Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Feb.6-16th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Preview 5

2015 Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Feb. 6-16th
"The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and Marathon (“Boston SciFi”) is an 11-day cinematic event held at the historic Somerville Theatre from February 6th to the 16th. The 2015 edition marks our 40th anniversary as the oldest genre fest in America.
The first nine days consist of a film festival that emphasizes emerging directors with distinct visions from around the globe. The Festival concludes with The Marathon (a.k.a., “The ‘Thon”), a 24-hour orgiastic motion picture endurance test featuring classic, new and schlock films. Think of it as binge viewing with 700 close friends. It starts at noon on the 15th and ends at noon on President’s Day." - Bostonscifi.com
  This year's event schedule is complete and I look forward to seeing as much as possible. I approach the Festival like the Marathon, I want to power through all of it not missing a film. This might not be the case for everyone though. Great thing about this festival is you can approach it a couple different ways. You can buy the Festival Pass as I did and attempt to see lots of features or you can purchase single film tickets, either way you will get to enjoy great NEW science fiction. The Festival pass also gets you into the 24 hour Movie Marathon Sun-Mon 15-16th which is the classic sci-fi fans favorite event.

The start of the week means later start times and some great science fiction. Starting at 7pm each week night giving you time to get out of work and gear up! So come see them all or just choose individual shows. Note: The price goes up for individual "Same Day" tickets so buy them ahead.

Monday:
Boy 7 (2015)
Director(s): Lourens Blok
Runtime: 90 Minutes

Netherlands. (World Premiere) Sam regains consciousness in the middle of a crowded subway. He doesn't know how he got there, where he came from nor his own name, but there's an uneasy feeling. Searching frantically for a clue, any clue, he slowly realizes his that feeling is one of great danger. He's right.

Temporal Globes (shorts)
Director(s): Various
Runtime: 93 m.

In screening order: Ghost Light 20m; Abandoned Planet 17m; No Milk 16m; Strangers 14m; I Remember The Future 26m.


Chrysalis (2014)
Director(s): John Klein
Runtime: 100 Minutes

(US) New England Premiere. In a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a biological agent, Joshua and Penelope continue to survive nature and the beasts roaming their world. They meet Abira, a fellow survivor, but with a difference.
 FACEBOOK PAGE  and WEBSITE


Tuesday:
Fantasticherie di un Passeggiatore Solitario (2014)
Director(s): Paolo Gaudio
Runtime: 87 Minutes

(Italy) US Premiere. Winner, Best Film, Nice. Three characters in three different ages are united by a dream of freedom and a small masterpiece of literature. A journey through the mysterious and timeless aspirations, sufferings and 'Reveries' of a poet, of a young student and a child lost in the woods.

The Ephemerdes Circle (shorts)
Director(s): Various
Runtime: 93 m.

In screening order: Land of Enchantment 11m; Invisible 3m; Ethos 17m; Valiant 29m; Memorable Minorities 5m; Grave Shivers 14m; Indigo Grey 6m,

Parallel (2015)
Director(s): John Turk
Runtime: 91 Minutes

(US) World Premiere. Despondent over losing his pregnant wife in a car crash, a mathematician searches for a the key to time traveling. His obsession leads to an unexpected place. What he discovers is losing may offer something better.

Monday February 9th








Boy 7 7:00pm Somerville Theatre





Temporal Globes (shorts) 7:30pm Micro-Cinema





Chrysalis 9:00pm Somerville Theatre






Tuesday February 10th








Fantasticherie di un Passeggiatore Solitario 7:00pm Somerville Theatre





The Ephemerides Circle (shorts) 7:30pm Micro-Cinema





Parallel 9:00pm Somerville Theatre

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Feb.6-16th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Preview 4

2015 Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Feb. 6-16th
"The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and Marathon (“Boston SciFi”) is an 11-day cinematic event held at the historic Somerville Theatre from February 6th to the 16th. The 2015 edition marks our 40th anniversary as the oldest genre fest in America.
The first nine days consist of a film festival that emphasizes emerging directors with distinct visions from around the globe. The Festival concludes with The Marathon (a.k.a., “The ‘Thon”), a 24-hour orgiastic motion picture endurance test featuring classic, new and schlock films. Think of it as binge viewing with 700 close friends. It starts at noon on the 15th and ends at noon on President’s Day." - Bostonscifi.com
  This year's event It looks like there is a nice lineup coming together and I will be attending as many of the films as possible. Great thing about this festival is you can approach it a couple different ways. You can buy the Festival Pass as I did and attempt to see lots of features or you can purchase single film tickets, either way you will get to enjoy great NEW science fiction. The Festival pass also gets you into the 24 hour Movie Marathon Sun-Mon 15-16th which is the classic sci-fi fans favorite event.

  Lots to do on Sunday Febuary 8th with a fine collection of Science Fiction for your consumption!'

Limbo (2014)
Director(s): Ben Johnson
Runtime: 42 Minutes

(US) East Coast Premiere. A web series entry about a group of rescuers who attempt to rescue people trapped in different realities. Sometimes getting home takes a detour. Made in New Hampshire. d: Ben Johnson, But don't watch it all here come out and see it with an audience.




With Shorts: (US) Hypnotist, d: Jon Braver (18m) and Twenty Forty Three (Aust) W. Prem. d:Eugenie Muggleton (17m)

 Then there will be a Kevin Sorbo film, Kevin Fucking Sorbo, Hercules  Capt Dylan Hunt from Andromeda with Melanie Stone in a film called:

Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2015)
Director(s): Anne K. Black
Runtime: 90 Minutes

(US) East Coast Premiere. A slave girl dreams of being a wizard. Escaping bondage, she embarks on an epic quest with the help of a drunk and a thief. Starring: Kevin Sorbo. d: Anne K Black
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Blessid (2014)
Director(s): Rob Fitz 
Runtime: 97 Minutes

(World Premiere) From the director of "God of Vampires": A pregnant woman, questioning life, befriends an older, odd man who claims immortality, but seems to offer some answers. Made in Massachusetts.
Music: Sarah Blacker and Duke Levine
Facebook Page

 Twitters:  @BlessidTheMovie 

Vexatious Technologica (Shorts)
Director(s): Various
Runtime: 83 m.

In screening order: Soundwaves 15m; Beta 12m; The Brain Hack 18; Desaffection 17m; Analogous 12; Artificio Conceal 18m; House Smarts, or, Domestic Technology 3m.


Shadows on the Wall (2015)
Director(s): Benjamin Carland
Runtime: 110 Minutes
 
(US) World Premiere. Palmer Marshall, an engineering student with anxiety issues, builds a miraculous device capable of reaching far beyond our understanding of known space. But in breaking this new boundary Palmer and his friends have opened a Pandora's Box with far-reaching and unforeseen consequences. 'The Social Network' meets the 'X-Files' in this stark and snappy sci-fi suspense. d: Ben Carland (Sol)

Official Website
Twitter  @NeedsMoreBen

Parallax Views (Shorts)
Director(s): Various
Runtime: 89 m.

In screening order: Wheel of Time 12m; Worm Free Society 23m; Quintipus 8m; Super Terapi 10m; Sumer 10m; Frontier 15m; Moonlight Bait & Ammo 11m.

 Alien Outpost (Replay) see Preview 1

Sunday February 8th








Limbo 1:00pm Somerville Theatre





Mythica: A Quest for Heroes 3:00pm Somerville Theatre





Blessid 5:00pm Somerville Theatre





Vexatious Technologica (shorts) 5:30pm Micro-Cinema





Shadows on the Wall 7:00pm Somerville Theatre





Parallax Views (shorts) 7:30pm Micro-Cinema





Alien Outpost 9:00pm Somerville Theatre





Monday, January 26, 2015

Feb.6-16th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Preview 3

2015 Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Feb. 6-16th
"The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and Marathon (“Boston SciFi”) is an 11-day cinematic event held at the historic Somerville Theatre from February 6th to the 16th. The 2015 edition marks our 40th anniversary as the oldest genre fest in America.
The first nine days consist of a film festival that emphasizes emerging directors with distinct visions from around the globe. The Festival concludes with The Marathon (a.k.a., “The ‘Thon”), a 24-hour orgiastic motion picture endurance test featuring classic, new and schlock films. Think of it as binge viewing with 700 close friends. It starts at noon on the 15th and ends at noon on President’s Day." - Bostonscifi.com
  This year's event It looks like there is a nice lineup coming together and I will be attending as many of the films as possible. Great thing about this festival is you can approach it a couple different ways. You can buy the Festival Pass as I did and attempt to see lots of features or you can purchase single film tickets, either way you will get to enjoy great NEW science fiction. The Festival pass also gets you into the 24 hour Movie Marathon Sun-Mon 15-16th which is the classic sci-fi fans favorite event.

Things are now rounding out in the schedule and there were some changes to Day 2: This Festival only gets better and with that here is the Day Two schedule with some added info below.

Saturday February 7th







Matt Mercury 1:00pm Somerville Theatre4





Painting the Way to the Moon 3:00pm Somerville Theatre





History of Time Travel 5:00pm Somerville Theatre





Averted Visions (shorts) 5:30pm Micro-Cinema





Uncanny 7:00pm Somerville Theatre





Broken Portals (shorts) 7:30pm Micro-Cinema





Suicide or Lulu and Me in a World Made for Two 9:15pm Somerville Theatre







Day 2: Added information!.

Painting the Way to the Moon -
"Director(s): Jacob Akira Okada
Runtime: 54 Minutes

(US) World Premiere. Documentary on controversial math whiz Ed Belbruno who pioneered space travel. But it's really how art and science share a common process. Creativity knows no bounds. With: Moon-Lite (US) NE Prem. A boy discovers magic. d: David Dibble 7m; Omega (Aust.) NA Premiere. Weird comet brings more than destruction. d: Peter Ninos (15 m)" --bostonscifi.com


Also added were two sets of Shorts, "Averted Visions" and "Broken Portals" 


Averted Visions (shorts)
February 7th, 2015
5:30pm
Micro-Cinema
Director(s): Various
Runtime: 86 m.

Zerogon (US) d: John Mattiuzzi & Joshua Plan 4 m,; Making Friends 7m,; CTRL 3m.; Raker 13m.;
Come Sweet Earth 1m., The Spell Tutor (Can) d: Herman Wang 5m.; The Astronomer 23m.; 2028 8m.;
Sleeping Emigrant (US) d: Lisa Stock 12m.; Alien Communciations (US) d: Kurtis & Kris Theorin 10m. 

Broken Portals (shorts)
February 7th, 2015
7:30pm
Micro-Cinema
Director(s): Various
Runtime: 86 m.

Memories 25m; The Rosen Bridge 15m; Enfilade 10m; Outoboros 16m; Athena 11m; Place Where You Live 15m

More information coming soon.