKE-OUT
WITH VIOLENCE, directed by The Deagol Brothers

THE
MISSING PERSON, directed by Noah Buschel

LA
MISSION, directed by Peter Bratt

PONTYPOOL,
directed by Bruce McDonald

STILL
WALKING, directed by Hirokazu Koreeda

STINGRAY
SAM, directed by Cory McAbee

SUMMER
HOURS, directed by Olivier Assayas

THAT
EVENING SUN, directed by Scott Teems

THE
VICIOUS KIND, directed by Lee Toland Kreiger

THE
WORLD’S GREATEST DAD, directed by Bobcat Goldthwait

Documentary Features

ART
& COPY, directed by Doug Pray

AUTOMORPHISIS,
directed by Harrod Blank

BEST
WORST MOVIE, directed by Michael Stephenson

BLOOD,
SWEAT & CHEERS, directed by Al Ward

CHIP
ON MY SHOULDER, directed by Ian McFarland

CRUDE,
directed by Joe Berlinger

FOOD,
INC., directed by Robert Kenner

FOR
THE LOVE OF MOVIES, directed by Gerald Peary

HERB
AND DOROTHY, directed by Megumi Sasaki

I
NEED THAT RECORD!, directed by Brendan Toller

INVISIBLE
GIRLFRIEND, directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin

JOHNNY
CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON, directed by Bestor Cram

KIMJONGILIA,
directed by NC Heikin

THE
LOST SON OF HAVANA, directed by Jonathan Hock

LUCKEY,
directed by Laura Longsworth

MINE,
directed by Geralyn Pezanoski

MONSTERS
FROM THE ID, directed by David Gargani

NOLLYWOOD
BABYLON, directed by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal

OF
ALL THE THINGS, directed by Jody Lambert

PROM
NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI, directed by Paul Saltzman

SHOOTING
BEAUTY, directed by George Kachadorian

SHOUTING
FIRE: STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF FREE SPEECH, directed by Liz Garbus

SPEAKING
IN CODE, directed by Amy Grill

THE
SWEET LADY WITH THE NASTY VOICE, directed by Joanne Fish and Vincent Kralyevich

TRIMPIN:
THE SOUND OF INVENTION, directed by Peter Esmonde

TRINIDAD,
directed by PJ Raval

TRUST
US, THIS IS ALL MADE UP, directed by Alex Karpovksy

UNMISTAKEN
CHILD, directed by Nati Baratz

UPSTREAM
BATTLE, directed by Ben Kampas

THE
WAY WE GET BY, directed by Aron Gaudet

WE
LIVE IN PUBLIC, directed by Ondi Timoner

WILLIAM
KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE, directed by Sarah and Emily Kunstler

WINNEBAGO
MAN, directed by Ben Steinbauer

Short Films

THE
ARCHIVE, directed by Sean Dunne

BEAN,
directed by Giovanna Federico

THE
BLINDNESS IN THE WOODS, directed by Martin Jalfen and Javier Lourenco

BOOB,
directed by William Murnion and Jon Milott

FUNNY
GUY, directed by Frank Rinaldi

HA’
AGAM (THE LAKE), directed by Boaz Lavie

THE
HORRIBLY SLOW MURDERER WITH THE EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT WEAPON, directed by
Richard Gale

I
AM SO PROUD OF YOU, directed by Don Hertzfeldt

I
KNEW IT WAS YOU, directed by Richard Shepard

THE
INCIDENT AT TOWER 37, directed by Chris Perry

INSTEAD
OF ABRACADABRA, directed by Patrik Eklund

JULIE,
JULIE, directed by Liam Creighton

KANISZA
HILL, directed by Evelyn Lee

KNIFE
POINT, directed by Carlo Mirabella=Davis

I
LIVE IN THE WOODS, directed by Max Winston

LOLLIPOP
MAN, directed by Michael Axelgaard

MELANCHOLY
BABY, directed by Sean Hood

NEXT
FLOOR, directed by Denis Villeneuve

NO
WIND, NO WAVES, directed by Julian Higgins

O.W.
HOUTS AND SONS, INC., directed by Aaron Matthews and Richard Sherman

PRINCESS
MARGARET BLVD., directed by Dan Montgomery

SHIKZIEN,
directed by Jeremey Clapin

SHOCKWAVES,
directed by Serge Ou

SHORT
TERM 12, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton

THE
SLEUTH INCIDENT, directed by Jason Kupfer

SMALL
COLLECTION, directed by Jeremiah Crowell

THE
SNAKE MOUNTAIN COLADA, directed by Calvin Reeder

TENDER
AS HELLFIRE, directed by Jason Stone

THEO,
directed by Georgi Banks-Davies

UNDONE,
directed by Hayley Morris

WESTERN
SPAGHETTI, directed by PES

WHAT
IS SHE TO YOU?, directed by Aiden Burgess

 

The
Independent Film Festival of Boston will reach a diverse audience by
incorporating a number of venues in the greater Boston community including:

·        
Somerville Theatre in Davis Square

·        
Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square

·        
Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline

·        
Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston

 

All
festival venues are easily accessible by MBTA public transportation and are all
located near area parking.

 

Passes
will be available online at www.iffboston.org
on March 22, 2009.

Individual
tickets will be available online at www.iffboston.org
on April 1st, 2009.

 

About the Independent Film Festival of Boston

The Independent Film Society of Boston, a 501(c)3 non-profit, produces the annual Independent Film
Festival of Boston. Our mission is to showcase emerging filmmakers, musicians and visual artists and
provide attendees direct access in interactive environments to these artists.
Additional information about
the Independent Film Festival of Boston is available at http://www.iffboston.org or email
 
info@iffboston.org.