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IFFBoston 2025 returns to the Brattle, Somerville, and Coolidge Corner Theatre on April 23rd, bearing gifts of indie goodness from near and far. The post IFFBoston 2025 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
The Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) 2025 returns to the Brattle, Somerville, and Coolidge Theaters, kicking off a diverse program of independent cinema beginning April 23rd and running through April 30th! 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 cadre of cinematic splendor: DESCENDENT Brattle Theatre Get tickets A troubled LA school guard, haunted by family tragedy, experiences strange visions after a mysterious light appears in the sky. As his wife’s due date approaches, he races to face his demons before his growing obsession consumes him. THE ARBORIST Somerville Theatre Get tickets A grief-stricken arborist and her son awaken a haunting when they begin felling trees at the estate of a mysterious recluse. <img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-12130" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/obex.jpg?resize=1024%2C420&ssl=1" alt="" width="1024" height="420" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/obex.jpg?resize=1024%2C420&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/obex.jpg?resize=500%2C205&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/obex.jpg?resize=150%2C62&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/obex.jpg?resize=768%2C315&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/obex.jpg?w=1340&ssl=1 1340w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> OBEX Brattle Theatre Get tickets In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs. <img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-12129" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/40_acres.jpg?resize=1024%2C420&ssl=1" alt="" width="1024" height="420" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/40_acres.jpg?resize=1024%2C420&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/40_acres.jpg?resize=500%2C205&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/40_acres.jpg?resize=150%2C62&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/40_acres.jpg?resize=768%2C315&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/40_acres.jpg?w=1340&ssl=1 1340w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> 40 ACRES Somerville Theatre Get tickets In a post-apocalyptic future where food is scarce, the last descendants of a Black family of farmers who settled in Canada after the American Civil War must protect their homestead from an organized militia hell-bent on taking their land. FRIENDSHIP Somerville Theatre Get tickets Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), but Craig’s attempts to make an adult male friend threaten to ruin both of their lives. The post IFFBoston 2025 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
Wicked Queer returns April 4–13, 2025, and BUFF is psyched to co-present these fearlessly queer films from this year's lineup. The post Wicked Queer 2025 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
Wicked Queer returns April 4–13, 2025, with screenings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Brattle Theatre. BUFF is psyched to co-present the following from this year’s electric lineup: <img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-12136" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/salome.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1" alt="" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/salome.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/salome.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/salome.jpg?resize=150%2C84&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/salome.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/salome.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/salome.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/salome.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> SALOMÉ Coolidge Corner Theatre Get tickets Cecília, a successful young model, returns to Recife, her hometown, to spend Christmas with her mother. One night, a neighbour she hadn’t seen for a long time, João, shows her a bottle with a mysterious and intoxicating green substance. Cecília begins to fall in love with João, but also discovers he is involved in a secret cult around the figure of Salomé, the luxurious biblical princess. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-12137" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_visitor.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1" alt="" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_visitor.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_visitor.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_visitor.jpg?resize=150%2C84&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_visitor.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_visitor.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_visitor.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_visitor.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> THE VISITOR Brattle Theatre Get tickets London, today. A refugee washes up naked in a suitcase on the bank of the Thames. The enigmatic, sexually fluid stranger introduces himself to a bourgeois, upper-class family. He is invited to stay on as an employee. The Visitor soon seduces each member of the family in a series of explicit sexual encounters. He will turn their world upside down as they can redefine themselves in new, radical ways. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-12138" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_brooklyn_butcher.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1" alt="" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_brooklyn_butcher.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_brooklyn_butcher.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_brooklyn_butcher.jpg?resize=150%2C84&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_brooklyn_butcher.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_brooklyn_butcher.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_brooklyn_butcher.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the_brooklyn_butcher.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> THE BROOKLYN BUTCHER Brattle Theatre Get tickets Amidst the backdrop of a serial killer terrifying the city, the residents of a Brooklyn apartment building learn a new meaning of the word terror. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-12139" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gtfo_shorts.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1" alt="" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gtfo_shorts.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gtfo_shorts.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gtfo_shorts.jpg?resize=150%2C84&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gtfo_shorts.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gtfo_shorts.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gtfo_shorts.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gtfo_shorts.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> WQ:41 GTFO Brattle Theatre Get tickets Here we go again. It’s our annual round up of the sexy, irreverent, hilarious, and scandalous shorts that might make your Mom blush and your Daddy say “Kehd, WTF?” It’s okay they still can come watch if they’re cool. The post Wicked Queer 2025 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
And the bunny goes to...announcing our 2025 award winners! The post Bacchus Awards 2025 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
While we love every film in the festival, in the end only a few can take home one of the coveted Bacchus Awards… Audience Choice Award: Best of Fest Feature ALMA & THE WOLF dir. Michael Patrick Jann Audience Choice Award: Best of Fest Short SOGNO ROSSO dir. Coco Roy Audience Choice Award: Best Debut Feature FUCKTOYS dir. Annapurna Sriram Best New England Film (David Kleiler Memorial Award) NADIR: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SURFING IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND IN THE SUMMER AND MOST OF THE OTHER TIMES AS WELL dir. Jack Galvin Director’s Choice: Best Feature THE UGLY STEPSISTER dir. Emilie Blichfeldt Director’s Choice: Best Short MAKE ME A PIZZA dir. Talia Shea Levin We’d like to express our most sincere thanks and gratitude to this year’s awards sponsors: AVID, Blackmagic Design, Kodak, and the Massachusetts Production Coalition for their invaluable support; to festival supporters at the Brattle Theatre, BudgetDCP, Kush Groove Dispensary, Space Poppers, and Letterboxd; to all the BUFF and Brattle volunteers and staff; to all the participating filmmakers; and to our incredible audience, who came out over the past five days to celebrate cinema. It’s an enormous labor of love to put this event together year after year and we do it with just a handful of cash, no corporate sponsorship, and very few hours of sleep; a feat of a 100%-volunteer team driven by passion for films and our film community. It’s been an incredible 25 years. Thank you. The post Bacchus Awards 2025 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
The 25th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival Returns to Cambridge March 19th–23rd With Incredible Line-Up Of Genre-Shattering Films! The post BUFF 2025 Lineup Revealed appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
Featuring Lorcan Finnegan’s Sun-Soaked Nic-Cage-Thriller The Surfer on Opening Night and a Spotlight Screening of the World Premiere of the 4K Restoration of Re-Animator Hosted by Barbara Crampton Additional highlights include the World Premiere of Michael Patrick Jann’s gritty horror thriller Alma & the Wolf, East Coast Premieres of gnarly Norwegian Sundance-smash The Ugly Stepsister and fresh-from-SXSW bubblegum grindhouse romp Fucktoys—and more! March 5, 2025 | Cambridge, MA – The Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) returns to the Brattle Theatre for its 25th annual celebration of all things weird, wicked, and wonderful, running from March 19th–23rd, 2025. This year’s program is a high-voltage mix of hallucinatory horror, transgressive comedy, and unclassifiable genre chaos featuring world premieres, festival darlings, deep-cut rediscoveries, and more than a few films that defy polite description. BUFF kicks off with the Boston Premiere of Lorcan Finnegan’s The Surfer, starring Nicolas Cage as a man who returns to his childhood beach only to find himself in a psychological death match with territorial locals. A sun-drenched descent into madness, Cage delivers a tour-de-force performance that will have audiences gripping their armrests and reconsidering any future surf trips. BUFF is beyond honored to world premiere Alma & The Wolf, the latest from Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous), a slow-burn psychological thriller about a troubled cop (Ethan Embry) investigating a vicious wolf attack that quickly spirals into the uncanny, the unexplainable, and the deeply unsettling. Jann and actor Lukas Jann will be in attendance to discuss their eerie, Oregon-set mystery. Another major highlight: the world premiere of the 4K restoration of Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator for its 40th anniversary, with horror icon Barbara Crampton in attendance. This landmark screening will showcase the brand-new 4K UHD restoration from Ignite Films and Eagle Rock Pictures. BUFF’s East Coast Premieres include Fucktoys, Annapurna Sriram’s 16mm Tarot-fueled hallucinogenic odyssey, with Sriram and actor Sadie Scott in attendance. From Canada, Stefan MacDonald-Labelle’s Head Like a Hole (with MacDonald-Labelle in attendance) delivers existential horror in the form of an ever-growing void that lurks in a basement, waiting for someone—anyone—to notice. Among the New England Premieres, Yûta Shimotsu’s Best Wishes to All delivers a skin-crawling, slow-burn J-horror where family, tradition, and generational happiness conceal a deeply rotten core. Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister gleefully shreds Cinderella to pieces, crafting a body-horror fairy tale about the brutal lengths we go to for beauty. And Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight plunges a newlywed into a genre-blending fever dream of misanthropic mayhem, self-destruction, and darkly comic carnage. For fans of maximalist sci-fi lunacy, BUFF is thrilled to present the New England Premiere of Yang Li’s Escape from the 21st Century, where three teens discover that adulthood is a dystopian nightmare after sneezing themselves 20 years into the future. Meanwhile, Alexandre O. Philippe’s docu Chain Reactions (East Coast Premiere) dissects the seismic influence of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, featuring insights from Stephen King, Karyn Kusama, and Takashi Miike. BUFF also welcomes the Massachusetts Premiere of Vulcanizadora, Joel Potrykus’ latest descent into existential dread, following two friends on a doomed pilgrimage through the Michigan woods. Meanwhile, in the New England Premiere of Fréwaka, Aislinn Clarke crafts a haunting portrait of trauma and disorientation, as a nursing student’s past bleeds into her present, warping reality itself; the first Irish-language horror film! BUFF isn’t just about the new and the next—it also honors forgotten, forbidden, and freshly resurrected gems from the past. This year, we’re thrilled to present a rare repertory screening of Muerte en la Playa (1991), a queer-coded, blood-soaked, telenovelesque Mexican thriller ripe for rediscovery courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive. And of course, it wouldn’t be BUFF without shorts programming that spotlights the best in animation, transgressive experiments, dark comedy, homegrown horror, and genre-inspired music videos. Expect boundary-pushing, bite-sized brilliance that will disturb, delight, and possibly traumatize in equal measure. Whether you’re here for the world premieres, the genre-bending insanity, or the sheer joy of descending into the darkness with fellow weirdos, BUFF 2025 promises an unforgettable lineup of films, special guests, and late-night delirium. Join us at The Brattle Theatre, March 19th–23rd, for another round of beautiful, deranged, and utterly unmissable madness as we celebrate our silver anniversary. A limited number of festival badges are available now for purchase on the Brattle Theatre’s site. Tickets will be on sale at www.brattlefilm.org and www.bostonunderground.org Badgeholders will be able to make screening selections starting Friday March 7th, before tickets are released to the general public on Monday March 10th. BOSTON UNDERGROUND 2025 FESTIVAL LINEUP Opening Night Film THE SURFER – East Coast Premiere Director: Lorcan Finnegan Cast: Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Nicholas Cassim Australia, Ireland, 2024 A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point. Spotlight Screening RE-ANIMATOR – World Premiere of the 4K Restoration & 40th Anniversary Screening Director: Stuart Gordon Cast: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton USA, 1985 With Special Guest Barbara Crampton in Attendance After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue. This special theatrical screening will feature the World Premiere of the new pristine 40th Anniversary 4K UHD restoration of Re-Animator from Ignite Films and Eagle Rock Pictures, which is available for pre-order on Blu-ray and 4K UHD discs at Ignite-Films.com. (It includes 2 hours and 47 minutes of brand-new bonus materials, plus all classic legacy features.) ++++++++++ Feature Film Lineup ALMA & THE WOLF – World Premiere Director: Michael Patrick Jann Cast: Ethan Embry, Li Jun Li, Mather Zickel USA, 2025 With Filmmaker Michael Patrick Jann and actor Lukas Jann in Attendance Horror and madness emerge from the shrouded mists of coastal Oregon. A violent wolf attack. A missing son. The appearance of a dangerous and seductive woman from the past. How are they connected? At the cost of his sanity, Deputy REN Accord (Ethan Embry) must unravel the mystery and discover the truth before time runs out. BEST WISHES TO ALL – New England Premiere Director: Yûta Shimotsu Cast: Kotone Furukawa, Kôya Matsudai Japan, 2023 A young woman visits her grandparents on a break from university. While she’s there, she discovers a dark secret about them and potentially herself. CHAIN REACTIONS – East Coast Premiere Director: Alexandre O. Philippe USA, 2024 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s impact on 5 artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, Karyn Kusama – through interviews, outtakes, exploring how it shaped their art, psyche from childhood trauma. ESCAPE FROM THE 21ST CENTURY – New England Premiere Director: Yang Li Cast: Ruoyun Zhang, Elane Zhong, Yang Song China, 2024 Three friends discover that they have the power to travel back and forth 20 years with a sneeze. However, the future is not as good as they hope, and they need to take on the responsibility of saving the world. FRÉWAKA – New England Premiere Director: Aislinn Clarke Cast: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya Ireland, 2024 Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker, Shoo, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbors as much as she fears the Na Sídhe — sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before. As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past. FUCKTOYS – East Coast Premiere Director: Annapurna Sriram Cast: Annapurna Sriram, Sadie Scott, Damian Young, Brandon Flynn, François Arnaud, Big Freedia USA, 2025 With filmmaker Annapurna Sriram and actor Sadie Scott in Attendance A lush 16mm fever dream that reimagines The Fool’s Journey of the Major Arcana of the Tarot through the story of AP–a rosy young woman seeking salvation from a curse. HEAD LIKE A HOLE – East Coast Premiere Director: Stefan MacDonald-Labelle Cast: Steve Kasan, Jeff McDonald, Eric B. Hansen Canada, 2024 With filmmaker Stefan MacDonald-Labelle in Attendance In financial dire straits, a man accepts a strange, high-paying job where he must take up residence in a home and measure a hole in the wall of the basement to determine whether or not it’s growing in size. MUERTE EN LA PLAYA – Repertory Screening Director: Enrique Gómez Vadillo Cast: Andrés Bonfiglio, Sonia Infante, Rodolfo de Anda Mexico, 1991 A disturbed young man who was molested by his teacher begins murdering those around him who he sees responsible for his trauma while trying to overcome his own homosexual desires. SISTER MIDNIGHT – New England Premiere Director: Karan Kandhari Cast: Radhika Apte, Ashok Pathak, Chhaya Kadam India, 2024 A newly arranged marriage sees an oddball couple shoved together in a small Mumbai shack with paper-thin walls. They are alone, awkward and together. Cranky Uma does her best to cope with the heat, her complete lack of domestic skills, nosy neighbors and her bumbling spouse until one night she discovers strange new feral cravings. THE UGLY STEPSISTER – East Coast Premiere Director: Emilie Blichfeldt Cast: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp Norway, 2025 In a twisted take on the classic Cinderella story, ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her insanely beautiful stepsister. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will go to any lengths to catch the Prince’s eye. ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ is the gory tale of the blood and sweat, grit and gold that goes into making Elvira the belle of the ball. VULCANIZADORA – MA Premiere Director: Joel Potrykus Cast: Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Solo Potrykus USA, 2024 Two friends trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. After they fail, one of them must return home to deal with the legal and emotional repercussions. BOSTON UNDERGROUND 2025 SHORTS LINEUP THE DUNWICH HORRORS – NEW ENGLAND HORROR Good Looking Out dir. by Seth Chatfield Ache dir. by Mike Canale Damn Handy dir. by Peter Filardi Followers dir. by Miriam Olken Forever War dir. by Shana Figueroa Katie’s Skin dir. by Steven Schloss Methuselah dir. by Nathan Sellers My Child dir. by Deniz Akyurek Sogno Rosso (Red Dream) dir. by Coco Roy TRIGGER WARNING – MIDNIGHT BLOCK Brothers Beastly dir. by Peter J. Hartsock Burn Out dir. by Russell Goldman F#cker dir. by Amir Baikatov Mopsorden dir. by Julien Jauniaux Rejected dir. by Rene R Rivas Terminal Emulator dir. by Benjamin Capps The Night Has 1000 Desires! dir. by Vance Osteen LOVE TO LOVE YOU MAYBE – COMEDY BLOCK Banjo dir. by Cameron Poletti But He’s Gay dir. by Michael Calciano Catamaran dir. by Joseph Rocco Plescia Erection and Destruction dir. by Eddie Mullins Handball dir. by Eli Beutel Make Me A Pizza dir. by Talia Shea Levin SexySweat dir. by Luke Condzal The Streetlight dir. by Sophia Parella The Time Capsule dir. by Michael Charron There Will Be Womanly Wiles dir. by Nicole Higgins RAGDOLL DANCE – ANIMATION BLOCK A Walk in the Park dir. by Jay Marks Demons in the Closet dir. by James Smith Howl if You Love Me dir. by John R. Dilworth Les Bêtes dir. by Michael Granberry Lilly Visits the Hospital dir. by The Bum Family Peeping dir. by Yixuan Wang Pippy and The Typist dir. by Rachel Nemez Pocket Princess dir. by Olivia Loccisano Poppa dir. by Peter Ahern Red Thumb dir. by Kolya Kishinsky, Geneva Huffman The Garden Sees Fire dir. by Kiera Faber The House of Weird dir. by Mark Reyes MUST HAVE GOT LOST – SHORTS BLOCK Belly Belly dir. by Gabriel Carnick Good Boy dir. by Colin Russell How To Clean The Dishes dir. by Benjamin Thomae Macula dir. by Julietta Korbel Nadir dir. by Jack Galvin Perfectly a Strangeness dir. by Alison McAlpine Rabbit dir. by Nathan Catucci The Audacity dir. by Desmond Spranklin SOUND + VISION – MUSIC VIDEOS “Show Me The Sky” – Tommy Holohan & Megra dir. by Will Wightman “Vinland” – Bricknasty dir. by Hugh Mulhern “Beetlebugs” – Nick Leng dir. by sondock “Onions” – Cults dir. by Alice Fassi “Here’s The Thing” – Fontaines D.C. dir. by Luna Carmoon “Care” – Hana Vu dir. by Maegan Houang “Denial is a River” – Doechii dir. by James Mackel & Carlos Acosta “Lost!” – RM dir. by Aube Perrie “B*tch You Could Never” – YSEULT dir. by Shadrinsky “Haunted” – Macgray dir. by Aline Magrez “My Way” – SIAMÉS dir. by Jesica Bianchi “Postcards From The Chalet” – Saltend Recovery dir. by David Winstone “Lithonia” – Childish Gambino dir. by Jack Begert “Generator” – Justice dir. by Léa Ceheivi “Body On Me” – SAINt JHN dir. by Alex Gargot “Europaträume” – Brutalismus 3000 dir. by Mau Morgó “Like A Kid That’s Found His Dad’s Gun” – You Bred Raptors dir. by Kevin J. James “Jump Cut” – Corridor dir. by Winston Hacking “Nectar” – Sun of Sound dir. by Mike Sun “Nightmares & Ice Cream” – Palace dir. by Ruth Bellotti “Invincibility” – Alabaster DePlume dir. by Niall Trask “F*ck My Skull” – The Dream Eaters dir. by Jake Zavracky “Terrapin” – Clairo dir. by Ayo Edebiri “Thrown Around” – James Blake dir. by The Reids “Tailor Swif” – A$AP Rocky dir. by Vania Heymann & Gal Muggia The post BUFF 2025 Lineup Revealed appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
BUFF Named Best Fest For Horror + Experimental Films By Boston Magazine
Thank you to: our team of volunteer staff, all the participating filmmakers (past/present/& future), the Brattle Theatre, our partners and sponsors, and the best audience on the East Coast! The post BUFF Named Best Fest For Horror + Experimental Films By Boston Magazine appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
What a lovely surprise! BUFF has been named Best Fest for Horror + Experimental Films by the eminent Boston Magazine! Thank you to: our team of volunteer staff, all the participating filmmakers (past/present/& future), the Brattle Theatre, our partners and sponsors, and the best audience on the East Coast! Massive congrats Boston Sci-Fi, Roxbury International Film Festival, and CineFest Latino Boston Film Festival for being recognized for their invaluable contributions to our vibrant, thriving local film community ❤️ <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-11591" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/boston_magazine_2024.jpg?resize=354%2C448&ssl=1" alt="" width="354" height="448" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/boston_magazine_2024.jpg?resize=808%2C1024&ssl=1 808w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/boston_magazine_2024.jpg?resize=394%2C500&ssl=1 394w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/boston_magazine_2024.jpg?resize=118%2C150&ssl=1 118w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/boston_magazine_2024.jpg?resize=768%2C973&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/boston_magazine_2024.jpg?w=931&ssl=1 931w" sizes="(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px" /> Read the article The post BUFF Named Best Fest For Horror + Experimental Films By Boston Magazine appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
Wicked Queer: Docs returns November 15–22, 2024, and BUFF is psyched to co-present a handful of gems from this year's eclectic lineup. The post Wicked Queer: Docs 2024 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
Wicked Queer: Docs returns November 15–22, 2024, with screenings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art, and the Brattle Theatre. BUFF is psyched to co-present the following from this year’s eclectic lineup: <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-11561 size-large" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vollupya.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1" alt="" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vollupya.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vollupya.jpeg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vollupya.jpeg?resize=150%2C84&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vollupya.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vollupya.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vollupya.jpeg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/vollupya.jpeg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> Vollúpya Saturday Nov 16 @ 4:00 pm, Brattle Theater Vollúpya (Screening with: A House Is Not A Disco) | Ticket Info Directed by Jocimar Dias Jr.& Éri Sarmet, Short Documentary, 21 min, Brazil, 2024 In a post-apocalyptic future, an intergalactic explorer lands at an abandoned museum on a quest to find traces of his long-lost ancestors, and ends up being teleported to the dance floor of a Brazilian queer nightclub in the 1990s. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-11565" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/teaches_of_peaches.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1" alt="Still from Teaches of Peaches" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/teaches_of_peaches.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/teaches_of_peaches.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/teaches_of_peaches.jpg?resize=150%2C84&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/teaches_of_peaches.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/teaches_of_peaches.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/teaches_of_peaches.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/teaches_of_peaches.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> Teaches of Peaches Saturday Nov 16 @ 6:30 pm, Brattle Theater Teaches of Peaches | Watch Trailer | Ticket Info Directed by Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer, Documentary, 102 min, Germany, 2024 Seamlessly weaving together exclusive archival gems with dynamic tour footage, this documentary captures the transformative journey of Canadian Merrill Nisker into the internationally acclaimed cultural powerhouse that is Peaches. <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-11567 size-large" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the_life_of_sean_delear.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1" alt="Still from The Life of Sean DeLear" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the_life_of_sean_delear.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the_life_of_sean_delear.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the_life_of_sean_delear.jpg?resize=150%2C84&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the_life_of_sean_delear.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the_life_of_sean_delear.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the_life_of_sean_delear.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/the_life_of_sean_delear.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> The Life of Sean DeLear Sunday Nov 17 @ 1:30 pm, Brattle Theater The Life of Sean DeLear | Watch Trailer | Ticket Info Directed by Markus Zizenbacher, Documentary, 82 min, Austria, 2024 “A multidisciplinary artist and scene queen in a variety of different circles from the beautiful elite to the queer punks of LA in the 90s, Sean DeLear broke the mold when it came to being Black and gay in the art world and in the music scene. A rebel in the face of gender, race, and sexuality, DeLear fronted the post-punk band Glue, whose music video was deemed too hot for MTV, and counted The B-52s and Yoko Ono among his fans. In The Life of Sean DeLear, friends and peers pieced together DeLear’s video archives and writing samples into a fun and enlightening tribute, honoring the counterculture spirit of this American artist — who died of cancer in 2017. Did SeanD really go to highschool with Courtney Love? Did he really befriend Kate Moss after crashing her birthday party? The film dispels none of the myths about this artist of allure and mystery. Alongside the posthumously published teenage diaries of DeLear, I Could Not Believe It, Marcus Zizenbacher’s film — which features the likes of Rick Owens, Ann Magnuson, and Susan Tyrrell — ensures that Sean DeLear (sounds like “”chandelier””) and his vibrant light will never go out.” <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-11570 size-large" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/she_is_still_here.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1" alt="Still from S/He Is Still Her/e: The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary" width="1024" height="576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/she_is_still_here.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/she_is_still_here.jpg?resize=500%2C281&ssl=1 500w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/she_is_still_here.jpg?resize=150%2C84&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/she_is_still_here.jpg?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/she_is_still_here.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/she_is_still_here.jpg?resize=800%2C450&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/she_is_still_here.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> S/He Is Still Her/e: The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary Friday Nov 22 @ 7:00 pm, Institute of Contemporary Art S/He Is Still Her/e: The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary | Watch Trailer | Ticket Info Directed by David Charles Rodrigues, Documentary, 99 min, USA, 2024 Very few artists lived their art, Genesis died three times for it. Pioneering electronic musician/avant garde artist/spiritual explorer/gender revolutionary/cult leader? Genesis P. Orridge has been featured in numerous films and videos, but never the full story…never this intimate… until now. In this authorized but extremely raw and personal documentary, award-winning director David Charles Rodrigues (Gay Chorus Deep South) documents the final year of P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality. Featuring William Burroughs, Brion Gyson, Timothy Leary, Alice Genesse (PTV), David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), Nepalese monks, African Witch doctors and a special cameo by her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, plus never before seen archival treasures, performances from COUM Transmissions, Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV. This film is Executive Produced by LAURA JANE GRACE — trans activist and AGAINST ME! singer. The post Wicked Queer: Docs 2024 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
BUFF is chuffed to provide screening support for this year's IFFBoston Fall Focus opener NIGHTBITCH, screening at the Brattle on October 31st! The post IFFBoston Fall Focus 2024 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
Eight days in April just aren’t enough. So IFFBoston is back again to host a mini-festival at the Brattle (and the Somerville) to give New England cinephiles more opportunities to see great films on the big screen. Check out the 10th (!!) annual Fall Focus lineup, running October 31 — November 3, 2024. BUFF is chuffed to provide screening support for this year’s opener: NIGHTBITCH October 31, 2024 @ 7:00 PM, Brattle Theatre | Ticket Info The post IFFBoston Fall Focus 2024 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
CineFest Latino Boston returns September 25 - 29, 2024! The post Cinefest Latino Boston 2024 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
CineFest Latino Boston returns September 25 – 29, 2024! The festival is committed to using the power of film to break stereotypes, bring cultures and communities together and reveal the complex issues affecting the Latinx community in the United States, as well as communities in Latin America and Spain. We’re pleased to co-present the following films at this year’s fest: SHORTS PROGRAM #2 – El Sueño Americano September 28, 2024 @ 12:00 PM, Museum of Fine Arts | Ticket Info No Se Ve Desde Acá Directed by Enrique Pedraza Botero Experimental, 19 mins, USA, 2024 A spatial exploration of Miami, and the endless pursuit of the American Dream in an era of immigrant mass mobilization, the absurd dominance of wealth and border securocracy. EL SIGNO VACÍO (The Empty Sign) September 28, 2024 @ 3:30 PM, Emerson Paramount Theatre | Watch Trailer | Ticket Info Directed by Kathryn Ramey Documentary, 75 mins, USA, 2023 Mixing a hundred years of found footage – tourism, agricultural and propaganda films – with contemporary portraits of artists and activists this film is a journey through the complex layers of the United States’ occupation of Puerto Rico. Using an experimental and ethnographic approach the film reveals how carefully crafted American fictions of “democracy” and “debt” obscure a capitalist and military domination. Q&A with Director Kathyrn Ramey! The post Cinefest Latino Boston 2024 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
September 13, 2024 at the Brattle Theatre! New Restored 35mm Print! Filmmaker in Person! Co-Presented with Strictly Brohibited and Wicked Queer! The post Fresh Kill appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
September 13, 2024 at the Brattle Theatre | Watch Trailer | Ticket Info Director: Shu Lea Cheang Run Time: 80 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1994 Starring: Ching Gonzalez, Erin McMurtry, Kate Valk, M. Cochise Anderson, Pedro Pietri, Sarita Choudhury New Restored 35mm Print! Filmmaker in Person! Co-Presented with Strictly Brohibited and Wicked Queer! The place is New York City and the time is now(ish). Raw fish lips are the rage on trendy menus across Manhattan. A ghost barge, bearing nuclear refuse, circles the planet in search of a willing port. Household pets start to glow ominously and then disappear altogether. The sky opens up and snows soap flakes. People start speaking in dangerous tongues. This stylized, avant-anarcho-ecosatire, envisions a post-apocalyptic landscape strewn with electronic detritus and suffering the toxic repercussions of mass marketing in a high-tech commodity culture. FRESH KILL tells the story of two young lesbian parents caught up in a battle over the global exchange of industrial waste when their child disappears after eating contaminated fish. A riveting and densely packed film, FRESH KILL was perhaps too ahead of its time when The Brattle premiered it thirty years ago but it has since become a cult classic that feels even more resonant today. The post Fresh Kill appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
IFFBoston 2024 returns to the Brattle, Somerville, and Coolidge Corner Theatre on May 1st, bringing with it a load of indie gems. The post IFFBoston 2024 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.
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 Get tickets 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 Get tickets 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 Get tickets 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 Get tickets 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 Get tickets 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 <img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-11489" src="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Screen-IFFB-Poster-Filmmakers-Area.jpg?resize=414%2C552&ssl=1" alt="" width="414" height="552" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Screen-IFFB-Poster-Filmmakers-Area-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Screen-IFFB-Poster-Filmmakers-Area-scaled.jpg?resize=375%2C500&ssl=1 375w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Screen-IFFB-Poster-Filmmakers-Area-scaled.jpg?resize=113%2C150&ssl=1 113w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Screen-IFFB-Poster-Filmmakers-Area-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&ssl=1 1152w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Screen-IFFB-Poster-Filmmakers-Area-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/bostonunderground.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Open-Screen-IFFB-Poster-Filmmakers-Area-scaled.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px" /> The post IFFBoston 2024 appeared first on Boston Underground Film Festival.