Aside from having the sickest posters around, the Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFB) continues to bring some serious titles to nearly every corner of Boston. Now in its 7th year the festival continues to provide a wonderful outlet for documentary filmmakers. This year will be no exception. Adam Roffman has once again delivered a serious lineup of some of the biggest docs this year thus far. The only thing that excites me more then the schedule is the fact that its the ONLY film festival all year that I can walk to from my house…so with a potential heatwave hitting New England this weekend I can’t think of a better place to escape that unfamiliar feeling of the suns rays then at one of the many venues IFFB will be taking hostage starting tomorrow.
Below are a few films and filmmakers that are worth your dime and your time….and if you are in the area, make sure to catch a screening. Any choice is a winner!
Make sure to catch MINE, the Audience Award Winner from SXSW, a great film from one of the nicest Directors in the biz!
Also, don’t miss David Redmon’s and Ashley Sabin’s new film INVISIBLE GIRLFRIEND. These two pump out more films in a year then most do in their entire life. For a lot of people in the doc world, new work from Carnivelsque Films is expected…and it never disappoints!
A new doc called KIMJONGILIA has intrigue written all over it…and one of the best trailers i’ve seen all year!
But its first time director Amy Grills documentary, SPEAKING IN CODE that seems to be taking top spot as the most anticipated doc of the fest this year. Could be a bit of hometown pride, I’m looking forward to see how the audience reacts!
Don’t forget…that documentary we’re always talking about, THE WAY WE GET BY will also be making its Boston Premiere on Sunday, April 26 at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square. Straight off of winning nearly every award at every other festival thus far, its proving to be a force to reckon with on the non-fiction circuit this year…We should also point out that our screening of THE WAY WE GET BY next week at Stranger Then Fiction is SOLD OUT!
Way more on IFFBoston 2009 including more great picks on some seriously wonderful docs tomorrow and hopefully some interviews with attending directors in the days to come.