The Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) 2024 returns to the Brattle, Somerville, and Coolidge Theatres, kicking off a diverse program of independent cinema beginning May 1st and running through May 8th!
If your calendar isn’t already cleared for Boston’s annual cinefeast, you have time to get a jump on this year’s most hotly anticipated releases. BUFF is delighted to lend screening support to the following duo:
I SAW THE TV GLOW
Thu. 5/2 – 7:00pm – Brattle Theatre
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Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show—a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
EVIL SUBLET
Sat. 5/4 – 9:00pm – Somerville Theatre
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A New York couple finds their dream apartment. Who cares if it’s haunted if the rent is cheap? But when murderous ghosts come after them, their lives soon depend on escaping the evil of their sublet.
We must also highlight these unmissable films for the BUFF audience:
HANDLING THE UNDEAD
Tue. 5/7 – 9:30pm – Coolidge Corner Theatre
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On a hot summer day in Oslo, the newly dead awaken. Three families faced with loss try to figure out what this resurrection means and if their loved ones really are back. Based on the book by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
ANIMALIA
Sat. 5/4 – 8:45pm – Somerville Theatre
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Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. But when supernatural events put the country in a state of emergency, Itto finds herself separated from her husband and new family.
THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN
Sat. 5/4 – 2:30pm – Somerville Theatre
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Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer, died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25. His parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.
Also: Be sure to check out the next BOSTON OPEN SCREEN taking place at IFFBoston on May 5th in the Somerville Theatre’s microcinema! Details
