Jamaica Plain Film Festival - Saturday Matinee

You are cordially invited to the first matinee of the inaugural Jamaica Plain Film Festival!

Come gather in the historic Loring Greenoug House for shorts and Q&As. The LGH has partnered with I9 - Imag9ne Media - to bring you a locally and globally focused series of films and shorts.

Saturday Matinee Schedule:

• The Lowell Life (trailer) Set and shot in Lowell, MA, the series follows aspiring photographer Lou on a high-stakes journey to save his big break at New York Fashion Week—joined by his drug-dealing best friend Vic—while celebrating the city’s resilience, with a post-screening Q&A featuring director David Wanderi. (30min)

• Cigs & Gigs (trailer) Screening of Cigs N Gigs: Welcome to the Roaring 2020s!  An ambitious but gullible young man’s escape from a corrupt news organization tempts him into a virtual world where he fabricates his own story. Created, directed, and starred by Hunter Berube. (21min)
• Transference (trailer) Explores and is about the dark consequences of social isolation and unrequited love as Marcel, an insecure loner indulging in red-pill content gets rejected by his crush. He seeks solace in a virtual reality world where he creates an AI version of her called EVA. As Marcel's obsession grows, the lines between reality and the virtual realm blur, leading to a disturbing confrontation and a revelation about the nature of control, loneliness, human nature and consciousness. EVA becomes increasingly more sentient & takes advantage of his weaknesses. (20min)

Huge thanks to our amazing JPFF sponsors - !

• General Admission $15
• LGH Member $10*
• Student (with valid ID) $10

Anyone suffering hardship is encouraged to reach out to ask about free and discounted tickets. Email [email protected]

*Individual Memberships entitled to ONE ticket at members price, Family Memberships entitled to TWO tickets at members price.

Host or Publisher The Loring Greenough House