Remember, we will be joined at tonight’s HAPPY-GO-LUCKY screening by legendary director Mike Leigh (NAKED, VERA DRAKE, TOPSY-TURVY, SECRETS AND LIES, LIFE IS SWEET, HIGH HOPES and many many more).
We are thrilled that Mr. Leigh will be sharing his thoughts with us, so we hope you can come. Make sure to show up early so you don’t miss out.
Remember, admission is free, but you need a pass. Download your pass now.
Arin Crumley (FOUR EYED MONSTERS, IFFBoston Screening Series 2006) asked us to share some info about a great event he’s working on. We thought you’d like to know.
AFTER STOPS IN LA, SAN FRANCISCO, AND NYC - DIY DAYS IS COMING TO BOSTON ON OCT 3rd and 4th. JOIN US FOR FREE SCREENINGS AND A FREE DAY OF WORKSHOPS AND CASE STUDIES THAT LOOKS AT HOW INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS CAN FUND, CREATE, DISTRIBUTE, AND SUSTAIN
How do we sustain ourselves as filmmakers and storytellers in this day of shifting film distribution systems? How do we monetize our film and get the word out without studio support? Presented by Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Professional and Continuing Education, From Here to Awesome and The Workbook Project - DIY DAYS aims to answer these questions with a day of roundtable discussions, workshops, case studies: A look at how to fund, create, and distribute and sustain. For more info - http://www.diydays.com
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE BUT SPACE IS LIMITED – SECURE YOUR SPACE TODAY
http://diydaysboston.eventbrite.comSPECIAL FREE OPENING NIGHT SCREENINGS
SPECIAL SCREENING of FROM HERE TO AWESOME FILMS
Friday, October 3, 2008
Tower Auditorium
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Directions Link: http://massart.edu/x474.xml
7pm to 9:30pm
DIY DAYS CONFERENCE
Workshops, Case Studies, and Panels
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Trustees Room, 11th Floor Tower Building
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Directions Link:: http://massart.edu/x474.xml
10am to 6:30pmDIY DAYS was founded by Lance Weiler (The Last Broadcast, Head Trauma), Arin Crumley (Four Eyed Monsters), and M dot Strange. It is an extension of the Workbook Project http://workbookproject.com an open source project for filmmakers. DIY DAYS events are being held in LA, San Francisco, Boston, NYC, and London. All the events are FREE. For more info or to view past DIY DAY events visit http://www.diydays.com
If you’re a filmmaker and want to submit to our IFFBoston 2009 line-up, we’d love to watch your film. Submissions have already begun and you should check out our guidelines, deadlines and all the good stuff so that you don’t miss out! Early bird specials are about to run out…
Early film submission deadline:
Further submission deadline information can be found here!
Great news: in addition to director Alan Ball (AMERICAN BEAUTY, Six Feet Under), author Alicia Erian will be joining us at Thursday’s screening of TOWELHEAD at the Coolidge.
This should be a great opportunity to interact with the creators of the film, so we hope you can come. Make sure to show up early so you don’t miss out.
Remember, admission is free, but you need a pass. Download your pass now.
One last award to announce for IFFBoston 2008 folks. We here at the festival had let the attending filmmakers know that we would be presenting one of them with a Best Marketing Award for the person who came up with the most creative and eye-catching promotional techniques to promote their screenings. We were inspired to create this award last year by Naomi Greenfield and Sara Taksler when they had balloon artists create balloon sculptures all over town to promote their screenings of TWISTED: A BALLOONAMENTARY.
This year’s award goes to Helen Hood Scheer and her film JUMP! To help promote the film’s screenings Helen arranged to have a team of professional jumpropers come to Davis Square, Somerville and perform a number of amazing, acrobatic jumproping routines to the delight of everyone who was passing through the square. We thought this was a great added element to the festival atmosphere and we are happy to present Helen with this award. As part of this award Helen will receive a free iPod Touch.
So congratulations to Helen and thanks to all the jumpropers who came out and performed at the festival. We will have some photos of the jumpropers doing their thing on our website in the near future along with all of the 2008 IFFBoston festival photos, so stay tuned!
Narrative: MY WINNIPEG
Documentary: LIFE.SUPPORT.MUSIC.
Short: TONY ZOREIL (TONY ZEAR)
Thanks to everyone who came to the festival and congratulations to the winners!
The 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston held its Awards ceremony last night at Mantra in Downtown Boston, preceded by mindblowing performances by MC Frontalot and Prince Paul. Here are the winners:
Grand Jury Prize Narrative: BALLAST directed by Lance Hammer
Special Jury Prize: MOMMA’S MAN directed by Azazel Jacobs
Grand Jury Prize Documentary: SONG SUNG BLUE directed by Greg Kohs
Special Jury Prize Documentary: SECRECY directed by Robb Moss and Peter Galison
Grand Jury Prize Short Film: MAN directed by Myna Joseph
Special Jury Prize Short Film: GLORY AT SEA! directed by Ben Zeitlin
Programmer’s Choice Award: GOLIATH directed by David & Nathan Zellner
The Audience Awards and Best Marketing Awards will be announced later this week. Congratulations to all of the winners.
A huge thanks to everyone that came to the festival this weekend, enduring lines, sprinkles, and harsh temperatures. Even though it’s Monday morning, I need to remind everyone that we are far from over.
We just added additional encore screenings of CRAWFORD and TWELVE (click here for showtimes and information). If you were sold out of either of these shows, tonight you have another chance to catch two of our hottest tickets.
Did you miss SAVIORS, JUMP, AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR, SHORTS 3, 4, or 5? Not a problem, they’re all playing tonight at either the Coolidge or the Somerville Theatre. Force the Monday blues away with some great films and our bright sunny faces.
Also tonight, don’t forget that Guy Maddin will be at the Coolidge with MY WINNIPEG. Over at the Somerville is the screening of ELEVEN MINUTES with the filmmakers and Project Runway’s Jay McCarroll in attendance.
Tuesday night we close IFFBoston 2008 with ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (8:00pm - Coolidge Corner Theatre).
Hey everyone,
Due to popular demand two additional screenings have been added.
TWELVE, directed by twelve of Boston’s best up-and-coming directors will have an added screening at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square at 5:45pm on Monday April 28th. The film sold out its World Premiere screening and packed a 900-seat theater. Don’t miss your chance to see it on the BIG screen.
CRAWFORD, directed by David Modigliani.
After sold-out shows at the Somerville and Brattle Theatres, we have added one more screening of this highly popular documentary at 8PM at the Somerville Theatre on Monday April 28th.
Tickets for these two screenings will only be available at the Somerville Theatre box office starting at 4pm Monday April 28th. Tickets for each screening is $9.
See you there!
Hey everyone, here’s your chance to see some great films and see some great actresses in person this Saturday, April 26th (in other words, TOMORROW) and Sunday, April 27th.
Saturday:
THE CAKE EATERS directed by Mary Stuart Masterson.
7:15pm Coolidge Corner Theatre
Mary Stuart Masterson in attendance
TURN THE RIVER directed by Chris Eigeman and starring Famke Janssen
7:45pm Somerville Theatre
Director Chris Eigeman and star Famke Janssen in attendance
CRAWFORD directed by David Modigliani
5:30pm Somerville Theatre
Director David Modigliani and actress Mary Steenburgen (advisor to the film) will be in attendance
Sunday:
THE CAKE EATERS directed by Mary Stuart Masterson
1:00pm Somerville Theatre
Director Mary Stuart Masterson will be in attendance
TURN THE RIVER directed by Chris Eigeman
2:00pm Coolidge Corner Theatre
Director Chris Eigeman and star Famke Janssen will be in attendance
Don’t miss these great chances to see these great actresses in person. Buy your tickets in advance tonight through our website or at the theaters, or try your luck in person tomorrow. See you there!
