It’s been hit hard by the pandemic but BUFF — the 22nd Boston Underground Film Festival — is climbing back, on March 23.
“BUFF hasn’t changed that much since I’ve been running it with my partner Nicole McControversy. COVID changed things the most,” allowed artistic director Kevin Monahan.
“We were canceled in 2020 and we didn’t have one in 2021. COVID has ushered in this era of streaming and online screenings.”
As to what exactly constitutes “underground” these days, “We like weird world cinema. The esoteric with a global perspective on underground — which means different things to different people. We define it as ‘strange international.’”
