Filmmakers Collaborative Partners with the Boston Film Festival
September 17, 2024
Filmmakers Collaborative is excited to announce its partnership with Boston Film Festival! This year’s festival–its 40th year– runs from September 19-23! Check out the line up and grab your tickets!
This year’s festival features a record six world premieres, a college student-centered partnership with Warner Bros. Television, and a lineup that fest executive director Robin Dawson told The Boston Globe was “worthy of 40 years of film.”
Dawson went on to tell The Globe, “I feel like this year we really represented Massachusetts well. We always look to infuse the personality of Boston and Massachusetts into the film festival. That was one of the goals when I first took over, that you would know you’re in Boston through the theater experience and the event after.”
Among the six premieres is a debut film by Boston native Eric Aronson,, who wrote, directed, and produced “Any Day Now,” the festival’s Centerpiece Spotlight film. A fictional portrayal of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery on March 18, 1990, the comedy/thriller was shot entirely in Boston over the course of five weeks.
The Boston Film Festival is one of America’s longest-running and industry recognized events for films. The 40th program will showcase cutting edge indie films, top documentaries, shorts, animated, fall release studio films and a newly created sports category.
The feature films include the Opening Night debut of “SHEEPDOG,” along with Centerpiece Spotlight “Any Day Now.” Both films were shot locally throughout Boston and Massachusetts. The Boston Film Festival is thrilled to announce the addition of “Sweetwater,” Cannes Film Award winner and Image Award (NAACP) nominee for best Indie Feature, making its Angel Studios worldwide premiere at the festival. Rounding out this amazing slate of feature films is the Closing Night feature “Max Dagan,” making its East Coast premiere.
Documentaries making their world premiere at the festival include “Capturing Kennedy,” “Phillip Dutton: A Leap of Faith,” and “The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay.” The schedule also includes the U.S premiere of “Democracy Noir.” This incredible group of films reflect newsworthy topics exploring societal issues. Question-and-answer sessions with film creative representatives will follow all live premieres.
