Boston Film Festival (BFF) is an annual
film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...
held in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
. It has been held annually since 1984, usually in early September.
The Boston Film Festival premiered such notable films as ''
The Last Kiss'', ''
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
''A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'' is a 2006 American drama film based on a 2001 memoir of the same name by author, director, and musician Dito Montiel, which describes his youth in Astoria, New York during the 1980s.
Montiel wrote and directed ...
'', ''
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
'', ''
Deliver Us From Evil'', ''
Jesus Camp
''Jesus Camp'' is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing about a charismatic Christian summer camp, where children spend their summers being taught that they have "prophetic gifts" and can "take back America for ...
'', ''
The Ground Truth
''The Ground Truth'' (also known as ''The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends'') is a 2006 documentary film about veterans of the Iraq War. It was directed and produced by Patricia Foulkrod.
Plot
The film addresses the issues many soldiers fa ...
'', ''
The US vs. John Lennon'', ''A Desperate Crossing'', ''
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' is a 2005 American neo-noir black comedy mystery thriller film written and directed by Shane Black (in his directorial debut), and starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, and Corbin Bernsen. The scri ...
'', ''Prime'', ''
North Country'', and ''
How to Start a Revolution
''How to Start a Revolution'' is a BAFTA Scotland Award-winning British documentary film about Nobel Peace Prize nominee and political theorist Gene Sharp, described as the world's foremost scholar on nonviolent revolution. The 2011 film descr ...
''.
Film Excellence Award
Orson Welles Cinema
It was preceded by the earlier Boston Film Festival, held in Cambridge at the
Orson Welles Cinema
The Orson Welles Cinema was a movie theater at 1001 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts that operated from 1969 to 1986. Showcasing independents, foreign films and revivals, it became a focal point of the Boston-Cambridge film communi ...
in 1976.
It is often confused with the
Boston International Film Festival
The Boston International Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Boston, Massachusetts which showcases over 90 films annually.
Established in 2003 by film producer Patrick Jerome, the festival features independent films from ...
, which is annually held in Boston as well.
External links
Boston Film Festival
Film festivals in Boston
Annual events in Boston
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