@IFFBoston

The largest film festival in New England, celebrating stories and storytellers year-round.

 Boston, MA
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That's a wrap on #IFFBoston2026! Thanks to all of our sponsors, filmmakers, volunteers, staff, and community partners. And a big thank you to all of our venues: the @svilletheatre, the @brattletheatre, and @thecoolidge. And thanks to you for joining us for YOUR festival.
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A pack of rowdy French teenagers embark on a school field trip to Pompeii, where tensions in the present unfold against the ruins of the ancient past. LA GRADIVA plays on Saturday, October 31 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/PqXJ50ZXpj7
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Need your fix of documentaries before the second weekend of the Fall Focus Film Festival? Head to back the @BrattleTheatre this week for @GlobeDocs! We're co-presenting three films: ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, THE OTHER SIDE OF MEMORY, and PLAYING POTUS: ow.ly/wqAL50ZYGxf
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"A confidently crafted gem." — @ebertvoices Two children of immigrants journey through an unexpected relationship in BEDFORD PARK, playing on Friday, October 30 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/B7lz50ZXoSU
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A young woman deals with her vibrant mother’s Alzheimer diagnosis in this deeply moving animation. TANGLES plays on Sunday, November 1 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/MuXv50ZXoaJ
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Diego Luna crafts a powerful portrait of the immigrant experience through the eyes of a young woman forced to rebuild her life in a new country. ASHES plays on Saturday, October 31 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/TmnA50ZXn20
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Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, actor-turned-documentarian Pegah Ahangarani retraces more than 40 years of Iran’s history. REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION plays on Friday, October 30 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/zicJ50ZX11a
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Next week! #IFFBoston2026 alum THE GREAT EXPERIMENT, a kaleidoscopic portrait of American civil society, identity, and polarization, returns to the @svilletheatre for one night only: ow.ly/5I7m50ZXpvl
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We just released a handful of extra tickets for tonight's screening of WILD HORSE NINE! 💥Get yours before they're gone: ow.ly/iJzn50ZXmkL
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Two geologists investigate a strange anomaly discovered deep within the rocky depths of the Canadian Badlands and unearth an ancient force. The Fall Focus Film Festival goes full horror mode with SPLIT ROCK, playing on October 31 at the @BrattleTheatre: ow.ly/COWj50ZX0N6
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Independent Film Festival Boston retweeted
Rob’s Cheaper, Ad-Supported Version@r0bwatsonOct 12
Getting to mainline new movies by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Jordan Firstman, Andrey Zvyagintsev, and Mike Leigh over a 36-hour period—thank you as always @IFFBoston.
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For those joining us for the Fall Focus Film Festival today, please note that Harvard Square will have multiple roads blocked off for Oktoberfest today. Please give yourself some extra time to get to the Brattle and consider taking the T rather than driving.
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Independent Film Festival Boston retweeted
Sean Burns@SeanMBurnsOct 6
At WBUR this week I wrote about IFFBoston’s Fall Focus, which kicks off Thursday night at the Brattle Theatre. See you there. wbur.org/news/2026/10/06/iff…

IFFBoston's massive Fall Focus lineup brings prestige films to the Brattle

The 2026 installment screens 27 titles over 12 days. "There’s a real chance that for some of these films, the only way you’re going to see them in an arthouse theater projected by people who care if...

wbur.org
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Heads up! A handful of extra tickets are now available for: THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK ALL OF A SUDDEN FATHERLAND CLUB KID Grab them now before we run out: iffboston.org/fallfocus
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Not sure which films to see during the first weekend of the Fall Focus Film Festival? Let Boston's film critics steer you in the right direction. Check out the critics' picks from the @BostonGlobe, @WBUR, @CambridgeDay, and @Vanyaland617.
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The Fall Focus Film Festival starts now!
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"ROSE is a tragedy about history’s losers, its victims and those who don’t get to write their own story." — Sight & Sound See it on Sunday, October 11 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/zR6Q50ZVbY3
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Mike Leigh returns with another astute portrait of ordinary lives, examining the complexities of aging, family, and learning to embrace life’s changes. TENDER LOVING CARE plays October 11 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/bBNI50ZVbLt
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LOOK BACK is a meditation on the purpose of creation itself: perhaps the only answer to life’s brevity is to create. See Hirokazu Kore-eda's adaptation of the acclaimed manga Saturday, October 10 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/v9KY50ZUKq4
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At the height of the Cold War, the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter embark on a road trip across a divided Germany in ruins. FATHERLAND plays this Saturday, October 10 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/rBSl50ZUKje
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"A twilight fable of a city that’s changing, whose spirit remains distinct and grand and full of mystery." — @vulture THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK plays this Friday, October 9 at the @BrattleTheatre during the Fall Focus Film Festival: ow.ly/jRSL50ZUK0k
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