Festival Dispatches
Reviews and highlights from film festivals throughout New England and Toronto.
Stellar Short Docs at IFFBoston
This year Independent Film Festival Boston has an impressive lineup of short documentary programs. I will be sharing more festival highlights in the upcoming weeks, but I wanted to first spotlight the Shorts Kenmore Documentary program that has an additional screening on Tuesday, April 29 …
Reading Film Festival Highlights
Last weekend I attended the Reading Film Festival and I want to highlight two documentary shorts that stood out. This annual festival in Reading, Pennsylvania, showcases independent shorts of different genres and celebrated its tenth anniversary. My documentary
TIFF Documentary Highlights
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival had a stellar selection of documentaries, and my only regret is that I couldn’t see more of them! I did make an effort to watch a few fiction films as well, but they could not compete. It is hard to switch to fiction after seeing a handful of deeply personal and quiet moments …
Powerful Feminist Stories
Last week I was in attendance at the Shawna Shea Film Festival in Southbridge, Massachusetts. My documentary One World is Writing was screened as part of the Experimental Shorts Program, and I was able to see a handful of other films. It is an international festival that screens small budget independent fi…
