Where:
Paramount Center, Bright Family Screening Room
559 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Date Idea, Festivals & Fairs, Movies, Rainy Day Ideas
Event website:
https://bostonfilmfestival.org
The Boston Film Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary September 19-23. The festival will showcase a diverse slate of films and highlight some of the most innovative filmmakers in the industry, including the World premiere of three feature films and documentaries. This screening includes 10 short films:
The Last Day
Length: 4min 20sec
Director: Kendra Hayes
Special Screening of the student winner of the Plymouth High School Film Festival
Just Sally
Length: 12min 39sec
Director: Kyle Misak
Synopsis: In a black and white world, an evil headmaster attempts to expunge the color of her students, but one valiant girl pushes back.
The Sacrifice
Length: 16min 59sec
Director: Christopher Werner
Synopsis: Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) and Aya Cash (The Boys) star as a suburban couple whose marriage is tested when a husband’s attempt to plan a BBQ at their home reveals ulterior motives.
Who’s There
Length: 10min 48sec
Director: Ryan Doris
Synopsis: When a single father hears his daughter come home late, he begins to question if the voice he’s hearing is really hers… or something else.
Two Breaths
Length: 20min
Director: Kateryna Kurganska
Synopsis: After a man-made disaster decimates an evergreen island, a stranded 11-year-old girl must find the tenacity to leave behind her home with the help of an unlikely friend.
Nine Lives
Length: 8min 23 sec
Director: Jesse Davidson
Synopsis: Nine Lives is a completely unique yet totally relatable story about the connection between one free-spirited cat and the humans who love her.
Caller 102: A Ballad of Cyberspace
Length: 17min 51sec
Director: Turner Barrowman, Jack Goldfisher
Synopsis: When a blackhat hacker gets hit with a coincidentally-timed power surge while attempting to defraud a radio contest, he begins to unravel a web of conspiracy that threatens to bring down his life’s work and send him spiraling into oblivion.
RAPT
Length: 11min 46sec
Director: Margot Budzyna
Synopsis: A young woman navigates a surreal audition process where her boundaries are tested in pursuit of a coveted spot in an elite acting program.
Shangri-La
Length: 13min 59sec
Director: Rhys Raiskin
Synopsis: Shangri-La is a high-school style romantic dramedy set in a nursing home. Joe hopes to have sex once more before he dies, so when he discovers that the home’s latest resident was his high school crush, he seeks help from his best friend, Alma, who has a little crush of her own.
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
Length: 12min 41sec
Director: Steve Pinder, Julia Aks
Synopsis: England, 1813. Miss Estrogenia gets her period during a long-awaited marriage proposal. Mr. Dickley mistakes the blood for an injury, and it becomes clear that his expensive education has missed a spot.
Event Information:
Filmgoers and virtual viewers can access www.bostonfilmfestival.org for more details and to obtain tickets. For Facebook: Boston Film Festival; Instagram: @Bostonfilmfestival; Twitter: @Bostonfilmfest.
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