Tag: film festival

Museum of the Moving Image launches special screening for Black History Month

Marion Williams in Eleven P.M. Photo courtesy of Kino Lorber.

Feb. 5, 2025 By sobrien Feb. 5, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) has launched a new screening series in honor of Black History Month, providing digitally restored versions of films financed, produced, created and distributed by Black Americans in the early 20th century. Pioneers of African American Cinema debuted… Read more »

Conch Shell International Film Festival, highlighting Caribbean filmmakers, coming to Forest Hills this October

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Sep. 10, 2024 By Athena Dawson An upcoming film festival will showcase some of the best independent filmmakers, writers and directors from the Caribbean diaspora.   Hosted by Conch Shell Productions, a Queens-based nonprofit aimed at amplifying the voices of Caribbean filmmakers, the third annual Conch Shell International Film Festival will run from Thursday, Oct.…

Kew Gardens To Host Film Festival Next Summer

December 11, By Hannah Wulkan

Independent filmmakers will be flocking to the neighborhood next summer for the first-ever Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema.

Local actor and filmmaker Jayson Simba will be hosting more than 100 films over 10 days next August,…