For many students entering film school, “The Filmmaker’s Handbook” is their first purchase at the bookstore. Essentially a bible for film students, this “The Filmmaker’s Handbook” was co-written by Ed Pincus, the main subject of the movie “One Cut, One Life.” An intimate and personal film, “One Cut, One Life” is filmmaker Lucia Small’s story …
The simple act of reading a plot description can easily skew your predisposition one way or the other. Going into a film with the bare minimum of understanding can occasionally yield fantastic results. The film landscape is a varied one, and the deluge of blockbusters are merely a screen blocking some decidedly different fare.
In this excerpt, the filmmakers behind Print the Legend are joined on stage with the founders of Formlabs to talk about the documentary following its screening at IFFBoston 2014.
Chances are, at one point or another you’ve seen or heard of war reenactors. Growing up in Massachusetts, on more than one occasion we went up to Lexington on Patriots Day to see the Revolutionary War unfold before us. Before “In Country,” I had no idea that anyone reenacted the Vietnam War, which is what …
The Independent Film Festival of Boston always has an amazing selection of documentaries, and this year is no exception. For our first doc spotlight, I wanted to feature Life on the V: The Story of V66. The film is the debut feature documentary from Eric Green, and tells the story a popular music video channel …
Things seem great for Craig (Harry Lloyd), stable job, great family, and he’s about start a new part of his life with his girlfriend, moving to San Francisco. He decides to hold off on his upcoming life changes by taking a solo road trip to the South, looking for all the “world’s largest” novelties. The …
IFFBoston 2014 kicks off the evening of April 23rd at the Somerville Theatre with BENEATH THE HARVEST SKY, directed by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly. The film premiered at Toronto last year, and tells the story of two best friends, that are looking to leave their industrial town in Maine, and dream of moving down …
What is Boston Open Screen? Imagine an Open Mic Night, but for film and video. For the past 10 years, Boston Open Screen was, and still is, the only truly open venue for filmmakers to screen their work freely. The only limits they have is that the work has to be under 10 minutes, and …