HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS

Director: Goran Stolevski - Running Time: 107 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeMlORxufuc&feature=youtu.be

‘HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS' explores the universal truths of family, encompassing both the bonds we inherit and those we create. The narrative revolves around Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. 

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Focus Features will release HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS

In Select Theaters on Friday, January 26th, 2024

For 20th the organizers of the Arlington Int’l Film Festival will be at the Boston Marathon - Table Medals - See you then #AIFFBostonMarathon

The 13th Annual ARLINGTON JAZZ FESTIVAL

Feature Event: Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 7:30PM

Christian McBride - Bass

Nicole Glover - Sax
Ely Perlman - Guitar
Mike King - Piano
Savannah Harris - Drums

Eight-time Grammy-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride 

fuses the fire and fury of a virtuoso with the depth and grounding

of a seasoned journeyman.

Powered by relentless energy and a boundless love of swing,

McBride’s career is now blazing into its third decade and he is one of the most requested, most recorded, and most respected figures in music.

https://www.arlingtonjazz.org/

AIFF Partners...

Thrilled to share exciting news of our local, national, and international partners/collaborators within the film festival community and film industry...

collaborations that create a platform for exchange of

ideas and innovations!

https://lexingtonvenue.com/

 #AIFFLexingtonVenue

AIFF Partners...

Thrilled to share exciting news of our local, national, and international partners/collaborators within the film festival community and film industry...

collaborations that create a platform for exchange of

ideas and innovations!

https://lexingtonvenue.com/

 #AIFFLexingtonVenue

The Martin Luther King Jr. Committe invites YOU for the 36th annual celebration, which will be held in-person at the Arlington Town Hall Auditorium on Martin Luther King Day, Monday January 15, 2024.

Doors will open at 6:00pm and the program will start at 6:30pm. 

Rahsaan D. Hall, this year's keynote speaker is an esteemed civil rights and criminal justice advocate, and is the newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM).

https://www.arlingtonmamlk.org/

Q &A with the director Charlie Sadoff and Producer Ken Harbaugh of AGAINST ALL ENEMIES

Conversation with Professor Eugene Smotkin

POWERING PUERTO RICO (40:45min) Adam Fischer | 2022 | Doc | USA/MA Puerto Rico, 2017: It all started with a storm and a car battery. Eugene Smotkin, a Northeastern University professor, was home in San Juan for the summer when Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico leaving 3 million+ people without electricity. Back on campus, Smotkin had an idea and set about to test an experiment with his class, giving back electricity to a neglected energy populace at a fraction of the current cost. This is a film about Puerto Rico’s resilience through hardship—and one man’s ingenuity in bringing power to the masses. Q&A Professor Smotkin

Conversation w/ Pamela Tanner & Lindsay Richardson

TO WHICH WE BELONG (90min) BEST OF FESTIVAL

Pamela Tanner Boll & Lindsay Richardson | 2022 | USA | Doc | Boston Premiere

Years of industrialized agriculture have been a major contributor to climate change. TO WHICH WE BELONG follows a new generation of farmers and ranchers who seek to rebuild their businesses and their planet by embracing the interconnectedness of living things.

Waiting to Continue: The Venezuelan Asylum Seekers on Martha’s Vineyard by Ollie Becker, Tom Ellis, and Tim Persinko | MA, USA | 2023 | Doc | Sponsored by Ellen Sullivan principal of Cambridge Immigration Law, Cambridge, MA | Social Equity Access Fun, and Awarded Best Cinematography by RULE CAMERA

Adam Fischer director of Powering Puerto Rico won Outstanding MA Filmmaker Award Sponsored by High OutPut presented by Erin Devlin

13Forest Gallery Reception After the screening of Dear Memories

Marc Gurton and Jim Kiely

Speakers:

Lisa Kessler is a nationally recognized photographer and educator based in Boston. She is known for long-term projects on culture, education, health, and faith, including ‘the idea of the color pink in America’; the scourge of sexual abuse; young people in our public schools; and portraits of families coping with homicide.

Her work is in the permanent collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Teaching Museum of Lehigh University. She teaches at Endicott College and the Griffin Museum of Photography.

Larry Volk is an artist, educator, lecturer, and author. His visual work explores family history, and identity through biographical narratives. He has lectured nationally on imaging, portfolio production, and art practice. He is a member-artist of the Bromfield Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts.

A Professor of Photography in the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Endicott College, he holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.

International Shorts Program 2 | Q&A with Directors ToWhich We Belong by Pamela Tanner and Lindsay Richardson |

Panel discussion with producer Tiffany Murray “Two Lives In Pittsburg” winner of the Best Narrative Future

The 2nd edition of RIFFF will be on 25th November 2023, starting at 15:00 at Casa del Cinema di Roma, Villa Borghese | Website: https://www.rifff.it/

AIFF & THE ROASTED GRANOLA CONVERSATION

• Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 7:00 PM

• The Roasted Granola1346 Massachusetts AvenueArlington, MA, 02476United States (map)

• Google Calendar ICS

Conversation with George Gittoes and Hellen Rose UKRAINISTAN ARTIST WAR George Gittoes, Director & Writer| 2022 | Doc | Australia | Boston Premiere Music by Hellen Rose Artists waging a war on war in the tradition of Picasso’s Guernica and Jon and Yoko’s War is Over! Australian George Gittoes and Hellen Rose travel to Ukraine in the first weeks of the war to collaborate with Ukrainian artists.

AGAINST ALL ENEMIES (104 MIN)                        

Charlie Sadoff | USA | 2021 | Doc | Boston Premiere

Why would US military veterans take up arms against the country they swore an oath to protect?

Against All Enemies explores the roots of political radicalization and its impact on democracy. Going deep inside violent extremist groups in America, with members of the Proud Boys, 3 Percenters, and the Oath Keepers we learn that they are organized and led by highly-trained, highly-motivated military veterans – posing a great threat to the United States today. And while most veterans are successful in their transition to civilian life, after the longest wars in our nation’s history an increasingly radicalized element has been drawn into the insurrectionist movement.

Against All Enemies is a powerful film that encourages us to consider our responsibility and how we can safeguard our democratic systems and prevent the spread of extremist ideologies.

Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.

Panel Discussion: Charlie Sadoff, Director; Ken Harbaugh, Producer

Moderated by:   Jeff Barnd

DEAR MEMORIES (98min)

Nahuel Lopez, Director & Writer | Germany/Switzerland | 2022| Doc | Boston Premiere

A journey with the legendary German Magnum photographer, Thomas Hoepker, one of the most important living photographers worldwide; his pictures became icons of photojournalism

13Forest Gallery | Nov 4 at 2:245 pm

167A Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA 02474

We are so excited for the festival - and for our event, https://13forest.com/news/aiff-post-screening-discussion

Click on the links below for full details and to reserve your spot.

Festival Passes at AIFF Website: https://aiffest.org/support-aiff/

Program https://aiffest.org/#/program/

Tickets at Capitol Theatre website:

https://www.capitoltheatreusa.com/arlington-international-film-festival/

Greeting from Punta del Este in uruguay

The Arlington Int’l Film Festival, VOICES OF OUR YOUTH program is thrilled to announce an international partnership with the Student Film Festival, FENACIES of Montevideo, Uruguay.

These international relationships offer opportunities to students through the art of filmmaking to share experiences and ideas that will hopefully encourage understanding and appreciation among cultures.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2PM

Join the Arlington Int’l Film Festival at the Roasted Granola for a

conversation with Jorge Cancela, producer of FENACIES. Mr. Cancela will talk about student filmmaking as well as Punta del Este, the Silicon Valley of Uruguay.  

Jorge was born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay. He received his Bachelor’s in Cultural Management from CLAEH University and went on to teach film and produce the FENACIES Student Film Festival and PEALC (Audiovisual Education and Cinematographic Language Program), now in their 13th year.

FENACIES was founded with the initiative of creating a film festival specifically for young people, where the competition is fair, and their creativity and efforts are valued.

The festival has been declared of educational interest by the Primary Education Council, of cultural interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture, and of tourist and sports interest by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. Since 2015 it has had the Institutional Sponsorship of UNESCO and is now recognized worldwide. www.fenacies.org

The 13th annual Arlington Int’l Film Festival Opens at the Capitol Theatre

Thursday, November 2nd!

https://www.aiffest.org

The Arlington Int’l Film Festival, VOICES OF OUR YOUTH program is thrilled to announce an international partnership with the

Student Film Festival, FENACIES of Montevideo, Uruguay.

These international relationships offer opportunities to students through the art of filmmaking to share experiences and ideas that will hopefully encourage understanding and appreciation among cultures.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 6 pm

Join the Arlington Int’l Film Festival at the Arlington Center for the Arts for a

conversation with Jorge Cancela, producer of FENACIES. Mr. Cancela will talk about student filmmaking as well as Punta del Este, the Silicon Valley of Uruguay.

Jorge was born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay. He received his Bachelor’s in Cultural Management from CLAEH University and went on to teach film and produce the FENACIES Student Film Festival and PEALC (Audiovisual Education and Cinematographic Language Program), now in their 13th year.

FENACIES was founded with the initiative of creating a film festival specifically for young people, where the competition is fair, and their creativity and efforts are valued.

The festival has been declared of educational interest by the Primary Education Council, of cultural interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture, and of tourist and sports interest by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. Since 2015 it has had the Institutional Sponsorship of UNESCO and is now recognized worldwide. www.fenacies.org

The 13th annual Arlington Int’l Film Festival Opens at the Capitol Theatre

Thursday, November 2nd!

https://www.aiffest.org

Notes on Displacement by Khaled Jarr | 2022 | Doc Feature | 80 Min  

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk1aIgpum6k&t=6s

 Synopsis

The news is full of disturbing images of overcrowded boats and vast tent camps. But how much do we really know about what refugees are going through? Notes on Displacement takes a deep dive by following a single family on a grueling journey: destination Germany. Their fear, disorientation, and solidarity are palpable.

WED, OCTOBER 18 | MASSART DESIGN & MEDIA CENTER at 7:00 pm

VENUE: MASSART Design and Media Center
621 Huntington Ave
Boston MA

 https://bostonpalestinefilmfest.org/festival/live-screenings/

https://bostonpalestinefilmfest.org/festival/live-screenings/

HASTA QUE SE APAGUE EL SOL (UNTIL THE SUN DIES)

Directed by Jonas Brander

Doc | 94 min | Colombia | 2023

Spanish with English subtitles

Trailer: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wcNFBxGJWM

Until The Sun Dies unfolds its stories over co-incidences of the contrary: life born from death, and death from the pursuit of peace and justice. Through its insight into the struggles of two social leaders in Colombia’s “post-conflict“ era, the film invites us to delve deeply into the stories of those who have defied violence and demonstrates that the human spirit can prevail and leave a legacy of hope in the midst of the deepest darkness.

Sunday | October 1 | 12 PM      Emerson Paramount Theatre 

Diógenes Directed by Leonardo Barbuy La Torre

Narrative | 76 min | Peru | 2023

Quechua with English subtitles

Trailer: 

https://youtu.be/ZOufMWNdGJE

In the Peruvian Andes, two siblings are raised in isolation by their father,  a Tablas de Sarhua painter who exchanges his art in the village for supplies, while his children wait for him, cared for by their dogs.

One morning, Diogenes does not wake up. Sabina and Santiago live for three days with the corpse of their father, longing for him to wake up. After recognizing his death, they go in search of their past.

Saturday | September 30 | 12:30 PM Emerson Paramount Theatre

A Thousand Pines Directed by Sebastian Diaz and

Noam Osband

Documentary | 73 min | USA | 2023

Spanish with English subtitles

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/642038195/55cb0a1632?share=copy

An intimate portrait of the hidden world of guest workers regrowing America’s forests. Following the workers over the course of a planting season for the country’s largest reforestation company, we see the demands of the job and the needs of families back home. Through the voices of the planters and company owners, we learn how the industry turned from American to foreign workers, and how planting went from work people cherished to work people endure.

Friday | September 29 | 5:30 PM

Emerson Paramount Theatre 

IT LIVES INSIDE 

IS IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 22ND

Watch the trailer here

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DIRECTED BY

Bishal Dutta

STARRING

Megan Suri

Neeru Bajwa

Mohana Krishnan

Vik Sahay

Gage Marsh

Beatrice Kitsos

and Betty Gabriel

Rated PG-13 for terror, violent content, bloody images, brief strong language and teen drug use.

Please note, tickets are first come, first serve so we recommend getting to the theater as early as possible. 

The Arlington Int'l Film Festival is proud to announce a NEW global partner/collaborator, American Documentary and Animation Film Festival in Palm Springs, CA.

Founder Teddy Grouya has created a forum to celebrate and promote documentary films - independent filmmakers from around the world who bring knowledge and awareness to us through their stories about

real people and issues.

 https://www.amdocfilmfest.com/

FENACIES: Students Film Festival 

September 4 - 10, Montevideo, Uruguay

It is a pleasure to inform you that the 13th edition of the FENACIES Student Film Festival will take place September 4 -10.

203 short films from 16 countries and 3 continents will be shown on the big screen.

Screenings will be held:

Sept 4 - 9 | 5-9PM 

Sept 10 | 4:30-7:30PM.

Opening Ceremony

Monday, Sept 4, 7PM,

Room B of the Nelly Goitiño Auditorium of SODRE.

The Closing Ceremony and Awards

Sunday, Sept 10, 8PM

Héctor Tosar Room, Nelly Goitiño Auditorium.

Av. 18 de Julio 930

https://www.fenacies.org/