The Massachusetts Independent Film Festival (MassIFF) opens Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville and continues Aug. 16 and 17 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge. MassIFF will once again showcase the best independent cinema and movie talent as filmmakers, actors, producers and other industry professionals from New England and around the world gather for this exciting annual film experience.
Tickets are on sale now online at http://massiff2013.eventbrite.com/ and at the door each night of the festival. Tickets are available by film block or as full festival pass for all screenings. Synopses of films and the screening schedule are at http://www.massiff.org/#!2013-films/galleryPage.
MassIFF gathers the creative force that exists outside of mainstream film and provides the venue to screen these works and promote interaction with a broad audience, fueling the passion for true independent film. This year’s festival will feature two exciting film blocks, one showcasing women in the horror film genre and another showing some of the best Asian cinema. The threeday festival will screen feature length, short and documentary films representing both regional and international filmmakers. After each film block screening, filmgoers can stay for a question and answer period with filmmakers.
The selection process is demanding and only a small percentage of the submitted films are selected for screening. The MassIFF best of the festival awards are selected by a panel of judges that includes well known Boston film critic Peter Keough; Dean Treadway of the Movie Geeks United podcast; and horror filmmaker Skip Shea. MassIFF invites festival goers to the closing celebration on the final day of the festival, Sunday, Aug. 17, at 9 p.m. at Park restaurant, 59 JFK St., Cambridge.
For line-up and ticket info go to www.MassIFF.org
