Boston Film Festival: Day One

Hey all – the 27th annual Boston Film Festival gets underway tonight at Stuart Street Playhouse! Boston Popcorn and Indie Film Spotlight will be giving you a daily rundown of the featured films playing every day, so be sure to check back to find out all the great features!

For full info go to the festival’s website at http://bostonfilmfestival.org

For tickets head over to the festival’s ticketing site at http://bostonfilmfestival.ticketleap.com/

PLAYING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

6:45PM “Certainty” — World Premiere
Director: Peter Askin
Writer: Mike O’Malley
Starring: Adelaide Clemens, Tom Lipinski, Valerie Harper, Bobby Moynihan, Giancarlo Esposito, Tammy Blanchard, Kristen Connolly
Synopsis: Dom McGuire had it all figured out until his best friend sobered up, his sister lost 100 pounds and his fiancée rediscovered her religion.
Run Time: 1:30

 

8:45PM “After Fall, Winter” — World Premiere

Director/Writer/ Producer: Eric Schaeffer
Starring: Eric Schaeffer, Lizzie Brochere, Deborah Twiss, Heather Aitken
Synopsis: AFTER FALL, WINTER is a dangerous, sexy, poignant and at times darkly funny story about two people who desperately want intimacy but have fashioned lives of reclusively and emotional fracture which ultimately spells the doom of their great love. AFTER FALL, WINTER begins with Michael, in his mid forties, suicidal about his writing career, which once flourished and now is on a downturn. He leaves his home in New York and goes to Paris in hopes of igniting his passion for writing and life. He also has a penchant for S and M. Soon after is arrival he meets Sophie, a sexy, smart, soulful, nurse who helps dying people transition to the after world. She and Michael instantly have chemistry albeit combative. Sophie has a secret. Her other job is being a dominatrix. Throughout the film, Sophie is nursing a little girl, Anais, who is dying of leukemia.
Run Time: 2:10