The Boston Independent Film Festival: An After-the-fact report.

The Boston Independent Film Festival has been going on since April 21st and ends tomorrow on the 28th. The last film, Mic-Macs, a comedy from French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie, City of Lost Children), screens tomorrow at 8 o'clock. The festival held a great deal of films of all genres, from documentary to feature length. The films where shown at four theaters throughout the greater Boston area: the Somerville Theater, Brattle Theater, Coolidge Corner Theater, and the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Being a poor college student, I was only able to attend one of the films, Searching for Elliott Smith, a documentary, funnily enough about musician Elliott Smith. The film screened at 7:30 on April 26th at the Somerville Theater. The film told an interesting story about a very great musician. Though initially it starts off with a rather humorous tone, the film shifts to tragic as it discusses Smith's suicide. This was a heart-wrenching film as friends and colleagues of Elliott give testimonials. The story was very interesting, especially for Elliott Smith fans. It gave very intriguing insight into his enigmatic personality.

Next year, I hope to know of this event in advance, so that I'm able to attend more of the screenings.