International Pancake Film Festival

15/11/2019

Tonight is the night! Come on out to the Brattle Theatre for the premiere of our all new SCI-FI EXTRAVAGANZA program. 16 films. 1 video game. Featuring the biggest names in the world of pancake film. Don't miss out! 7 pm. 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA. See you there!

10/11/2019

International Pancake Film Festival’s Sci-Fi Extravaganza! | Brattle Theatre

The International Pancake Film Festival is returning to the Brattle Theatre this coming Friday, November 15th with our all new SCI-FI EXTRAVAGANA! 15 new short films. 1 video game. Countless pancakes. Come check it out. Tickets are on sale now!

Travel beyond the stars on an intergalactic journey of batter and syrup! The INTERNATIONAL PANCAKE FILM FESTIVAL returns with an all new program of science fiction based pancake movies. As always complimentary pancakes will be served.

15/10/2019

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR OUR NEXT FEST IS TOMORROW!!!!
Thank you.

25/09/2019

The deadline for submissions for our next festival is coming up fast! October 15th! Pancakes. Sci-fi theme. Get on it!
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30/03/2019

ATTENTION--people of Earth! We took a year off as we relocated the IPFF World Headquarters but we are coming back strong in 2019! It is with great excitement that we officially open the call for entries for our next festival THE SCI-FI EXTRAVAGANZA!! Send us your pancake based science fiction films. You know you have a couple laying around. Check under the couch. If not-- make one!!! Deadline for submissions is October 15th, 2019. See you in the stars!

12/01/2018

The International Pancake Film Festivals Top 10 Film Programming Ideas That Didn’t Happen in 2017 // BOSTON HASSLE

The IPFF's Top Ten List for 2017 is up on the Boston Hassle's site. Check it out, y'all! 🌮🐿️

Photo: Liz Kuball Even if you’re unaware of the International Pancake Film Festival (and, if you’re a regular Film Flam reader, you really shouldn’t be), you should be able to figure it out pretty easily. For over a decade, the IPFF has presented the finest in flapjack-oriented cinema: movi....

14/12/2017

We just added a bunch of photos from our IPFFX event from two weeks ago by ace photographer Josh Steinbauer. Check them out in our IPFFX: A Year in Picture folder in our our Photos section. Reminisce if you were there, grow jealous of the good times you missed if you weren't. Thanks to everyone who came out, bigger thanks to everyone who made a movie* or helped out with putting the event, and biggest thanks of all to pancakes. We couldn't do it without you!

*This includes video games.

14/12/2017

We have many events planned for our tenth year. Here is what has happened so far....

30/11/2017

TONIGHT! TONIGHT!! TONIGHT!!! The IPFF rocks the main stage at IPFFX, the HOTTEST show in town!!! Brattle Theatre!!! Cambridge, MA!!! DOORS= 7pm! Movies= 8pm!! Video Games!! Pancakes!! Movies!! WE'LL SELL YOU THE WHOLE SEAT BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE!!!!!

It should be fun. Come check it out if you are in the area.

14/11/2017

Pancake Film Festival | Brattle Theatre

Tickets are now available for our November 30th show at the lovely and historic Brattle Theatre, in Cambridge, MA! Here is a link to important info and a link to buy advanced tickets. And we will see you...at the movies! On November 30th. Maybe earlier? That new Three Billboards movie looks good. Maybe we will see each other at a screening of that? If not- definitely on the 30th! At the Brattle.

The International Pancake Film Festival (IPFF) returns to the Brattle for the world premiere screening of IPFFX, a very special tenth-anniversary edition of their film festival. Since 2007, the IPFF has solicited original pancake-based short films and videos from any and all filmmakers. As usual, co...

07/11/2017

November 30th!!!! Brattle Theatre!!! Cambridge, MA!!!!!

31/10/2017

Save the date, y'all!!! Ye Olde International Pancake Film Festival returns to the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA on November 30 with IPFFX. It's our tenth anniversary show! Ten years! George Bush Jr. was president when we started! Ticket info and an event page soon....stay tuned!

04/10/2017

Hey Gang! So the official deadline for submissions for both our film festival and our cookbook/ lifestyle magazine have passed. Some of you have reached out to us requesting an extension though. If you find yourself in a similar situation please reach out to us. We are generally pretty nice and willing to extend a deadline here or there. Ok. Thanks all! Goodnight.

24/09/2017

The International Pancake Film Festival — Submit A Film

Do you want to be a part of history? The deadline for film submissions for our tenth anniversary show IPFFX is coming up fast! Don't dillydally! Submit today, sucker! Follow this handy link to find out how!

Submit A Film Submit a film to us. We are looking for short films that devote a large portion to the pancake. It should be on the shorter side- ideally no longer than 5 minutes. Rules and Regulations:...

28/07/2017

We are hitting the road today, heading out to Detroit! If you live in the area or find yourself nearby come check out our screening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit next Thursday, August 3rd.

26/07/2017

INTERVIEW: The International Pancake Film Festival // BOSTON HASSLE

Tonight's the night! Vintage pancake movies! Pancake reception after the screening! Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts! 7:30 PM! Cambridge, MA! U.S.A.!!! Still on the fence? Here is an interview we did with ace reporter Oscar Goff! See you there!!!

We’re big fans of the International Pancake Film Festival here at the Hassle; for the past decade founders Damon Bishop and Cara Kuball have solicited and exhibited countless bits of cinematic weirdness about everyone’s favorite breakfast pastry (full disclosure: your author is not just an admirer o...

26/07/2017

Events Calendar

Tomorrow night we screen our collection of old pancake movies at Harvard University. We even made their Events Calendar! Half of the IPFF staff never made it out of middle school and we are having an event at Harvard. Crazy.

A complete list of events, including student organizations, public lectures, and closed events for the Harvard University community.

22/07/2017

International Pancake Film Festival Archive Show

Our archive screening at the Carpenter Center made the Boston Hassle's Chosen Shows list for next week! Come check it out this Wednesday!!

Over two hours of vintage pancake-related cartoons, commercials, sex-ed films (!!!), and more, all from the extensive archive of the International Pancake Film Festival, lovingly projected in 16mm and VHS! Stick around afterward for a pancake reception! $5 suggested donation + Google Calendar+ iCal…

18/07/2017

One week from tomorrow! You should totally come by. What else are you doing on a Wednesday night? Is the Big Bang Theory on? It's probably in summer reruns.

17/07/2017

Hey Gang! Soooo much activity to tell you all about. First off the cookbook deadline has been extended to August 31st. Then next week on July 26th we will be showing some vintage pancake movies on 16mm film and VHS at the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. Then on August 3rd we will be in Detroit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit with our TALES FROM THE SEA program. I'm exhausted just typing this all up. Hope to see you at one of our events! Or at an Arby's or something. Who knows!😴😍

29/06/2017

Attention Detroit Area Pancake Enthusiasts!!!! We are coming to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit on August 3rd, with our Tales From The Sea program. We are looking to include some films by local artists. If you or anyone you know live in the Detroit area and might be interested in making something please get in touch, either here or through our email (pancakefilmfest@hotmail). Deadline for submissions is July 25th.

25/06/2017

Do you have a recipe or artwork that pertains to pancakes? Perhaps you would like to see it printed in our next issue of TABLE SCRAPS, the premiere journal of The International Pancake Film Festival. We would love to have you!

04/04/2017

International Pancake FIlm Festival Infomercial

This year marks our tenth anniversary, gang! Can you believe it? Some of you still seem unsure of how to make a pancake based short film though. We made this handy tutorial to educate you on all the subtle nuances involved. Please watch and then make a short pancake based film for our next fest IPFFX, coming this fall.

This is "International Pancake FIlm Festival Infomercial" by damon bishop on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

03/01/2017

The call is now out for submissions to the next issue of our cookbook! Pancake recipes of any stripe are needed for volume 2 of Table Scraps. 2-d artwork of pancakes is needed. A generous grant would be nice, but we aren't asking that of you. Recipes, photos, doodles, etchings, sketchings. That is what we need you from you! Deadline is June 13th, learn more here... http://internationalpancakefilmfest.tumblr.com/cookbook

17/10/2016

International Pancake Film Festival by pancakefilmfest

We got some hot new items up for sale in our Etsy shop! Check it out....

Browse unique items from pancakefilmfest on Etsy, a global marketplace of handmade, vintage and creative goods.

03/10/2016

Video Game Art Is Coming to the Greenway

If you made it out to our Tales from the Sea show the other night you were treated to BATTERED 3, the video game that was available for play before the films. It's creator, Anthony Montuori, has a new game on view this week in the Boston area. Go check it out!

'Harbor Islands' plays itself based on weather conditions.

01/10/2016

What a wonderful time we had the other night! Thank you all for coming out and checking out some pancake movies with us. And a pancake video game. We had a blast, hope you did too.

29/09/2016

International Pancake Film Festival 2016

Tonight's the night, gang! Come see what the Boston Hassle calls "the country’s greatest breakfast-themed film festival". Take that, Waffle Film Fest!!

The country's greatest breakfast-themed film festival returns – nautical style! Show begins at 8:00 – doors and pancakes at 7:30!!

13/09/2016

Check out this sweet poster by Caitlin Duennebier for our upcoming screening of TALES FROM THE SEA. Sweet!

10/09/2016

International Pancake Film Festival's cover photo

06/09/2016

International Pancake Film Festival 2016 | Brattle Theatre

Tickets are on sale NOW for our Tales from the Sea program September 29th at the lovely and talented Brattle Theatre! Get them whilst they are hot!

Buy Tickets THE INTERNATIONAL PANCAKE FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Brattle, and this year things are getting wet and wild with a crazy nautical theme! Join us for the New England premiere of CAP’N FLAPJACK: The Curse of the Sticky Anchor, directed by IPFF 2010 Audience Choice Award winner Josh Stein...

31/08/2016

International Pancake Film Festival 2016 | Brattle Theatre

Our deadline for submissions is in a few days and tickets are available now for our next fest! What an exciting time to be a pancake film enthusiast! September 29th. Save the date. Brattle Theatre. Cambridge, MA. A city that once both Julia Child and Ted Kaczynski called home. Neither one will be in attendance at our fest. Complimentary pancakes though.

Buy Tickets THE INTERNATIONAL PANCAKE FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Brattle, and this year things are getting wet and wild with a crazy nautical theme! Join us for the New England premiere of CAP’N FLAPJACK: The Curse of the Sticky Anchor, directed by IPFF 2010 Audience Choice Award winner Josh Stein...

17/08/2016

Just about 2 weeks left until the deadline for submissions to our next festival! Get them there nautical pancake based movies finished and send them in! Can't wait to see them!!!

29/07/2016

We are releasing our first VHS compilation unto the world tomorrow night! One hour of the bloodiest, most spooktacular pancake based films ever! Ten shorts! 1000 screams! Featuring work by Catie Olson, Academy Records, Mathew Freeman, Tim Stigliano, Josh Steinbauer & Susan Buice, P**s Off Productions, Collective Fedora Films, David Zimmerman-Stuart, and so many more!! All on beautiful magnetic tape. Stop by Carroll and Sons (450 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA) this weekend to pick up your copy. Opening reception is tomorrow (Friday, July 29th) 5:30- 7:30PM. Supplies are very limited, so do not delay!