About Us

Staff:

Jason Redmond: Executive Director
Adam Roffman: Program Director
Scott Moomaw: Co-Founder

Nancy Campbell: Managing Director
Christine Harbaugh: Managing Director
Dan McCallum: Managing Director
Brian Tamm: Managing Director

Volunteer Coordinator: Tania Lemos-Eskin
Box Office Manager: Kristin DeMaio
Assistant Box Office Manager: Judy Wong
Filmmaker Lounge Manager: Sarah Kershaw
Event Coordinator: Cheryl DalPozzal
Graphic Designer: Linda Butler
Lead Copy Editor: Sandra Frey
Copy Editor: Kristina Aikens
Staff Assistant: Tony Bove

Board Members

Joe Januszewski
Scott Bleier
Nathaniel Stinnett

Lounge Staff

James Gotfredson
Natasha Boltukhova
Heather Eades

Filmmaker Relations Coordinators

Patrick Tuck
Robyn Simpson
Katy Sejcek

Festival Operations

Rob O’Dwyer
Naomi Greenfield
Brian O’Keefe
Bryan Murray
Paul Tritter
Nigel Simon
Akshay Sarma

Venue Managers

Blair Lesser
James Gotfredson
Jillian Maryonovich

Volunteer Captains

Sommer Basinger
Benjamin Bruno
Caitlin Buckley
Beth Caldwell
Anne Continelli
Beth Curran
Heather Eades
Nina K. Farouk
Dorothy Fennell
William Gotfredson
Justin Grotelueschen
Gina Hey
Nancy Howell
Deb Malone
Kendra Mclaughlin
Isaure Mignotte
Hilary Nieukirk
Courtney O’Connell
Katie O’Connell
Diana Weissman

Special Thanks

Samuel Jay Keyser
Rhonda Moskovitz
Tim Jackson
Inga Shaeffer
Gus Rancatore
Catheline Van Den Brandon
Eric Jausseran
Shawn Morin
Michael Colford
Mark Anastasio
Liz Coffee

History

In 2002, two guys sat around their office saying, "We should start a film festival." The idea was to create a festival that would showcase the best independent films from around the world—a festival that would bring directors, actors, producers, sponsors, and attendees together in an interactive environment. There were other film festivals in Boston, but there wasn't a mainstream independent film festival inclusive of everything that made up the film-festival experience.

The Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFBoston) shows films that people might not get a chance to see anywhere else, films that are both innovative and crowd-pleasing. It offers the chance to meet the filmmakers at post-screening parties, and to ask them questions both after the films and at festival panels.

The festival is a selection of movies made outside the Hollywood studio system. IFFBoston is a mix of features, documentaries, and shorts with ticket prices lower than what it costs to see most first-run movies.

The success of IFFBoston can be attributed to the hard-working, passionate, and completely volunteer staff that puts in time year-round. It's also thanks to our 100+ extra volunteers, our sponsors, our venues, and our community. And the success of IFFBoston is largely due to an audience that had long wanted and waited for just this kind of festival and continues to support it.

IFFBoston aims to put Boston back on the map for independent film.

What Filmmakers are saying:

Thank you guys for a killer fest!! It was my favorite festival on the circuit this year. I didn't want to leave.
—John Eckenrode, EL INMIGRANTE

What a wonderful experience you guys created. Great films, wonderful film loving crowd, I've never seen so many happy film makers and smiling people waiting in line to see independent films.
—Tony Pettine, Narrative Feature Juror / Script Supervisor for THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS, RODGER DODGER, and THE NIGHT LISTENER

Thanks for putting on the best festival I've been to all year! I'm telling all my friends that IFFBoston rocked. I only wish I could have stayed longer and watched more films. The audience in Boston is so cool and supportive. I wish we had audiences like that here. It made it so much more fun to watch films with them. You guys were great hosts and I enjoyed my stay in Boston very much. Congratulations on doing such an awesome job! And thank you for hosting me!
—Juli Kang, 7th Art Releasing

Thank you for getting more people to those screenings than the theater could hold. That was amazing. I didnt hear a negative word come out of anyone's mouth the entire time. You had a happy group of filmmakers there, and that seems to be a rare thing.
—Todd Rohal, THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE

It really was too much fun. you guys did it so right it should be taught to budding festival programmers.
—Michael Tully, COCAINE ANGEL

I seriously had a BLAST at the festival and I am incredibly grateful I came. It was one of the most welcoming and encouraging atmospheres I've ever been involved in. During the awards presentation you could feel nothing but love in that room. There was no ill-will or jelousy, and every clap of the hands came right from the heart. It was actually beautiful. And you're parties were great. They were actual parties, not prostituting shmooze-fests. THE PARTY NEVER STOPS AT THE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF BOSTON.
—Chris Nash, DAY OF JOHN

We had a fantastic time! Great screenings, really appreciative, nice smart crowds, wonderful volunteers, fun parties, swanky lounge... I wish it weren't over. And now I'm thinking and scheming on a film I can make in the next several months, so I can submit for next year. You guys should be proud of what you did.
—Nick Poppy, ZOMBIE-AMERICAN

What the Press is saying:

You need not be a social misfit or angry rebel to appreciate the diversity of this year's schedule. For six days, the IFFB is an idyllic island for self-imposed exile, welcoming film fanatics of every stripe.
—The Boston Globe

In just its fourth year of existence the festival has become the premier such event in this area, far eclipsing the longstanding and now virtually defunct Boston Film Festival.
—The Boston Phoenix

The Independent Film Festival of Boston has become the major game in town: a smartly programmed and risk-taking festival that balances "big" indie films with the best in local filmmaking.
—The Boston Globe

In 10 or 20 years, the IFFB may yet be one of the country's premiere film festivals. For now, it's the best badly kept secret in town.
—The Boston Globe