Boston SciFi Presents SF48 Film Festival Highlights

02/11/23 • 40 min

America's oldest genre film festival is just about ready to launch. Join the conversation between Garen Daly, the festival director, Alex Mekos, head of video production at the festival and Perry Persoff, marathon MC & gamemeister talk about how they did what they did, why they are doing and what makes Boston SciFi special
This year the festival will feature screenings of new films from around the world as well beloved sci-fi films of all time. Plus there will be special presentations, events and Q&As.
Explore this fascinating world replete with of fun, celebration and community. Listen to what we have planned and why.

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