The Independent Film Festival of Boston has set the lineup for their 2013 edition — running April 24-30. The festival will feature 99 films alongside Q&A sessions, panel discussions, parties and events.
This will be the first edition of the festival featuring Casey Affleck as the festival’s new Creative Advisor. Affleck will be attendance at the festival, which will open with James Ponsoldt’s “The Spectacular Now” and close with Lake Bell’s “In a World…”
Full press release below.
Boston (March 20, 2013) – The Independent Film Festival of
Boston (IFFBoston) has announced the films that will be featured at the 2013
festival. The eleventh annual festival will take place April 24- April 30,
2013. The festival will take place at the
Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, the
Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, and new venues UMass Boston and Theatre 1
in Boston. The festival, complete with over 130 film screenings, 99 films,
filmmaker Q&A sessions, panel discussions, visiting filmmakers, parties and
events will showcase the best in current American and International cinema.
The Independent Film Festival Boston has been recognized as
the premier film festival in the Boston area by the Boston Globe, Boston
Phoenix, Boston Herald, Boston Magazine, and Indiewire. IFFBoston was voted
“Best Film Festival in Boston” in 2011 and 2012 by Boston Phoenix readers.
The Independent Film Festival Boston is proud to welcome our
new Creative Advisor, Casey Affleck at
the 2013 edition of the festival. Casey Affleck will serve a multi-faceted role
which includes outreach to talent, connecting the festival with local
charities, and advising on festival growth. Casey Affleck will be in
attendance for the early part of the
festival.
THE SPECTACULAR NOW
directed by James Ponsoldt will open the 11th annual festival on
April 24th at the Somerville Theatre. James Ponsoldt will be in
attendance on Opening Night.
“IN A WORLD…”
written, directed, and starring Lake Bell, will close the festival on Tuesday
April 30th at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Lake Bell and other
special guests will be in attendance on
Closing Night.
Other notable films screening at the festival include:
–
The World Premiere of WILLOW
CREEK, with director Bobcat
Goldthwait in attendance
– The World Premiere of BEST
KEPT SECRET, with director
Samantha Buck and special guests in attendance
– The
World Premiere of SECUNDARIA, with director Mary Jane Doherty in
attendance
– The World Premiere of THE ELDERS, with director Nathaniel Hansen in attendance
– MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed
by Joss Whedon
– FRANCES HA, starring Greta Gerwig
and directed by Noah
Bumbauch
– COMPUTER CHESS, with
director Andrew Bujalski in attendance
– STORIES WE TELL, directed
by Sarah Polley
– DOWNLOADED, with director
Alex Winter in attendance
–
PRINCE AVALANCHE, starring Paul Rudd and directed by David Gordon Green
–
THE EAST, starring Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, and Patricia
Clarkson and directed by Zal
Batmanglij
–
TOUCHY FEELY, starring Alison
Janney, Ellen Page, Josh Pais, Rosemarie DeWitt and
directed by Lynn Shelton
There will be several panel discussions during the festival
including a Distribution panel featuring David Laub of Oscilloscope
Laboratories, Matt Grady of Factory 25, and Jonthan Marlow of Fandor. All panel discussions will be free to the public
and will take place at The Somerville Theatre. Other panel topics will include
end credit sequences and documentary editing.
There will be numerous parties during the festival. The opening
night party will take place at Orleans
in Davis Square, Somerville. The Friday night dance party will happen at The
Davis Square Theatre. Saturday night’s
party will be at Sabur in Teele
Square, Somerville, and the Sunday night Awards Party will take place at The
Emerald Lounge in downtown Boston.
Among the awards to be given out on Sunday April 28th will
be the 4th annual Karen Schmeer Award for Excellence in Documentary Editing. This award was created to honor the memory of
beloved Boston documentary film editor Karen Schmeer who was tragically lost in
a hit-and-run accident in January of 2010. The Karen Schmeer Award is presented
by The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship.
The Revere Hotel is
the Official Hotel of the Independent Film Festival Boston.
WBUR is the Official Media Sponsor of the 2013 Independent
Film Festival Boston.
Rule/Boston Camera
is the Official Production Sponsor of the 2013 Independent Film Festival
Boston.
Rockland Trust is
the Official Bank Sponsor of the 2013 Independent Film Festival Boston.
INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON 2013 OFFICIAL
SELECTIONS
Narrative Features
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
directed by Peter Strickland
COMPUTER CHESS directed
by Andrew Bujalski
CONCUSSION directed
by Stacie Passon
CRYSTAL FAIRY directed
by Sebastian Silva
THE DIRTIES directed
by Matt Johnson
THE EAST directed by
Zal Batmanglij
EXIT ELENA directed
by Nathan Silver
FRANCES HA directed
by Noah Bumbauch
A HIJACKING directed
by Tobias Lindholm
HOUSTON directed by
Bastian Gunther
THE HUNT directed by
Thomas Vinterberg
IN A WORLD… directed
by Lake Bell
THE LAND OF EB
directed by Andrew Williamson
THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST
directed by Craig DiFolco
LAURENCE ANYWAYS
directed by Xavier Dolan
LONELY BOY directed
by Dale Fabrigar
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
directed by Joss Whedon
PRINCE AVALANCHE
directed by David Gordon Green
SIGHTSEERS directed
by Ben Wheatley
SOFT IN THE HEAD
directed by Nathan Silver
SOME GIRL(S)
directed by Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
THE SPECTACULAR NOW
directed by James Ponsoldt
THIS IS MARTIN BONNER
directed by Chad Hartigan
TOUCHY FEELY
directed by Lynn Shelton
V/H/S 2 directed by
Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto,
Gareth Huw Evans, and Jason Eisener
WASTELAND directed
by Rowan Athale
WILLOW CREEK
directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
Documentary Features
12 O’CLOCK BOYS
directed by Lotfy Nathan
THE ACT OF KILLING directed
by Joshua Oppenheimer
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
directed by Victor Buhler
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT…
directed by PJ Raval
BEST KEPT SECRET directed
by Samantha Buck
BLACKFISH directed
by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
BLOOD BROTHER
directed by Steve Hoover
CASTING BY directed
by Tom Donahue
THE DEFECTOR: ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA directed by Ann Shin
DIRTY WARS directed
by Richard Rowley
DOWNLOADED directed
by Alex Winter
THE ELDERS directed
by Nathaniel Hansen
THE FINAL MEMBER
directed by Jonah Bekhor & Zach Math
FUTURE MY LOVE
directed by Maja Borg
THE GARDEN OF EDEN
directed by Ran Tal
THE GENIUS OF MARIAN
directed by Banker White & Anna Fitch
GIDEON’S ARMY
directed by Dawn Porter
GOLD FEVER directed
by JT Haines, Tommy Haines, & Andrew Sherburne
GOOD ‘OL FREDA
directed by Ryan White & Jessica Lawson
GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA directed by Nicholas Wrathall
HERE ONE DAY
directed by Kathy Leichter
MUSCLE SHOALS
directed by Greg Camalier
NARCO CULTURA
directed by Shaul Schwarz
NIGHT LABOR directed
by David Redmon
OUR NIXON directed
by Penny Lane
OXYANA directed by
Sean Dunne
PERSISTENCE OF VISION
directed by Kevin Schreck
THE PLEASURES OF BEING OUT OF STEP directed by David Lewis
THE PUNK SINGER
directed by Sini Anderson
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL
directed by Farihah Zaman & Jeff Reichert
REWIND THIS!
directed by Josh Johnson
SECUNDARIA directed
by Mary Jane Doherty
STORIES WE TELL directed
by Sarah Polley
SUITCASE OF LOVE AND SHAME directed by Jane Gillooly
TINY: A STORY ABOUT LIVING SMALL directed by Merete Mueller & Christopher Smith
TOKYO WAKA: A CITY POEM directed by John Haptas & Kristine Samuelson
TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM directed by Morgan Neville
Short Films
AFTER YOU directed
by Damien O’Connor
THE ATTENDANT
directed by Ian Beattie
BEN: IN THE MIND’S EYE directed
by Iva Radivojevic
BETTER PEOPLE
directed by Mark O’Brien
THE BIRDMAN directed
by Jessie Auritt
BLACK METAL directed
by Kat Candler
DEAR VALUED GUESTS directed
by Jarred Alterman
DIE LIKE AN EGYPTIAN directed
by Matt Mamula
THE END OF THE COUNTER
directed by Laura McGann
FERAL directed by
Dan Sousa
THE GAMBLING MAN directed
by Aron Gaudet
GOLD PARTY directed
by Nellie Kluz
HOME directed by
Aoife Kelleher
INSTALL: LIGHT, SOUND, & CRAIG COLORUSSO directed by Kevin Belli
IRISH FOLK FURNITURE
directed by Tony Donoghue
JESUS FISH directed
by Bryce James McGuire
THE LAST ICE MERCHANT directed
by Sandy Patch
MAGNESIUM directed
by Sam De Jong
MARCEL, KING OF TERVUREN directed by Tom Schroeder
OH WILLY… directed
by Marc James Roels & Emma De Swaef
PARADISE directed by
Nadav Kurtz
POUTERS directed by
Paul Fegan
THE PROFESSOR
directed by Alison Maclean
THE RANCHER directed
by Kelly Lynn Sears
REBORNING directed
by Helen Hood Scheer & Yael Bridge
REINDEER directed by
Eva Weber
SEE THE DIRT
directed by Chelsea Hernandez & Erik Mauck
SKIN directed by
Jordana Spiro
SLOMO directed by
Josh Izenberg
SOCIAL BUTTERLFY
directed by Lauren Wolkenstein
A STORY OF THE MODLINS
directed by Sergio Oksman
TRACK BY TRACK
directed by Anna Moot-Levin
TWO HEARTS directed
by Darren Thornton
TWO WHEELS, GOOD
directed by Barry Gene Murphy
VLADMIR PUTIN IN DEEP CONCENTRATION directed by Dana O’Keefe & Sasha Kliment
WE WILL LIVE AGAIN directed
by Josh Koury & Myles Kane
WHEN THE ZOMBIES COME
directed by Jon Hurst
WORLD FAIR directed
by Amanda Murray
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
– UMass
Boston
– Theatre
1 at The Revere Hotel in Boston
All festival venues are easily accessible by MBTA Public
Transportation and all located near area parking.
Individual film tickets will go on sale in early April. Film-Only Passes and Chrome All-Access
passes and the festival schedule will be available on the festival website in
late March.
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