| |
Announcing the Winners of AIFF 2016
October 27-30 | Capitol Theatre
THANK YOU so much to ALL!
As we prepare to enter into the Thanksgiving and holiday season, we, the organizers of the Arlington International Film Festival would like to express our gratitude to all our audience members, sponsors, judges, volunteers, organizations, partners, high school students, musicians, and indie filmmakers around the world that partner with us to produce this annual festival. We are grateful to be part of Arlington, as well as the greater Boston community and it is our pleasure to bring cultural, educational and social events to our community.
Wishing you all happy holidays
and… we look forward to seeing you in 2017.
|
|
| |
AIFF Best of Festival 2016:East LA Interchange by Betsy Kalin
Left, Ruby Gomez, Producer; Right, Betsy Kalin, Director; Photo: Ray Bernoff
|
|
| |
AIFF JURY AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Jiàoliàn [Coach], Esteban Argüello, Producer/Director
|
|
AIFF JURY AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE
Climas, Enrica Pérez, Director | Peru |USA Premiere
|
| |
AIFF JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Spain | 2016 | Doc | USA Premiere
|
|
|
|
| |
AIFF JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT NARRATIVE
Eden Hostel, Gonzaga Manso, Director
Spain | 2016 | Nar | New England Premiere
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
AIFF JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT ANIMATION
The Day of the Bleeding Gums, Dimitar Dimitrov-Animiter, Director
Bulgaria | 2014 | Animation | New England Premiere
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
High School Filmmaker Winners
AIFF BEST of FESTIVAL
Attached At The Soul, William Leon, Writer/Director
USA/CA | 2016 | Narrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
AIFF BEST DOCUMENTARY
Todo tiene sutiempo/Everything Has Its Time
Marylys Merida, Director | USA/MA |2015 | Doc
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
AIFF BEST NARRATIVE
Teach Me Fish
Asa Minter, Director | USA/MA | 2016 | Narrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
AIFF BEST EXPERIMENTAL
I Don’t Need U
Alyssa Peguero, Director | USA/MA | 2015 | Experimental
Sponsors of the High School Awards
ACMi – Arlington House of Pizza – Artscope Magazine – CyberLink
Not Your Averages Joe’s – Trader Joes -WGBH
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Reflections from Gayatri Sundar Rajan, Master of Ceremonies
AIFF High School Filmmaker’s Program
Photo Ray Bernoff
“The night before the Youth Awards I was wide awake and working. I wanted my remarks before the AIFF Youth Film Screening to be brief, yet thoughtful and memorable. My goal initially was to congratulate the filmmakers on their hard work and beautiful results. After more thought, I realized that simple congratulations wouldn’t fully capture the beauty of the AIFF Student Awards.
As a student filmmaker, I often forget that I am very very lucky. I have been given the resources and skills to express myself and truly affect change on the world around me through the medium of film. I wanted to make sure to remind all the filmmakers present that the skills they have gained through film – implicit and explicit – are ones that will stay with them for a lifetime. As I entered the theater with such lofty goals in mind, I found that my fervent pleas to continue film and affect change were unnecessary. These young men and women were creating films that were from the heart and affected each and every audience member. I was overjoyed!
Following the screening, we went to the Fox Library Community Room to present the awards and discuss the films that we had just watched. I was ready with extensive notes on each film just in case the conversation went flat. As was the theme of the afternoon, I was surprised by the ease and genuine feeling of our conversation. We discussed everything from the value of audio in a film to why a character stuck with us. I would say that I was inspired by the AIFF Youth awards experience – the films, the conversation, and most importantly the filmmakers. Thanks!”
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
WAPIKONI MOBILE 3-Day Conference
Arlington International Film Festival and Wapikoni Mobile hosted a 3-day conference in conjunction with Harvard University Native American Studies Department, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, UMass Boston, and Brandeis University.
Wapikoni Mobile… a project by and for Indigenous is a traveling studio created in 2004 by filmmaker, Manon Barbeau and co-founded by the Council of the Nation Atikamekw and the Youth Council of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador. While encouraging the emergence of talent, it facilitates interaction and communication between young people and contributes to their openness to the world as well as their influence in their communities. These youth become ambassadors of a rich contemporary culture that is too often overlooked
For the 6th year, AIFF was proud to present a selected program of their shorts. It was especially gratifying to promote a dialogue in Greater Boston that could potentially aid in the advancement of local Indigenous youth fostering inclusion. Special thanks to the Boston-Québec Delegation for their sponsorship.
Plans are underway for 2017 to bring Wapikoni Mobile back to Boston for a series of summer conferences/workshops with local high school students that will culminate in a major screening event.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Photo courtesy of 13Forest Gallery
Screening of Imber’s Left Hand by Director Richard Kane
13FOREST Gallery was honored to host director Richard Kane, co-producer Melody Lewis-Kane, art critic Rebecca Nemser and a pair of Jon Imber paintings on Saturday, October 29, for a post-screening reception and discussion of Imber’s Left Hand. Chronicling the final years of Somerville painter Jon Imber’s life, this powerful film brought many together in celebration of life, art, and the impulse to find and create beauty in the most trying of times. Having the Arlington International Film Festival here in Capitol Square invigorated East Arlington with an artistically fueled energy, and we look forward to our participation in next year’s Festival. http://13forest.com/news/2016/11/8/rebecca-nemser
Michael Kane, Director, and Melody Lewis-Kane, Co-producer of Imber’s Left Hand – Photo Ray Bernoff
|
|
|
|
|
Dear Media Partners,
Thank you for your coverage of this year’s Festival. We want to thank some of our contributors that gave in a special way to also make the Festival unique and meaningful. We are deeply appreciative to each of you and for your exceptional gifts.
Happy holidays and best wishes for a wonderful New Year!
Warmly,
The AIFF Team
Arlington Not Your Average Cause – BlePlus – Boston Jewish Film Festival – Boston-Quebec Delegation – Cecily Miller Center for Arabic Culture – City Life/Vida Urbana – Conservation Law Foundation – David Fechtor, Osher Lifelong Institute at Tufts University – Fox Library – Gilad Rosenzweig Harvard Film Archives – Huntington Theater – Irish Film Festival Boston – Jeff Gross – Julie Land – Ken Fields – Latino Film Festival Boston – Lunch & Learn Committee at Tufts University – MIRA – Old Schwamb Mill Museum – Palestine Film Festival – Paul Berstein Prime Butcher Shop – Ray Bernoff Rebecca Nemser, Art Critic – Shaz Sajadi – Ten Thousand Villages in Cambridge – Boston-Quebec Delegation Wapikoni Mobile Canada.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Dear Friends,
GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on Tuesday following Thanksgiving, it is a widely recognized shopping event coupled with Black Friday and Cyber Monday that kicks off the charitable season when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. At this time we are asking for you to consider supporting the Arlington International Film Festival, your local international film festival.
While doing your holiday shopping make a donation to http://www.aiffest.org/ and support its commitment to promote the next generation of filmmakers, creative graphic designers, and to bring to Arlington and the greater Boston area the art of indie filmmakers, both local and from around the world.
We need your help to continue meeting our mission… to foster appreciation for different cultures by exploring the lives of people around the globe through independent film – to nurture the next generation of filmmakers.
Thank you for considering AIFF. Happy holidays and best wishes to you and your family for the new year!
Sincerely,
April L. Ranck
Executive Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
4 years of partnership and collaboration
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
AIFF wishes to thank Massachusetts Cultural Council for this year’s grant!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Left to right: OSM Director Derm Whittaker, Fran Todd, Kristin Catalano, Photo: Ray Bernoff
Reception Hosted at Old Schwamb Mill
Old Schwamb Mill Museum graciously hosted a pre-screening reception and discussion for Kristin Catalano and family, Director of CLARENCE, screened at the Capitol Theatre on Friday evening.
Clarence chronicles the life of Clarence Garrett, an 85-year old WWII Vet who returns to UM-Milwaukee to fulfill his biggest regret…not earning his Bachelor’s Degree. A powerful and inspiring film that captures the magic of learning regardless of age.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Director’s Awards 2016
Barry Frechette, Paper Lanterns: Rule Camera
Arthur Musah, Naija Beta: High Output
Betsy Kalin, East LA Interchange: Talamas Boston
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Capitol Square Business Association
Fox Library – Artbeat – L.U.V and other Gifts – 13Forest Gallery
Special Thanks to Artist, William Turville
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Sponsors
ACMi – Acitrón Restaurant – Arlington Center for the Arts – Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown – 13Forest Gallery – AARP Massachusetts – Artbeat – Artscope Magazine – Artemis Yoga, Watertown – ATED – Avenue Appraisal Company – Arlington Centered – Back Bay Fit Arlington – BOSTONES A Capella Group, B.U – Bravo Upholstery on Broadway – Boston-Quebec Delegation – BlePlus: networking for latinos – Brigham Square – Bollywood Cafe – Casa Esme – Camilla’s Bridal Arlington – Century 21 Adams, Arlington – Central Rock Gym, Cambridge – Ciclismo Classico – Ciders of Spain – CineSend City Paint – CyberLink – Danish Pastry House, Watertown – David Lenoir, ColdwellBanker, Arlington – 2020 Diversity Task Group, Arlington – Derby-Fram – E. Puopolo & Son – EURO CHANNEL – Friends of Fox Library, Arlington – Father & Son FloorCraft, Watertown – Glidecam Industries – Rose Kennedy Greenway – Kendal Square Cinema – Harvard University Native American Studies – Hardwick Consultants Inc. – High Output – Huntington Theater – iPitch.tv – Irving House Cambridge – Ixtapa Mexican Grill & Cantina, Lexington – Kumon, Arlington – Lakota Bakery – La Posada Restaurant – Conservation Law Foundation Boston – Massachusetts Cultural Council – Mass BJJ – MIRA – Mosaic Oasis Studio & Supply, LLC -Movie-Blogger.com – Not Your Average Joe’s, Arlington – Original Magazine – Otto Pizza, Arlington – Old Schwamb Mill – Peter Fuller Rentals, Watertown – Prime Butcher Shop Arlington – Stop and Shop Arlington – Quebrada Bakery – RCN – Robbins Library – RULE Camera – Sabur Restaurant, Somerville – Slow Boat Home – Stop and Shop, Arlington – Talamas Boston – Trader Joe’s, Arlington – Tartufo Ristorante, Newton – Ten Thousand Villages – Terra Nostra Jewelry, Arlington – The Friendly Toast, Cambridge – Trader Joe’s, Arlington – Wapikoni Mobile, Canada – Watertown Savings Bank – WGBH – Whole Foods – Workbar Arlington – Za Restaurant – Zhen Ren Chuan Martial Arts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Arlington International Film Festival
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
The Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) offers a unique opportunity for cross-cultural education by promoting understanding of the many cultures represented in our town and beyond. The Festival is a means for recognizing that such diversity enriches our community. We believe that our annual international film festival highlights core values and aspirations we share in common with our culturally diverse neighbors and with all members of the global human family.
Utilizing the power of collaboration, AIFF engages and involves students, volunteers, businesses and town leaders, fellow arts organizations, and of course, filmmakers and directors from around the world. AIFF believes that the arts are here to connect us, to communicate across boundaries, and touch our common humanity.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
350 Mass Ave, Ste 160 |Arlington, MA 02474
|
|
|
|
|
|
h
