by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan This year’s 21st annual Independent Film Festival Boston brought together audience favorites and award winners from Sundance, SXSW, and other top festivals, with local filmmaker premieres, and as always provided an opportunity to mix and mingle with
Read the review...A Look Back at Toronto International Film Festival 2023 ()
by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan (with apologies on the very late posting of this story) I arrived late Friday night after a delay in Boston because of thunderstorms. Saturday morning I walked from the Chelsea Hotel on Gerrard Street to John Street,
Read the review...CUBBY Director to attend 30th Annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony ()
Chlotudis is pleased to welcome Mark Blane to the 30th annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony to accept the Buried Treasure award that his debut narrative feature, CUBBY, released in 2019, won in 2020. That year, the 26th annual Chlotrudis Awards Ceremony,
Read the review...Chlotrudis Adopts a New Visual Identity ()
To celebrate its 30th birthday, an age when one feels they have truly achieved adulthood, the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film has updated its brand, adopting a new visual identity for the group. Don’t worry, the cat is still there. An
Read the review...Best of the 2023 Festivals ()
It was a year that many Chlotrudis members went back to Film Festivals in person and in force. The Society had strong representation at the Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston), the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), the Toronto International Film
Read the review...The 25th Annual Provincetown International Film Festival ()
by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan This year’s 25th anniversary edition of PIFF included lots of big budget premieres, both international and locally shot films, and as always, really great parties. Producer Vicki Oleskey and I arrived by the fast ferry from Boston
Read the review...IFFBoston 2023 – Celebrating Twenty Years of Independent Film ()
by Cheryl Eagan-Donovan The vibe at this year’s festival can be summed up in one word: gratitude. From audiences, filmmakers, festival staff, and volunteers, everyone seemed genuinely thankful to be back in person, seeing exciting new films on the big
Read the review...CHLOTRUDIS SOCIETY FOR INDEPENDENT FILM ANNOUNCES 2022 AWARD NOMS FOR 29TH YEAR – ‘AFTERSUN’ BASKS IN THE GLOW ()
Nominations for the 29th annual Chlotrudis Awards were finalized by the film group’s nominating committee this past weekend, ahead of its March 19th awards dinner to be held at the newly renovated French Library in Boston’s Back Bay. AFTERSUN, Charlotte
Read the review...2022’s Best Small Films ()
In recent years as “blockbuster” when applied to a film increasingly means “superhero genre” (a genre I’m not particularly interested in), I find myself gravitating more and more towards, well, smaller films. Films that don’t bust the block. Not necessarily
Read the review...Film Festivals 2022 and Beyond: Where Do We Go From Here? ()
by Peg Aloi Now that we’re essentially in the third year of an ongoing pandemic, one that as of December 2022 looks like it might be surging again and with added complications from new strains of RSV, flu and who
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