Independent Film Festival Boston
Thursday, April 23 – Tuesday, April 28
We are so excited to welcome back our frequent partners, the Independent Film Festival Boston, for their 23rd edition! Packed with great films, guests, and parties, IFFBoston is one of our favorite cinematic events of the year. Last year’s festival screenings at The Brattle included the premieres of Friendship and Caught By the Tides among many others. Don’t miss out on this year’s lineup!
Visit IFFBoston.org to see the schedule for all participating venues and to buy tickets. Brattle Passes not accepted.
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
- Thu, Apr 23
Director: Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil Run Time: 85 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Filmmakers In Person! AANIKOOBIJIGAN [ANCESTOR/GREAT-GRANDPARENT/GREAT-GRANDCHILD] documents the emotional and vital work of MACPRA (Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation and...
Maddie’s Secret
- Thu, Apr 23
Director: John Early Run Time: 98 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Claudia O'Doherty, Conner O'Malley, John Early, Kate Berlant, Vanessa Bayer
In MADDIE’S SECRET, essential alt-comedian cum director John Early plays the titular Maddie Ralph, a major foodie who...
Cookie Queens
- Fri, Apr 24
Director: Alysa Nahmias Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be a top-selling “Cookie Queen,” navigating an...
I Want Your Sex
- Fri, Apr 24
Director: Gregg Araki Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Chase Sui Wonders, Cooper Hoffman, Daveed Diggs, Mason Gooding, Olivia Wilde
How far is too far?
Hokum
- Fri, Apr 24
Director: Damian McCarthy Run Time: 107 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adam Scott, David Wilmot, Florence Ordesh, Peter Coonan, Will O'Connell
We've been expecting you.
As I Am
- Sat, Apr 25
Run Time: 122 min. Format: DCP
Filmmaker and Cast In Person! Amir, a 60-year-old Iranian man, arrives in Hingham, Massachusetts, on a tourist visa...
Rose of Nevada
- Sat, Apr 25
Director: Mark Jenkin Run Time: 114 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Callum Turner, Edward Rowe, Francis Magee, George MacKay, Rosalind Eleazar
Shot on 16mm with all sound built in post-production, Mark Jenkin’s ROSE OF NEVADA is an uncanny meditation...
School for Defectors
- Sat, Apr 25
Director: Jeremy Workman Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Filmmaker In Person! Over 30,000 North Korean defectors live in South Korea, invisibilized and discriminated against. But for...
Carolina Caroline
- Sat, Apr 25
Director: Adam Rehmeier Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Jon Gries, Kyle Gallner, Kyra Sedgwick, Samara Weaving, Tommy G. Kendrick
In his latest slice of anarchic Americana, writer-director Adam Carter Rehmeier first introduces us to the always effervescent...
Marblehead Morning: 50 Years in Harmony
- Sun, Apr 26
Director: Tim Jackson Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP
Filmmaker In Person! Nine studio songs form the centerpiece in a profile of singer/songwriters Mason Daring and Jeanie...
Animated Shorts
- Sun, Apr 26
Run Time: 97 min.
Filmmakers in Person! Program: Ball Lightning | Catriona Trina Baker, 12 min. The true story of a refugee...
Mata Hari
- Sun, Apr 26
Director: James A. Smith, Joe Beshenkovsky Run Time: 93 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Starring: Calista Carradine, David Carradine
Filmmaker in Person! In the mid-1970s, the popular television actor David Carradine set out to direct his dream...
Blue Heron
- Sun, Apr 26
Director: Sophy Romvari Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ádám Tompa, Amy Zimmer, Edik Beddoes, Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti
Filmmaker in Person! Formally inventive and emotionally impactful, Sophy Romvari’s feature debut more than fulfills the potential the...
Adam’s Apple
- Mon, Apr 27
Director: Amy K. Jenkins Run Time: 97 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Adam Sieswerda, Amy K. Jenkins
Filmmaker and Subject in Person! An intimate, collaborative documentary told through the dual perspectives of Adam, a transgender...
Filipiñana
- Mon, Apr 27
Director: Rafael Manuel Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Tagalog
Starring: Carlos Siguion-Reyna, Jorrybell Agoto, Nour Hooshmand, Sunshine Teodoro, Teroy Guzman
Winner: World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision, Sundance Film Festival 2026 Tee girl Isabel feels...
One in a Million
- Tue, Apr 28
Director: Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Discussion to Follow! Filmed over ten years, ONE IN A MILLION follows Israa from childhood to adulthood on...
Late Fame
- Tue, Apr 28
Director: Kent Jones Run Time: 90 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Edmund Donovan, Greta Lee, Stephen Badalamenti, Willem Dafoe, William Hill
A wonderfully introspective Willem Dafoe lends his delicate gravitas to the role of Ed Saxberger, a once-upon-a-time New...