As one of the fastest-growing independent film festivals in New York, Festival of Cinema has made a name for itself. In its seventh year, between August 3 and 13, the event aims to get filmmakers and their works as much exposure as possible, from a variety of genres. It’s back at the Regal UA Midway and the Queens Library at Forest Hills with screenings, panels, discussions, and Q-and-As.
The film festival includes a variety of world premieres and North American premieres.World premieres include Isaac Dell’s Boys At Twenty, and North American premieres include Aly Yeganeh’s Sibel’s Silence, Pelayo De Lario’s Tales of Babylon, and Cindy Drukier’s The Unseen Crisis: Vaccine Stories You Were Never Told.
Along with its presentation of more than 100 screenings, the festival will also offer filmmaking seminars and workshops completely free and open to the public at the Queens Library in Forest Hills. The jam-packed week and a half of screenings and events will conclude with an Awards Ceremony on August 13 at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Jamaica Queens.
