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.