The sixth annual Independent Film Festival of Boston has opened its call for entries. The festival will be taking place April 23-29, 2008 at the Somerville Theatre, Brattle Theatre, and Coolidge Corner Theatre along with other venues to be announced. IFFBoston is looking for narrative features, documentary features, short films, animation, experimental films, new-england made or themed films (for our New England Focus section) horror, twisted, sci-fi & kung-fu films (for our IFFB After Dark section), and New England sports films (to be considered for airings with new partner New England Sports Network in addition to being considered for the festival).
There will be a minimum of 9 awards handed out at the festival with up to $20,000 worth of prizes. There will be over 80 films, over 125 screenings, nightly parties, and weekend panel discussions. Over 23,000 people attended the 2007 festival and we have big plans for 2008 and are expecting even bigger crowds.
Past guests of the festival include Steve Buscemi, Chris Cooper, John Waters, Lili Taylor, Illeana Douglas, Bill Pullman, Melvin Van Peebles, Ted Hope, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Danny Huston, Noam Chomsky, Albert Maysles, Bernie Worrell, Dylan Baker, Jesse Eisenberg, Eliza Dushku, James Urbaniak, Bob Odenkirk, Fred Armisen, Robert Vaughn, and Rob Corddry.
In addition to the celebs, the festival has hosted the top filmmakers on the indie & festival circuit including Andrew Bujalski (Mutual Appreciation), Joe Swanberg (Hannah takes the Stairs), Arin Crumley & Susan Buice (Four Eyed Monsters), Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair), Aaron Katz (Quiet City), Alex Karpovsky (The Hole Story), Ondi Timoner (Dig!), and Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson) as well as important industry connections such as Matt Dentler (SXSW Film Festival), Jonathan Marlow (Green Cine), Sarah Eaton (Sundance Channel), Danielle DiGiacomo (IndiePix), Ben Campbell (OurStage), and many others.
Early submission deadline: Sept.30
Regular submission deadline: Dec.31
Late submission deadline: Jan.31
Submissions are now being accepted via Withoutabox at http://www.withoutabox.com/login/4048 . If you would like to submit directly (not using Withoutabox) the submission form should be up on the website by August 18th.
We look forward to seeing your films and to seeing many of you again in April.
And to make sure you're in the know with all things IFFBoston, sign up for the festival email list at http://www.iffboston.org/global/list.php . There are many big events in the works. Don't be left out!
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