Boston Underground Film Festival celebrates oddities of cinema

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Now in its 24th iteration, the festival screens 14 features and 70-something shorts at the Brattle Theatre. BUFF’s Nicole McControversy promises there’s something for everyone in this year’s roster of films that are decidedly not for everybody.

season again. From Wednesday, March 20 through Sunday, March 24, the self-described “annual sensory bacchanalia from beyond the mainstream” is back at the Brattle Theatre to celebrate the oddest and most outré of cinematic offerings. Now in its 24th iteration, the festival that started out in the ‘90s as an all-night movie marathon has stretched to five days of screenings showcasing 14 features and 70-something shorts.

But this year’s BUFF lineup also has a softer side, even venturing into rom-com territory via Kim Albright’s “” . Based on the play by screenwriter Julia Lederer, it’s about an analog artist in a digital world where everyone lets an app make all their emotional decisions for them. She gives her heart — literally, long story — to a depressed cubicle drone and what could have been a lethal level of whimsy is undercut by some cutting insights into human behavior.

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