BLIFF co-sponsors a few films in the International Film Festival Boston
The 17th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) is taking place April 24 – May 1 at the Somerville Theatre, Brattle Theatre, and Coolidge Corner Theatre. Nearly one hundred films will be shown along with nightly parties and weekend panel discussions. Tickets for all events are on sale now at https://www.iffboston.org.
MONOS
Thursday, 4/25 @ 7:00 pm – Somerville Theatre
A ragtag band of child soldiers occupies a derelict ruin atop a remote mountain where they perform military training exercises. But after an attack forces them to abandon their base, playtime is over for the motley young crew.
KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE
Saturday, 4/27 @ 4:30 pm – Somerville Theatre
Four exceptional women (including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) mount grassroots campaigns against powerful incumbents in this inspiring look at the 2018 midterm elections that tipped the balance of power.
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MIDNIGHT FAMILY
Saturday 4/27 @ 7:00 pm – Somerville Theatre
Expected to be in attendance: Producer Kellen Quinn
In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.
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DIOS NUNCA MUERE
Screening as part of Shorts Hereford: Narrative
Thursday 4/25 @ 5:00 pm
Friday 4/26 @ 9:30 pm
Sunday 4/28 @ 12:45 pm
All screenings will take place at the Somerville Theatre
Living in a community of immigrant farmworkers, a mother struggles to raise her two children on her own.
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SANTUARIO
Screening as part of Shorts Arlington: Documentary
Thursday 4/25 @ 9:30 pm
Saturday 4/27 @ 1:00 pm
Sunday 4/28 @ 5:45 pm
All screenings will take place at the Somerville Theatre
After 24 years of living in the US, a Guatemalan grandmother threatened with deportation takes sanctuary in a North Carolina church.
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