WBZTV’s Joyce Kulhawik Covers The Fest (April 24, 2008)

Indie Fest Invades The Hub (Daily Free Press Weekly)

Match Your Films To Your Lifestyle Preferences (Bostonist- April 24, 2008)

CRAWFORD Coverage (Bostonist - April 24, 2008)

THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE Review (Bostonist - April 24, 2008)

Jay McCarroll Has 40 Minutes To Save Fashion (Bostonist - April 24, 2008)

SECOND SKIN Interview (Bay Windows - April 24, 2008)

Cuz We’re B& From Skickam (The Weekly Dig - April 24, 2008)

Thanks to everyone that came out for our incredible opening night film TRANSSIBERIAN. Huge thanks to Brad Anderson, Will Conroy, Michael Williams, Todd Dagres and of course star Sir Ben Kingsley and everyone else associated with the film for taking time out of their schedules to support IFFBoston.

If you weren’t in attendance you missed quite a night but you can still read about it in the news!  Plus, check out a couple great pictures of Sir Ben at the historic Somerville Theatre.

An Opening With Star Power (The Boston Globe - April 24, 2008)

From Sundance to Somerville (Boston Herald - April 24, 2008)

EDGE Boston is one of the big local resources for the LGBT community in Boston and they just gave us some incredible coverage for the festival.  In return we want to give them some love so click through and read their article which gives some insight into the festival, our gay interest films and more.

Indie Fest Highlights LGBT Films (EDGE Boston - April 21, 2008)

Tickets are currently on sale online for all venues.  Monday April 21st, tickets will go on sale at the Somerville Theatre Box Office (for all venues).  

If you’ve ordered tickets online, and you want to come pick them up early, or if you would rather buy tickets in person, the box office is open at the Somerville Theatre.

Pre-Fest hours (Somerville):
Monday - Tuesday: 3pm - 8pm

Festival Box Office opening times (Somerville):
Wednesday: 6pm
Thursday: 5pm
Friday: 5pm
Saturday: 11am
Sunday: 11am
Monday: 4pm

*The Somerville box office closes 15 minutes after the last show start time.

Fest Box Office Hours (Brattle):
Friday April 25th - Sunday April 27th:

Brattle Box Office will open 30 minutes before the first show and will close 15 minutes after the last show start time.

Fest Box Office Hours (Coolidge):
Thursday April 24th- Tuesday April 29th:

Coolidge Box Office will open 30 minutes before the first show and will close 15 minutes after the last show start time.

*Remember, you don’t have to pick up your tickets days in advance, but you should give yourself at least 30 - 60 minutes to pick up tickets, then get your seat. Seating is only guaranteed until 15 minutes before show time.

Just keeping everyone informed on some of our press or press related to some of the films we’re showing…

The Gays Love Us (or at least some of the gay themed films we’re showing this year)
Eleven Minutes with Jay McCarroll (Bay Windows - April 17, 2008)

Gray Zone - MEADOWLARK (Bay Windows - April 17, 2008)

LIFE.SUPPORT.MUSIC
Darkness Into Light (The Boston Globe - April 18, 2008)

GOLIATH and SEVERED WAYS
IFFBoston Preview (Meet In The Lobby - April 17, 2008)

Seriously, the festival begins in one week and just to let everyone know… there is some serious panic attack happening as I type this. 

I cannot believe that in 7 days our opening night film TRANSSIBERIAN will kick off the festival and that Sir Ben Kingsley will probably be gracing us with his presence.  Seriously, he’s frakkin’ Gandhi… how cool is that?  Plus, Brad Anderson of whom I adore… it’s going to be amazing.  But it’s still just one week away.

Back to my panic-pod.

Hi again everybody,

A number of people have been asking “what filmmakers are attending the festival?”. Well, I’m here to answer that question so you can be an informed festival attendee. There will be more filmmakers and celebs confirming over the next week or so, but as of right now this is the confirmed list of attending filmmakers and actors:

34×25x36 - director Jesse Epstein in attendance
American Teen - director Nanette Burnstein in attendance
Aquarium - director Rob Meyer in attendance
Ballast - director Lance Hammer in attendance
Blood Car - director Alex Orr and actress Katie Rowlett (watch the trailer on our homepage!)
The Cake Eaters - director Mary Stuart Masterson in attendance
Crawford - director David Modigliani in attendance
Eleven Minutes - directors Michael Selditch & Rob Tate and Project Runway’s Jay McCarroll in attendance for the Monday April 28th screening only
The Execution of Solomon Harris - directors Wyatt Garfield & Ed Yonaitis in attendance
Film Makes Us Happy - director Bryan Wizemann in attendance
Frontrunner - director Virginia Williams in attendance
Frownland - director Ronnie Bronstein, lead actor Dore Mann, and actress Mary Bronstein in attendance
Glory at Sea - director Ben Zeitlin and producer Dan Janvey in attendance
Goliath - directors David & Nathan Zellner in attendance
The Greening of Southie - director Ian Cheney & producer Curt Ellis in attendance
Intimidad - directors David Redmon & Ashley Sabin in attendance
Jackson Ward - Director Matt Petock in attendance
Jump! - director Helen Hood Scheer in attendance
Kids + Money - director Lauren Greenfield in attendance
Larry (The Actor) - director Eric Poydar and producer Brett Portanova in attendance
Life.Support.Music. - director Eric Metzgar in attendance
The Linguists - director Jeremy Newberger in attendance
Lioness - directors Meg McLagan & Daria Sommers in attendance

Many More Filmmakers and Actors after the jump…

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The festival draws ever nearer and we’re running around trying to get it all ready, but I wanted to tell everyone about another of my fave films at the festival this year, Alexander Voulgaris’s PINK. This film reminds me at times of Fellini, other times of Michel Gondry’s SCIENCE OF SLEEP. It is beautifully shot, has an amazing score, and has pitch-perfect performances by everyone in it. This will most likely be the only chance that you will have to see this film on the big screen in the Boston area (and maybe the only time on the East Coast) so please don’t miss this opportunity to see this great film. Both screenings are at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, one Saturday morning and the other Sunday evening. The film works well, day or night.
Hope to see you at one of the screenings.

Adam, Program Director for the festival here. This is the first of many daily spotlights that I will be writing here on the IFFBoston blog to bring attention to some film, panel discussion, or other event that should not be missed.

Every once in a while there comes a film that we know 10 minutes in is going to be a film for IFFBoston. The first time this happened was with Ondi Timoner’s DIG! in 2004. The most recent example is David and Nathan Zellner’s GOLIATH, which will screen at the Brattle and Somerville Theatres during the festival. I don’t want to give anything away about the film, but I can say that it is both hilarious and insightful, and you’ll be kicking yourself later if you don’t see this film on the big screen at the festival. If you’re a fan of either OFFICE SPACE or the Duplass Brother’s THE PUFFY CHAIR, then I think you will get into this movie. You can watch the trailer on our homepage if you scroll down through the trailers, and I suggest you do.

We are expecting one or both of the directors, who are also the stars of the film, to be in attendance to do Q&As after their screenings. Don’t miss this chance to meet two of the best up-and-coming filmmakers in the country and see a thoroughly enjoyable film. Tickets are on sale now and they are going fast.