Independent Film Festival Boston
Wed, May 1 – Wed, May 8
Brattle Screenings May 2–6
We are so excited to welcome back our frequent partners, the Independent Film Festival Boston, for their 21st year! Packed with great films, guests, and parties, IFFBoston is one of our favorite cinematic events of the year. Don’t miss out! Visit IFFBoston.org for more information. Brattle Passes not accepted.
I Saw the TV Glow
- Today, May 2
Director: Jane Schoenbrun Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Brigette Lundy-Paine, Helena Howard, Ian Foreman, Justice Smith, Lindsey Jordan
Look a little closer.
Ren Faire – Episode One
- Today, May 2
Director: Lance Oppenheim Run Time: 57 min. Format: DCP
Starring: Brandi Baldwin, Darla Smith, George Coulam, Jeffrey Baldwin, Lauren Croft, Louie Migliaccio
Expected to be in attendance at the festival: Director Lance Oppenheim, Executive Producer Christian Vazquez, and Producer Nicholas...
Admissions Granted
- Fri, May 3
Director: Hao Wu, Miao Wang Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Expected to be in attendance at the festival: Director Miao Wang and Director Hao Wu Q&A Moderated By:...
Good One
- Fri, May 3
Director: India Donaldson Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Danny McCarthy, Diana Irvine, James Le Gros, Lily Collias, Sumaya Bouhbal
Expected to be in attendance at the festival: Director India Donaldson On a weekend backpacking trip in the...
Richland
- Sat, May 4
Director: Irene Lusztig Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Expected to be in attendance at the festival: Director Irene Lusztig and Producer Sara Archambault Built by the...
Green Border
- Sat, May 4
Director: Agnieszka Holland Run Time: 152 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023 Language: Polish, Arabic, French, English w/English subtitles
Starring: Behi Djanati Atai, Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Mohamad Al Rashi, Tomasz Włosok
Winner: Special Jury Prize, 2023 Venice Film Festival In 2021, Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka—who was democratically defeated by Sviatlana...
Gasoline Rainbow
- Sat, May 4
Director: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross Run Time: 108 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Makai Garza, Micah Bunch, Nathaly Garcia, Nichole Dukes, Tony Aburto
Celebrated directorial duo the Ross Brothers (WESTERN, IFFBoston 2015; TCHOUPITOULAS, IFFBoston 2012; BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS) turn their...
Janet Planet
- Sat, May 4
Director: Annie Baker Run Time: 110 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Elias Koteas, Julianne Nicholson, Sophie Okonedo, Will Patton, Zoe Ziegler
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination...
The Reciprocity Project – Season 2
- Sun, May 5
Run Time: 50 min.
Shorts Program Facing a climate crisis, the Reciprocity Project embraces Indigenous value systems that have bolstered communities since...
El Signo Vacío
- Sun, May 5
Director: Kathryn Ramey Format: 35mm Film Language: English and Spanish w/English subtitles
Screening on 35mm film Mixing a hundred years of found footage—tourism, agricultural and propaganda films—with contemporary portraits of...
No One Asked You
- Sun, May 5
Director: Ruth Leitman Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Joyelle Johnson, Lizz Winstead, Mark Hamill, Molly Gaebe, Sarah Silverman
Kick the government out of your pants!
Tuesday
- Sun, May 5
Director: Daina O. Pusić Run Time: 111 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Arinzé Kene, Jay Simpson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Leah Harvey, Lola Petticrew
A mother (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her teenage daughter (Lola Petticrew) must confront Death when it arrives in the...
Power
- Mon, May 6
Director: Yance Ford Run Time: 85 min. Format: DCP
Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds...
Dìdi (弟弟)
- Mon, May 6
Director: Sean Wang Run Time: 94 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Chang Li Hua, Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Macaela Parker, Shirley Chen
Winner: U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble & Audience Award; U.S. Dramatic, 2024 Sundance Film Festival In...
Sebastian
- Mon, May 6
Director: Mikko Mäkelä Run Time: 111 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Hiftu Quasem, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Jonathan Hyde, Lara Rossi, Ruaridh Mollica
Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order...