Boston Film Festival 2013 Selections
Interested in learning more about the films playing at the 29th annual Boston Film Festival? Click through our Watch List to find out more about the directors, actors and storylines from movies we will be screening.
Find a movie that sparks your interest? Grab your tickets today at http://bostonfilmfestival.ticketleap.com. Get 20% off tickets by using this code: BFF2013 Promotion ends October 23 at Midnight. Student tickets are also available on the site for $5 -$8 for movies and Q&As.
All access VIP passes may be purchased by contacting the Boston Film Festival at 617-523-8388.
Can't make it to the festival this year? Add these movies to your own Watch List by clicking "Add to My Watch List."
Read more about the Festival:http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org
Or follow us at twitter.com/bostonfilmfest or on Facebook by searching for Boston Film Festival.
Find a movie that sparks your interest? Grab your tickets today at http://bostonfilmfestival.ticketleap.com. Get 20% off tickets by using this code: BFF2013 Promotion ends October 23 at Midnight. Student tickets are also available on the site for $5 -$8 for movies and Q&As.
All access VIP passes may be purchased by contacting the Boston Film Festival at 617-523-8388.
Can't make it to the festival this year? Add these movies to your own Watch List by clicking "Add to My Watch List."
Read more about the Festival:http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org
Or follow us at twitter.com/bostonfilmfest or on Facebook by searching for Boston Film Festival.
List activity
1.1K views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
26 titles
- DirectorAdam RodgersStarsAndy GarciaVera FarmigaTaissa FarmigaTwo parents fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour.*Opening Night Film
Screening Time
Friday, October 25th at 7:15 p.m., followed by a Q&A
Confirmed Attendee (as of 10.18)
Actor, Andy Garcia
Related Events
Opening Night Party hosted by Salvatore’s, 545 Washington Street - DirectorVivienne RoumaniOut of Print draws us into the topsy-turvy world of the written word, illuminating the turbulent, exciting journey from the book through the digital revolution. Writers, publishers, readers all in flux. Booksellers closing shop. Librarians and teachers seeking new roles. Storytellers like Ray Bradbury, complemented by evocative visuals, weave a compelling tale. Scott Turow and Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon as an online bookstore, place us in the middle of their debate. People tell us they read snippets all day long, yet one of five Americans no longer reads a single book, in any format, in an entire year. Personal stories of parents and students take us into their worlds, highlighting how this revolution is changing every aspect of the printed word -- and changing us.Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 2:45 p.m. - DirectorSteve EmersonRachel MiltonStarsAnwar Al-AwlakiAmir Abdel Malik AliZeyno BaranIt is a threat that is right in front of us -- just below the surface and hidden in plain sight. 'Jihad in America: The Grand Deception' exposes the history and structure of the subversive menace behind the public mask -- The Muslim Brotherhood in America. This investigative documentary exposes how Muslim Brotherhood-linked leaders rose to prominence right here in the United States, and how they exploit American values under the cover of religion for their ulterior political agenda. - 70-minute film unmasking the covert infrastructure of inside the United States - Based on an extensive collection of primary source materials, including internal records of the MB, startling first-person accounts and chilling and exclusive undercover video and audio of these groups behind closed doorsScreening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 4:30 p.m. - DirectorAngela SunStarsLewis GoldsmithWallace J. NicholsAngela SunAngela Sun's journey of discovery to one of the most remote places on Earth, Midway Atoll, to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Along the way she encounters scientists, industry, legislators and activists who shed light on what our society's vast consumption of disposable plastic is doing to our oceans, and what it may be doing to our health.*New England Premiere
Confirmed Attendee (as of 10.18)
Director, Angela Sun
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 6:15 p.m. - DirectorWalter StraffordStarsAbigail SpencerBrian GeraghtyDiego KlattenhoffA man decides to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro after his relationship ends.*New England Premiere
Confirmed Attendee (as of 10.18)
Actor, Brian Geraghty, Actress, Abigail Spencer
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 8:00 p.m., followed by a Q&A - DirectorMalcolm ClarkeStarsAliza Sommer-HerzZdenka FantlovaAnita Lasker-WallfischAliza Sommer-Herz, aged 109 and the world's oldest Holocaust survivor, tells the story of how music saved her life: both during her time at Theresienstadt concentration camp and in the years afterwards.*Closing Night Film *New England Premiere
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27th at 3:45 p.m.
Ticket for this showing also includes access to the screening of Life Liberty and Resilience that will be shown directly following this film. - DirectorSteffan TubbsStarsJoseph LanierAn African-American WWII veteran and grandson of a slave re-traces his segregated roots and his U.S. Navy service on Iwo Jima. From poverty to war, pharmacy to interracial marriage, 'Life, Liberty & Resilience' takes a look at how Joe LaNier, in his own words, is able to overcome life's hurdles and lead an amazing, loving and forgiving life.*Closing Night Film *New England Premiere
Confirmed Attendee (as of 10.18)
Director, Steffan Tubbs
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27th, directly following the 3:45 p.m. film
Ticket for this showing also includes access to the screening of The Lady in Number Six that will be showing directly before this film. - DirectorBrian Dorrington Jr.StarsGeorge SimolarisAfter a town secretly passes legislation that will destroy the Town Center, George Simolaris, a lifetime resident decides to start a one man grassroots campaign to "Save the Center" with nothing but hand painted protest signs, his three dogs and a trumpet.*Closing Night Film *World Premiere
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27th at 6:00 p.m. - DirectorJesse PeyronelStarsVinessa ShawRobert KazinskyBess WohlLeigh has lived a reclusive existence in a secluded old home on the outskirts of town for her entire adult life. You see, Leigh has excreted extremely potent pheromones.*Closing Night Film *East Coast Premiere
Confirmed Attendees (as of 10.18)
Actor, Robert Kazinsky
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27th at 7:50 p.m. - DirectorVincent GrashawStarsP.J. BoudousquéJames C. BurnsChris PetrovskiA teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.*Closing Night Film *East Coast Premiere
Confirmed Attendees (as of 10.18)
Director, Vincent Grashaw and Actor, James C. Burns
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27th at 10:00 p.m.
Related Events
Closing Night Awards Party hosted by Sip Wine Bar and Kitchen, 581 Washington Street - DirectorChristopher MackenStarsTaylor GilroyMatt KeiltyDeigh KelinWallace Seeks Solace tells the story of a young boy and his journey through the holocaust. This short, filmed in super 16 black & white film, presents an innocent view of a tragic event in history through the perspective of a child and told in 'Dr. Seuss-like' rhyming narration. After being ripped from his bed, Wallace is thrown into a whole new world of adult hood and, before he can even blink, is faced with the biggest decision one must ever face.*Shorts Program I*
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 12:00- 2:15 pm - DirectorJake HolmStarsMiriam PultroMark BanikNick AbeelIn 1942, Poland, a young Jewish girl escapes a Nazi raid to join a partisan group in the forest and lead a personal, revenge mission against the Nazi collaborator who ratted out her family. As Bella matures from a lost, frightened girl to a fierce guerrilla fighter, she adapts to the new life she is thrust into without a proper transition into womanhood. Will Bella be able to confront her family's murderer or will her emotions and unresolved fragility get the the better of her during the mission?*Shorts Program I*
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 12:00- 2:15 pm - DirectorAlfred Thomas CatalfoStarsGregory AthansAlan BradyBilly DonohoeAn unlikely bond is forged between a lonely boy and an elderly man, claiming to be a former astronaut. Together, they transform a vintage vacuum cleaner into a rocketship for a surprising journey.*Shorts Program I*
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 12:00- 2:15 pm - DirectorChristina FarmerStarsAhleya FarmerChristina AlexandraJustine MikkelsenA young boy loses his father in Afghanistan and finds it hard to fill the space his father once occupied with a mother who wants him to move on. The struggle between them is subtle yet dominates their relationship. The young boy finds a way to make sense of this loss alone but he is forced to grieve in a way that is hidden away from his mother.*Shorts Program I*
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 12:00- 2:15 pm - DirectorJason Lee PangilinanStarsBilly MayoJohn PirkisOlivia TennetA reclusive older man agrees to help a young woman with no recollection of her identity or past find her way home, but soon discovers she's no ordinary girl.*Shorts Program I*
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 12:00- 2:15 pm - DirectorJeremy BreslauStarsJakob WedelKerry KnuppeKevin Michael WalshA blocked novelist reflects on a pivotal year in his life, when, as a precocious six-year-old, he struggled for the attention of his bickering parents.*Shorts Program I*
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 12:00- 2:15 pm - DirectorSarah R. LotfiStarsDan CheathamConnor LongAlex RiegelmannIn the spring of 1945, the Wehrmacht forces are weary from retreat, while the Allies are closing in. A single Austrian captain attempts to guide what is left of his platoon behind the Soviet lines to surrender to the Americans. They take under their wing a young man with a severe disability. As the loyalty of his men is put to the test, the captain grows closer to the boy who evokes a deep secret from his past in the Third Reich.*Shorts Program I*
Screening Time
Saturday, October 26th at 12:00- 2:15 pm - DirectorJeannie DonohoeStarsSeamus MoranPadraig MurrayJamund WashingtonLAMBING SEASON is the offbeat tale of Bridget, an American woman who travels to the Irish countryside to track down her long-lost father while posing as a stranger. When things don't go according to her convoluted plan, Bridget and her father are surprised to learn they have more in common than they imagined. On a sheep farm full of secrets, nature has its way of delivering the truth.*Shorts Program II* *Closing Night Film*
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 - 2:50 pm - DirectorMary NovakStarsJoanne DubachAdero NeelyKevin Craig WesleyA young college student befriends a neighborhood kid and finds herself caught up in gang violence.*Shorts Program II* *Closing Night Film*
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 - 2:50 pm - DirectorKatie EnnisStarsRachel LeeMike C. NelsonJIM discovers an eternally youthful GENIE and has the opportunity to change his life, if only he could get his genie to stop jumping on the couch.*Shorts Program II* *Closing Night Film*
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 - 2:50 pm - DirectorJoel NovoaStarsNick GreeneAri FrenkelSharon Ben Tovim"Machsom", the Hebrew word for "Checkpoint", tells the story of Yaniv Greenblatt, a barely 19 Israeli soldier stationed at one of the most dangerous such checkpoints along the West Bank. He would like to be a pacifist and struggles to be fair to the Palestinians, but has to contend with the prying eyes of his superiors. The problems Yaniv faces at home are no easier. His mother is a wheelchair bound hard-right-winger due to the same terrorist attack that killed her husband. The story centers on Yaniv's relationship with his younger brother, Avi, who attends one of the few mixed Jewish-Arab schools in Israel, and builds towards an incident at the checkpoint that challenges all involved to reconsider their previous resolve.*Shorts Program II* *Closing Night Film*
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 - 2:50 pm - DirectorPaz EdryStarsIdo SamuelDanielle JadelynGal VigTen years after a massive terror attack on Israel, a young couple tries to survive the drab reality that took control over their lives. Tired and hopeless, Shachar and Oren go to sleep, hoping to find some peace.*Shorts Program II* *Closing Night Film*
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 - 2:50 pm - DirectorHajji GolightlyStarsWillie SimpsonJacinte BlankenshipHajji GolightlyA soldier searches for answers after suffering a violent episode post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), and injures the person he loves most.*Shorts Program II* *Closing Night Film*
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 - 2:50 pm - DirectorDaniel StineStarsLinden AshbyIsabelle GardoKate HamiltonGrieving winemaker Grayson Delecourt, pondering the sale of his family vineyard, receives an unwelcome overnight visitor on a bleak, wintry afternoon. He soon discovers that Tyler, the drunken, disheveled young man who stumbled into his tasting room faces life-altering decisions of his own, and over the course of an awkward evening, the two forge a tenuous common bond. When Grayson retires to bed, Tyler is left alone to wander the house and nearby winery. He soon encounters a host of a very different sort and is transported into a hauntingly beautiful midnight journey that will give him a glimpse into the past history of Delecourt Vineyards and a hint of what fate holds in store for him and the once-proud Virginia estate.*Shorts Program II* *Closing Night Film*
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 - 2:50 pm - DirectorMelanie WainbergStarsAmelia Rose BaldwinChad BentonRonnie ClarkA grieving son tries to find the words to send his father off, while dodging bad advice, matchmaker family members, and his own anxieties.*Shorts Program II* *Closing Night Film*
Screening Time
Sunday, October 27 at 12:30 - 2:50 pm