Spring is around the corner, and we’re excited to see the official 2016 lineup for the Independent Film Festival of Boston! The festival is entering its 14th year, and will take place April 27 – May 4, 2016 at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, the Brattle in Harvard Square, and the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, as well as at UMass Boston.
The festival kicks off with “The Hollars,” directed by MA native John Krasinski, starring Krasinski, Margo Martingale, Richard Jenkins, and Anna Kendrick. The closing night film is directed by Clea DuVall and starring Natasha Lyonne, Alia Shawkat, and Melanie Lynsey.
Other notable screenings including films from Joe Berlinger, Werner Herzog, Mike Birbiglia, and many many more – check out the full list below!
Individual film tickets and full festival schedule will be available around April 11th, and memberships are available now! Head to IFFBoston.org for more info!
NARRATIVE FEATURES
THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK directed by Joel Potrykus
ALWAYS SHINE directed by Sophia Takal
BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER directed by Osgood Perkins
COLLECTIVE: UNCONSCIOUS directed by collective:unconscious (Lily Baldwin, Frances Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Josephine Decker, Lauren Wolkstein)
DISORDER directed by Alice Winocour
DON’T THINK TWICE directed by Mike Birbiglia
DONALD CRIED directed by Kris Avedisian
EMBERS directed by Claire Carré
EYES OF MY MOTHER directed by Nicolas Pesce
FIVE NIGHTS IN MAINE directed by Maris Curran
FOLK HERO & FUNNY GUY directed by Jeff Grace
FREE IN DEED directed by Jake Mahaffy
HIGH RISE directed by Ben Wheatley
THE HOLLARS directed by John Krasinski
HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE directed by Taika Waititi
INTERVENTION directed by Clea DuVall
LITTLE MEN directed by Ira Sachs
MORRIS FROM AMERICA directed by Chad Hartigan
PAPERBACK directed by Adam Bowers
RAINBOW TIME directed by Linas Phillips
TEENAGE COCKTAIL directed by John Carchietta
THE FITS directed by Anna Rose Holmer
THERE SHOULD BE RULES directed by Linda-Maria Birbeck
TRANSPECOS directed by Greg Kwedar
UNDER THE SHADOW directed by Babak Anvari
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
THE ANTHROPOLOGIST directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller & Jeremy Newberger
ANTS ON A SHRIMP directed by Maurice Dekkers
ASPERGER’S ARE US directed by Alex Lehmann
AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY directed by Jeff Feuerzeig
BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS directed by Garrett Zevgetis
BEYOND THE WALL directed by Bestor Cram & Jenny Phillips
BLUESPACE directed by Ian Cheney
BOONE directed by Christopher LaMarca
COLIN HAY- WAITING FOR MY REAL LIFE directed by Nate Gowtham & Aaron Faulls
THE DWARVENAUT directed by Josh Bishop
GLEASON directed by Clay Tweel
THE GUYS NEXT DOOR directed by Allie Humenuk & Amy Geller
HAVEABABY directed by Amanda Micheli
HIGH ON CRACK STREET: LOST LIVES IN LOWELL directed by Maryann DeLeo & Richard Farrell
HOOLIGAN SPARROW directed by Nanfu Wang
KAMPAII! FOR THE LOVE OF SAKE directed by Mirai Konishi
KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE directed by Robert Greene
LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD directed by Werner Herzog
LOS PUNKS: WE ARE ALL WE HAVE directed by Angela Boatwright
THE LOST ARCADE directed by Kurt Vincent
THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT directed by Robert Cannan & Ross Adam
NASSER’S REPUBLIC: THE MAKING OF MODERN EGYPT directed by Michal Goldman
A NEW COLOR: THE ART OF BEING EDYTHE BOONE directed by Marlene “Mo” Morris
NEWTOWN directed by Kim A. Snyder
PAPER LANTERNS directed by Barry Frechette
THE PEACEMAKER directed by James Demo
PRIMARIA directed by Mary Jane Doherty
REAL BOY directed by Shaleece Haas
SEED directed by Taggart Siegel & Jon Betz
SKIPS STONES FOR FUDGE directed by Ryan Seitz
TICKLED directed by David Farrier & Dylan Reeve
TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU directed by Joe Berlinger
WEINER directed by Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg
WHO IS LYDIA LOVELESS directed by Gorman Bechard
NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS
AFFECTIONS directed by Bridey Elliott
ASTER AND SIDNEY directed by Sean Temple
BABY TEETH directed by Stephanie Ellis
BALCONY SCENE directed by Jesse Beecher
BLACK CANARIES directed by Jesse Kreitzer
BLAST BEAT directed by Esteban Arango
BLOODY HENRY directed by Jean-Paul DiSciscio
BONDING directed by Tim Young
CANARY directed by Marie Schlingmann
CLEAN directed by Gabriel Wilson
COUNT directed by Jason Evans
FOREVER, YOUR FIREPLACE directed by Grant Collier
THE GHOST BIKE directed by Zachary Lee
GLOVE directed by Alexa Lim Haas & Bernardo Britto
HIT AND RUN directed by Jordan Liebowitz
HUNTER’S MOON directed by Sean Q. King
THE ITCHING directed by Dianne Bellino
JAHAR directed by Henry Hays
KILLER directed by Matt Kazman
LIVING LEGEND directed by Alonso Llosa
MY BROTHER IS A ZOMBIE directed by Russell Yaffe
MY DARK SIDE AND MY LIGHT SIDE MEET IN A BAR directed by Jeff Stern
ORI & ADDISON directed by James C. Ferguson
THE RAIN COLLECTOR directed by Isabella Wing-Davey
ROUBADO directed by Erica A. Watson
TILLY directed by Rob Kotecki
TWINSBURG directed by Joe Garrity
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
THE CHAMPION directed by Patrick McGowan & Brett Garamella
CLASS OF ’27 directed by James Rutenbeck
THE DEAN SCREAM directed by Bryan Storkel
EAT WHITE DIRT directed by Adam Forrester
GOING BACK HOME directed by Tim O’Donnell
GOING THE DISTANCE directed by Jessie Beers-Altman
HAZZARD’S CURE directed by C.S. Ward
IN THIS WORLD directed by Kelly Creedon
JUMP directed by Joel Ruscinski
KNOCKTURNAL directed by John J. Miller IV
THE LAST TIME I HEARD TRUE SILENCE directed by Tim O’Donnell
A LIVING WAGE directed by Dan Albright & Andy Keyes
LOCKDOWN directed by Lauren Knapp
MISS ME: THE ARTFUL VANDAL directed by Mohammad Gorjestani
NEIGE directed by David Redmon, Ashley Sabin
PICKLE directed by Amy Nicholson
SELLING OUT directed by Beau Miller
STEP INTO THE PAGE directed by Ashley Rodholm
WELL GROOMED directed by Rebecca Stern