Independent Film Festival Boston 2009

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time rating title venue
Wednesday, April 22nd
7:30 PM
The Brothers Bloom
Rian Johnson 2008 | Narrative Feature | 109 min.
 Somerville 1
Thursday, April 23rd
7:00 PM
Speaking In Code
Amy Grill | Documentary | 90 min.
 Somerville 1
7:15 PM
Children Of Invention
Tze Chun | Narrative Feature | 85 min.
 Somerville 3
7:30 PM
That Evening Sun
Scott Teems 2009 | Narrative Feature | 105 min.
 Somerville 5
7:30 PM
Kimjongilia
NC Heikin | Documentary | 75 min.
 Somerville 2
7:45 PM
Invisible Girlfriend
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Documentary | 70 min.
 Somerville 4
9:30 PM
Shorts 1: Animation
Shorts Program
  • Western Spaghetti | PES 2008
  • Undone | Hayley Morris 2008
  • Kanizsa Hill | Evelyn Lee 2008
  • Skhizein | Jérémy Clapin 2008
  • The Incident At Tower 37 | Chris Perry 2008
  • I Am So Proud Of You | Don Hertzfeldt 2008
Somerville 3
9:45 PM
The Missing Person
Noah Buschel 2009 | Narrative Feature | 95 min.
 Somerville 2
10:00 PM
Bronson
Nicolas Winding Refn 2009 | IFFBoston After Dark | 92 min.
 Somerville 4
10:15 PM
Trimpin: The Sound Of Invention
Peter Esmonde 2009 | Documentary | 79 min.
 Somerville 5
Friday, April 24th
6:30 PM
Shorts 5: Global
Shorts Program
  • Julie, Julie | Liam Creighton
  • Gaining Ground | Marc Brummund 2006
  • Shockwaves | Serge Ou
  • No Wind, No Waves | Julian Anthony Higgins 2008
  • Small Collection | Jeremiah Crowell
Somerville 2
6:45 PM
Winnebago Man
Ben Steinbauer 2009 | Documentary | 84 min.
 Somerville 3
7:00 PM
500 Days Of Summer
Marc Webb | Narrative Feature | 95 min.
 Somerville 1
7:00 PM
Beeswax
Andrew Bujalski 2009 | Narrative Feature | 100 min.
  • What Is She To You? | Aiden Burgess
Brattle Theatre
7:15 PM
Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Bestor Cram 2008 | Documentary | 87 min.
 Somerville 5
7:30 PM
Children Of Invention
Tze Chun | Narrative Feature | 85 min.
** Note: Advanced Tickets Sold Out
 Somerville 4
9:00 PM
Shorts 6: Dramatic
Shorts Program
  • Goodbye Canarsie | Daniel Muller 2008
  • Knife Point | Carlo Mirabella-Davis
  • Melancholy Baby | Sean Hood 2008
  • Short Term 12 | Destin Daniel Cretton
  • Bean | Giovanna Federico
Somerville 2
9:15 PM
Big Fan
Robert Siegel | Narrative Feature | 102 min.
 Somerville 3
9:30 PM
In The Loop
Armando Iannucci | Narrative Feature | 101 min.
 Somerville 1
9:45 PM
Chip On My Shoulder
Ian McFarland and Anthony Moreschi | Documentary | 88 min.
** Note: Advanced Tickets Sold Out
 Brattle Theatre
9:45 PM
We Live In Public
Ondi Timoner | Documentary | 90 min.
 Somerville 5
10:00 PM
Make-Out With Violence
The Deagol Brothers 2008 | Narrative Feature | 105 min.
 Somerville 4
11:30 PM
Shorts 4: Twisted
Shorts Program
  • The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon | Richard Gale 2008
  • The Snake Mountain Colada | Calvin Reeder
  • Funny Guy | Frank Rinaldi 2008
  • The Blindness In The Woods | Martin Jalfen, Javier Lourenco 2008
  • I Live In The Woods | Max Winston 2008
  • The Sleuth Incident | Jason Kupfer 2008
  • Boob | Honest, William Murnion, Jon Milott 2008
Somerville 2
11:59 PM
Pontypool
Bruce McDonald 2008 | IFFBoston After Dark | 97 min.
 Brattle Theatre
Saturday, April 25th
12:00 PM
Crude
Joe Berlinger 2009 | Documentary | 104 min.
 Brattle Theatre
12:15 PM
CDIABU
Shorts Program | 60 min.
 Somerville 3
12:30 PM
Invisible Girlfriend
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Documentary | 70 min.
 Somerville 4
1:00 PM
Discussing the Documentary
Panel Discussion | 120 min.
 Somerville Screening Room
1:30 PM
Still Walking
Hirokazu Kore-eda | Narrative Feature | 114 min.
 Somerville 5
1:45 PM
Mine
Geralyn Pezanoski 2009 | Documentary | 80 min.
 Somerville 2
2:00 PM
The Answer Man
John Hindman 2009 | Narrative Feature | 97 min.
 Somerville 1
2:30 PM
Automorphosis
Harrod Blank 2008 | Documentary | 77 min.
 Somerville 3
2:45 PM
Monsters From The Id
David Gargani 2009 | Documentary | 71 min.
 Brattle Theatre
2:45 PM
Prom Night In Mississippi
Paul Saltzman | Documentary | 95 min.
 Somerville 4
4:00 PM
Nollywood Babylon
Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal | Documentary | 74 min.
 Somerville 5
4:15 PM
Winnebago Man
Ben Steinbauer 2009 | Documentary | 84 min.
 Somerville 2
4:30 PM
La Mission
Peter Bratt | Narrative Feature | 118 min.
 Somerville 1
4:45 PM
William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe
Sarah Kunstler, Emily Kunstler | Documentary | 85 min.
 Brattle Theatre
5:00 PM
The Burning Plain
Guillermo Arriaga 2008 | Narrative Feature | 111 min.
 Somerville 3
5:15 PM
Of All The Things
Jody Lambert | Documentary | 85 min.
 Somerville 4
6:45 PM
The Vicious Kind
Lee Toland Krieger | Narrative Feature | 92 min.
  • Tender As Hellfire | Jason Stone 2008
Somerville 5
7:00 PM
I Need That Record!
Brendan Toller | Documentary | 77 min.
 Somerville 2
7:15 PM
From Inside
John Bergin | Narrative Feature | 71 min.
 Brattle Theatre
7:30 PM
We Live In Public
Ondi Timoner | Documentary | 90 min.
 Somerville 3
8:00 PM
The Lost Son Of Havana
Jonathan Hock | Documentary | 104 min.
** Note: Advanced Tickets Sold Out
 Somerville 1
8:30 PM
The Sweet Lady With The Nasty Voice
Joanne Fish, Vincent Kralyevich | Documentary | 72 min.
 Somerville 4
9:30 PM
Best Worst Movie
Michael Stephenson 2009 | Documentary | 91 min.
 Brattle Theatre
9:30 PM
Shorts 3: Documentaries
Shorts Program
  • The Archive | Sean Dunne
  • Theo | Georgi Banks-Davies 2008
  • O.W. Houts & Sons, Inc. | Aaron Matthews, Richard Sherman
  • I Knew It Was You | Richard Shepard
Somerville 2
9:45 PM
Bronson
Nicolas Winding Refn 2009 | IFFBoston After Dark | 92 min.
 Somerville 5
10:00 PM
Shorts 1: Animation
Shorts Program
  • Western Spaghetti | PES 2008
  • Undone | Hayley Morris 2008
  • Kanizsa Hill | Evelyn Lee 2008
  • Skhizein | Jérémy Clapin 2008
  • The Incident At Tower 37 | Chris Perry 2008
  • I Am So Proud Of You | Don Hertzfeldt 2008
Somerville 3
11:59 PM
Grace
Paul Solet 2009 | IFFBoston After Dark | 85 min.
 Brattle Theatre
Sunday, April 26th
12:00 PM
Herb And Dorothy
Megumi Sasaki 2008 | Documentary | 91 min.
 Somerville 4
12:00 PM
The Way We Get By
Aron Gaudet 2009 | Documentary | 84 min.
 Brattle Theatre
12:00 PM
Shorts 3: Documentaries
Shorts Program
  • The Archive | Sean Dunne
  • Theo | Georgi Banks-Davies 2008
  • O.W. Houts & Sons, Inc. | Aaron Matthews, Richard Sherman
  • I Knew It Was You | Richard Shepard
Somerville 3
12:00 PM
Followers: How Filmmakers are Building Their Audiences Online in the 21st Century
Panel Discussion | 120 min.
 Somerville Screening Room
12:15 PM
Blood, Sweat & Cheers
Al Ward | Documentary | 75 min.
 Somerville 1
12:30 PM
Birdwatchers
Marco Bechis 2008 | Narrative Feature | 100 min.
 Somerville 5
12:30 PM
Shorts 2: Comedy
Shorts Program
  • Next Floor | Denis Villeneuve 2008
  • Ha' Agam | Boaz Lavie
  • Instead Of Abracadabra | Patrik Eklund 2008
  • Lollipop Man | Michael Axelgaard
Somerville 2
2:30 PM
Summer Hours
Olivier Assayas 2008 | Narrative Feature | 103 min.
 Brattle Theatre
2:30 PM
Upstream Battle
Ben Kempas 2008 | Documentary | 97 min.
 Somerville 3
2:45 PM
Luckey
Laura Longsworth 2009 | Documentary | 82 min.
 Somerville 1
2:45 PM
Shouting Fire: Stories From The Edge Of Free Speech
Liz Garbus | Documentary | 74 min.
 Somerville 4
3:00 PM
That Evening Sun
Scott Teems 2009 | Narrative Feature | 105 min.
 Somerville 5
3:15 PM
Helen
Christine Malloy, Joe Lawlor | Narrative Feature | 79 min.
  • Princess Margaret Blvd. | Kazik Radwanski 2008
Somerville 2
5:00 PM
Food, Inc.
Robert Kenner 2008 | Documentary | 94 min.
 Brattle Theatre
5:00 PM
Unmistaken Child
Nati Baratz 2008 | Documentary | 102 min.
** Note: Advanced Tickets are Sold Out
 Somerville 4
5:00 PM
The Lost Son Of Havana
Jonathan Hock | Documentary | 104 min.
 Somerville 1
5:15 PM
Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
Alex Karpovsky 2009 | Documentary | 83 min.
 Somerville 3
5:30 PM
Mine
Geralyn Pezanoski 2009 | Documentary | 80 min.
 Somerville 2
5:45 PM
Trinidad
PJ Raval 2008 | Documentary | 86 min.
 Somerville 5
7:30 PM
The Higher Force
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson | Narrative Feature | 80 min.
 Brattle Theatre
7:30 PM
Prom Night In Mississippi
Paul Saltzman | Documentary | 95 min.
 Somerville 4
7:45 PM
Shooting Beauty
George Kachadorian 2008 | Documentary | 62 min.
 Somerville 1
8:00 PM
Trimpin: The Sound Of Invention
Peter Esmonde 2009 | Documentary | 79 min.
 Somerville 3
8:15 PM
The Escapist
Rupert Wyatt | Narrative Feature | 102 min.
 Somerville 5
8:15 PM
Breaking Upwards
Daryl Wein 2009 | Narrative Feature
 Somerville 2
9:30 PM
Stingray Sam
Cory McAbee | Narrative Feature | 61 min.
 Brattle Theatre
Monday, April 27th
7:00 PM
For The Love Of Movies
Gerald Peary 2009 | Documentary | 82 min.
 Institute of Contemporary Art
9:15 PM
Art & Copy
Doug Pray | Documentary | 89 min.
 Institute of Contemporary Art
Tuesday, April 28th
8:00 PM
World's Greatest Dad
Bob Goldthwait 2009 | Narrative Feature
 Coolidge Corner Theatre