Experience the latest cinematic masterworks at these local showcases
Boston Film Festival: The 40th edition of one of the region’s largest annual presentations of new features, shorts, documentaries and even television programs takes place September 19–23 and boasts six world premieres, including two films—opening night film Sheepdog and Any Day Now, a fictional re-telling of the infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist in 1990—that were shot in the Hub. Celebs expected to make appearances include Virginia Madsen, Jeremy Piven and Kevin Pollack.
CineFest Latino Boston: Taking place September 25–29 at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre, the Fenway’s Museum of Fine Arts and the Emerson Paramount Theatre in the Theatre District, this celebration of Latin culture through film screens works by filmmakers from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Colombia, Uruguay and here in the U.S.
Revolutions Per Minute Film Festival (pictured): The cutting-edge and experimental are the focus of this area-wide, artist-run collection that is held September 28–October 3. Most screenings—which largely consist of short films from all over the world—are ticketed, yet reservations can be made for free viewings at Boston City Hall and Harvard University.
GlobeDocs Film Festival: Presented by The Boston Globe October 22–27, this champion of engaging and relevant true-life stories offers a lineup of features and shorts accompanied by post-film talks with filmmakers and the venerable newspaper’s award-winning journalists.
Boston Jewish Film Festival: The 36th annual tradition, a longtime platform for Jewish-themed cinema that is held at several venues in and around Boston, returns November 6–20, with both in-person (November 6–17) and virtual (November 18–20) iterations.
