“Being Elmo” will kick off 2011 Independent Film Festival of Boston

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The 2011 Independent Film Festival of Boston will kick off April 27th with the New England Premiere of the Sundance smash BEING ELMO, a documentary following Muppeteer Kevin Clash.

A TON of great films are being booked for this years festival, which will run from April 27th through May 4, including a number of festival favorites from the past year.

Here’s the complete list of titles; more info and spotlight films will be forthcoming in the days and weeks ahead.

9th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston: April 27 – May 4, 2011
Opening Night Film

BEING ELMO directed by Constance Marks
Closing Night Film

CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP directed by Rodman Flender
Narrative Features

13 ASSASINS directed by Takashi Miike

BELLFLOWER directed by Evan Glodell

BENEATH CONTEMPT directed by Benjamin Brewer

THE CATECHISM CATACLYSM directed by Todd Rohal

CIRCUMSTANCE directed by Maryam Keshavarz

FANNY, ANNIE & DANNY directed by Chris Brown

THE FUTURE directed by Miranda July

GREEN directed by Sophia Takal

LITTLE ROCK directed by Mike Ott

THE MULBERRY TREE directed by Mark Heller

ON THE ICE directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

SAHKANAGA directed by John Henry Summerour

THE SALESMAN directed by Sebastien Pilote

SEPTIEN directed by Michael Tully

STAKELAND directed by Jim Mickle

SUBMARINE directed by Richard Ayoade

TERRI directed by Azazel Jacobs

THE TRIP directed by Michael Winterbottom

THE TROLL HUNTER directed by Andre Ovredal

THE WHISTLE BLOWER directed by Larysa Kondracki
Documentary Features

BETTER THIS WORLD directed by Kelly Duane & Katie Galloway

BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD directed by Liz Garbus

BUCK directed by Cindy Meehl

BURMA SOLDIER directed by Nic Dunlop, Ricki Stern, & Annie Sundberg

THE CHINESE ARE COMING TO TOWN directed by Ronja Yu

THE CITY DARK directed by Ian Cheney

COLOR ME OBSESSED directed by Gorman Berchard

CONVENTO directed by Jarred Alterman

CRIME AFTER CRIME directed by Yoav Potash

CULTURES OF RESISTANCE directed by Iara Lee

DRAGONSLAYER directed by Tristan Patterson

EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS directed by Gereon Wetzel

GOD WILLING directed by Evangeline Griego

GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR directed by Pamela Yates

HEAVEN + EARTH + JOE DAVIS directed by Peter Sasowsky

HOT COFFEE directed by Susan Saladoff

HOW TO DIE IN OREGON directed by Peter Richardson

IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT directed by Marshall Curry

IVAN & IVANA directed by Jeff Silva

LAST DAYS HERE directed by Don Argott & Demian Fenton

MAKE BELIEVE directed by J. Clay Tweel

PAGE ONE: A YEAR INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES directed by Andrew Rossi

PROJECT NIM directed by James Marsh

PUPPET directed by David Soll

PUSH: MADISON VS. MADISON directed by Rudy Hypolite

RAISING RENEE directed by Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan

SONS OF PERDITION directed by Jennilyn Merten & Tyler Measom

SUPERHEROES directed by Michael Barnett

WE STILL LIVE HERE directed by Anne Makepeace

WHO TOOK THE BOMP?: LE TIGRE ON TOUR directed by Kerthy Fix

WINDFALL directed by Laura Israel
Short Films

8 directed by Daniel Laabs & Julie Gould

AFTER YOU LEFT directed by Jef Taylor

ALL DAY YEAH directed by Charlie Anderson

BABY directed by Daniel Mulloy

BOB AND THE TREES directed by Diego Ongaro

THE BOWLER directed by Sean Dunne

BOY directed by Topaz Adizes

CHAINSAW FOUND JESUS directed by Spencer Parsons

THE CONTRACT directed by Lina Mannheimer

DEEPER THAN YESTERDAY directed by Ariel Kleiman

THE DENTIST directed by Alex Mallis

FLYING ANNE directed by Catherine Van Campen

FRACTURE directed by Nicolas Sarkissian

ICE HOCKEY directed by Larry Cohen

ICH BIN’S HELMUT directed by Nicolas Steiner

IRMA directed by Charles Fairbanks

JUPITER ELICIUS directed by Kelly Sears

LITTLE HORSES directed by Levi Abrino

MR. HAPPY MAN directed by Matt Morris

NEGATIVIPEG directed by Matthew Rankin

PIONEER directed by David Lowery

POSTER GIRL directed by Sara Nesson

PROTOPARTICLES directed by Chema Garcia Ibarra

THE STRANGE ONES directed by Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein

TATOOINE directed by Eric Power

WE’RE LEAVING directed by Zachary Treitz

YOUNG BIRD SEASON directed by Nellie Kluz