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BUFF returns in March 2020 and we're looking for fantastic films to include in our program.

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Our Regular Deadline is September 30th!

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BUFF @ the ICA

In celebration of the ICA’s free museum day & the closing of the “Huma Bhabha: They Live” show, BUFF has curated a program of dark sci-fi short films you won’t want to miss.

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May 17, 2019

Farewell to David Kleiler

BUFF is heartbroken over the loss of our founder and friend David Kleiler; join us in remembering the beloved elder statesman of New England independent film.

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April 15, 2019

IFFBoston After Dark 2019

BUFF is proud to once again lend screening support to IFFBoston’s After Dark program & our participating alumni; check out these selections & more, April 24-May 1!

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April 14, 2019
Days Until BUFF

March 25-29, 2020

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  • Throwback to this year’s no talking, no texting PSA from the brilliant minds behind @tripleyeahtv (if you’re not already following them, rectify that immediately)!
  • Tonight @thecoolidge! Head over to Boston’s one and only open mic night for movies, @bostonopenscreen! Last one before summer hiatus, so don't miss it! 😱
  • Hey, Boston cinefiends! On Wednesday, June 19th, at 7:30pm at the Somerville Theatre Microcinema, join us for WE USED TO KNOW EACH OTHER, BUFF alum Robert Putka's second feature film. We 😍 this indie gem and so will you.⠀ .⠀ Tix = http://bit.ly/BUFFDispatchesJune2019⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Vibes & Influences = Valley Girl (1983), Swingers (1996), Chasing Amy (1997)⠀ .⠀ .⠀ "Utterly real... Brutally honest... Uncomfortably immediate... Proves without question that Putka is a filmmaker with a singular voice well worth listening to -- even if we don’t necessarily like what we hear" ~ Daily Grindhouse
  • FREE MUSEUM DAY: In tandem with the closing day of the Huma Bhabha: They Live show at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, BUFF has curated a program of dark sci-fi short films from its archives, inspired by the artist’s work, which will be screening on a loop in the ICA’s theater on Monday May 27th, all day from 11am-4pm! . “Last Days of the Man of Tomorrow” Fadi Baki | Lebanon, Germany . “Rust in Peace” Will Welles | USA . “Stella Nova” Ted Wiggin | 2015 | USA . “Divided by Blue” Eric Ko | 2017 | USA . “The Golden Chain” Adebukola Bodunrin & Ezra Claytan Daniels | 2015 | USA . “Goodbye” Tyler Russo | 2017 | USA . “Parents” by Lee Noble | Ethan Feldbau | 2012 | USA
  • Catch Grant McPhee's dreamy, hallucinatory & haunting FAR FROM THE APPLE TREE tomorrow night at our monthly screening series, Dispatches from the Underground! ⠀ .⠀ Vibes: Jonathan Miller's "Alice in Wonderland" (1966), "Madeline's Madeline" (2018)⠀ .⠀ Genre: Fantasy, psychological thriller, mindbending drama, folk horror⠀ .⠀ Technical Goodness: Shot on 35mm, S16, 16, 8mm, Super8, Home Processing, Betamax, PXL2000, Red Dragon, Red One, Sony A1S2, BlackMagic and more!⠀ .⠀ "'Far From the Apple Tree' is old school folk horror at its finest" - Modern Horrors⠀ .⠀ "McPhee’s third trippy feature confirms him as one of the most interesting film-makers in Britain today" - British Horror Revival

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