TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st
OPENING NIGHT!
Join us for a Pre-Screening toast, special guests and a program of short films that will give you a glimpse of what is in store during festival week.
Now What? Six films to remind us that we never know what’s next.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
QUEENS THEATRE • 14 United Nations Avenue South • Flushing Meadows Corona Park • Queens, NY 11368
www.queenstheatre.org
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd
Real Fur: Taimoor Choudhry’s investigation into the fur farm industry in Canada.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Remarkable Women: Six films about women just being who they are.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
QUEENS THEATRE • 14 United Nations Avenue South • Flushing Meadows Corona Park • Queens, NY 11368
www.queenstheatre.org
Join us as we gather around four cultural leaders who lead us through the pandemic: Taryn Sacramone, Sade Lythcott, Lucy Sexton and Helen Kodadek.
- Songs For You, Always
- MONÓLOGO (MONOLOGUE)
- About Dam and Hofit
- Back Into Your Arms
- Ellie
- MAD / WOMAN
Open Wounds: Two films that remind us that healing takes energy.
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd
Unseen: Six films that urge us to truly see our fellow travelers.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Stories of Healing: Eight films that take on coming back.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
Hideout: A girlfriend, some drugs, and a life of crime.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Flushing Town Hall • 137-35 Northern Blvd. • Queens, NY 11354
www.flushingtownhall.org
Filmmakers for the Prosecution: The story of the thrilling search for film evidence that was used to convict the Nazi high command at the Nuremberg trial.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Spirit of Queens Honoree Sandra Schulberg
Join us as we honor an indie film hero who has championed filmmakers at every stage of their career: Sandra Schulberg.
Of Land and Water: Four Films to remind us that the earth is all we have.
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
What Can We Learn?: Two films that ask big questions.
8:30 pm – 10:15 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th
Moving into Identity: Eight films celebrating the dance of self discovery.
2:15 pm – 4:15 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Highs and Lows: Five films that take you on a ride.
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
MoMI Bartos • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
The Shape of Things: Five films that take a new look at what is all around us.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
Food For Thought: Eight Films with food as a metaphor for everything.
4:45 pm – 6:45 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
The Two of Us: Four films that remind us what it is alllll about.
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
MoMI Bartos • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
It’s Complicated: Five films that dive into who we are.
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
Why We Keep Going: Three films about challenging journeys.
6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Voices of India: Two films that speak to our hearts.
7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
Flushing Town Hall • 137-35 Northern Blvd. • Queens, NY 11354
www.flushingtownhall.org
It’s Not Over: Five films with final answers.
7:15 pm – 9:15 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Putting Up a Fight: Three films about doing what you have to do.
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
MoMI Bartos • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
WTF? (What The Film?): Five films that are full of surprises.
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Messing With Reality: Three films that turn us upside out and downside in.
8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
Baggage: Five films that remind us that sometimes you just have to let it go.
10:15 pm – 12:15 am
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5th
Coming of Age: Three films about coming into yourself.
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Agitating Visions: Two films that ask you to take a closer look.
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Our New York Home: Two films celebrating the glorious eccentricities of New Yorkers.
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Take the Ice: Behind the scenes with the founder and commissioner of the first professional women’s hockey league in history.
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
MoMI Bartos • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Mindful Recall: Three films that challenge us to look, remember, and know.
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
Make it Mooove: Eight films celebrating animation.
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
New York Voices: Six films with an eye for what makes us special.
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Standing Your Ground: Four films that don’t give in.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
MoMI Bartos • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Facing Ourselves: Two films + examining racism = Conversations we MUST have.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
Películas en Español: Cinco películas que representan a México, España y Cuba.
5:00 pm – 6:40 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Trap: Facing life in prison, a hood dreams of the violent streets that forged his identity, but cursed his soul.
6:00 pm – 8:15 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Unreciprocated: Two films that remind us that things don’t always work out the way we think they should.
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
MoMI Bartos • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
The Instinct: Life around a Bangladesh train station with all manner of crime, greed and desire.
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
Campaign Lane: Two films about the dynamics of our political landscape.
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Flirting with Love: Two films that ask us to give it a try.
9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101
www.TheLocalNY.com
Trepidation: Seven films that will make you tremble.
9:15 pm – 11:15 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6th
Esme, My Love: a haunting meditation on memory, loss, and familial love.
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
It’s Spring: The father – son relationship can be a battlefield.
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
MoMI Bartos • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
Time Out: Six films that remind us that the clock is ticking.
12:45 pm – 3:00 pm
MoMI Redstone • 36-01 35th Ave • Queens, NY 11106
www.movingimage.us
What Went Wrong? Two films examining the realities of life.
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
We Are Who We Are: Two films about self discovery.
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
KAS Zukor • 35th St. • Long Island City, NY 11106
www.kaufmanastoria.com
Queens World Film Initiative, Inc. programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan and the Department of Youth and Community Development.
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