Date: Monday, September 9, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Director: Hassan Fazili Film Details: 2019, 87 minutes, DCP, color, sound, in Afghan Persian with English subtitles Film Website |Facebook Event| Tickets now on sale! Winner of a World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for No Borders at the Sundance Film Festival. Winner of a Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival. Official Selection of the True/False Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, and SFFilm Festival. Producer/Writer/Editor Emelie Mahdavian to attend via Skype for Q&A! About the...
The Seer and the Unseen
Date: Monday, September 23, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Director: Sara Dosa Film Details: 2019, 85 minutes, DCP, color, sound, in Icelandic and English with English subtitles Film Website | Facebook Event | Tickets on Sale Now! World Premiere at the SFFilm Festival. Official Selection of the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival. Filmmaker Sara Dosa and Film Subject “Ragga” Jónsdóttir to attend in person for Q&A , moderated by local filmmaker Chico Colvard. About the Film: Set against...
The Infiltrators
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Time: 7:30 pm Location: Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 Directors: Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra Film Details: 2019, 95 minutes, DCP, color, sound, in English and Spanish with English subtitles Tickets now on sale! | DocYard season passholders must RSVP for this screening to reserve a ticket. Directions forthcoming! Co-presented with the Boston Latino International Film Festival. This will be the festival’s opening night film! World Premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Official Selection of the SXSW Film...
The Hottest August
Date: Monday, October 7, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Director: Brett Story Film Details: 2019, 94 minutes, DCP, color, sound, English Film Website | Facebook Event | Tickets Now on Sale! World Premiere at the 2019 True/False Film Festival. Official Selection of CPH:DOX, SXSW Film Festival and, Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival. Filmmaker Brett Story will attend in person for Q&A. About the Film: A complex portrait of a city and its inhabitants, The Hottest August gives us a window into the collective consciousness of the present. The...
Midnight in Paris
Date: Monday, October 21, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Directors: Roni Moore & James Blagden Film Details: 2019, 75 minutes, DCP, color, sound, English Film Website | Tickets on Sale Now! Co-presented with the Roxbury International Film Festival! World Premiere at the 2019 True/False Film Festival. Official Selection of the BAMcinemaFest, the Sarasota Film Festival and the Freep Film Festival. Filmmaker James Blagden expected to attend in person and filmmaker Roni Moore expected to attend via Skype for Q&A with Roxbury International Film Festival Director...
Samouni Road
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Remis Auditorium, The Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Director: Stefano Savona Film Details: 2018, 129 minutes, Arabic with English Subtitles Co-Presented with Boston Palestine Film Festival. Tickets Now on Sale! Winner of the Golden Eye for Best Documentary, Cannes Film Festival 2018 Best Documentary, Bari International Film Festival, 2019 About the Film: In the rural outskirts of Gaza City, the Samouni extended family is about to celebrate a wedding. It’s going to be the first celebration since Operation Cast Lead,...
Combat Obscura
Date: Monday, November 4, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Director: Miles Lagoze Film Details: 2018, 70 min, DCP, color, English, sound mix by Ernst Karel Film Website | Tickets available soon from the Brattle Theatre! World Premiere at the 2018 True/False Film Festival. Official Selection of the Dallas International Film Festival, FID Marseille, the Brisbane Film Festival and the Virginia Film Festival. Filmmaker Miles Lagoze will attend in person for Q&A. About the Film: Just out of high school, at the age of 18, Miles Lagoze enlisted in the Marine Corps....
Leona’s Sister Gerri
Date: Monday, November 18, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Director: Jane Gillooly Film Details: 1995, 57 minutes, color, sound, English Film Website | Tickets available soon from the Brattle Theatre! New England Legacy Film! Winner of the Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. Official selection of New Directors, New Films at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Filmmaker Jane Gillooly will attend in person for Q&A. About the Film: Leona’s Sister Gerri tells the dramatic...
The Image You Missed
Date: Monday, December 2, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Director: Dónal Foreman Film Details: 2018, 73 minutes, DCP, color, sound, English Film Website | Tickets available soon from the Brattle Theatre! World Premiere at 2018 Independent Film Festival Rotterdam. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize of Avant-Garde & Genre Competition at BAFICI. Official Selection of the Dublin International Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Cinema du Reel, and Art of the Real at Film Society of Lincoln Center. Filmmaker Dónal Foreman will attend in person for Q&A. About the Film: Drawing...
Present.Perfect
Date: Monday, December 16, 2019 Time: 7pm Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Director: Shengze Zhu Film Details: 2019, 124 minutes, DCP, B&W, sound, Mandarin Chinese & Various Chinese Regional Dialects with English subtitles Tickets available soon from the Brattle Theatre! World Premiere and Winner of the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Winner of the Universities Award at Indie Lisboa. Special Mention for Young Jury Award at Cinema du Reel. Official Selection of New Directors/New Films, the Jeonju International Film Festival, Taipei Film Festival, and Melbourne...
