2025 Film Screening Schedule
124 films, 17 nations, 17 days, 3 venues, 2 screens, and you!
To learn more about the films, click on their titles.
Opening Night: Connections, Made, Missed and Yearned For.
MoMI Redstone
6:30pm Wednesday, November 5th
Waterwick by Lionel R. Jeffries
MoMI Bartos
3:00pm Thursday, November 6th
Enongo by Kevin Schreck
KAS Zukor
5:00pm Thursday, November 6th
Carry the Darkness by Douglas Forrester
KAS Zukor Theatre
7:30pm Thursday, November 6th
Unique Visions: 2 Docs that celebrate resilience against all odds.
MoMI Bartos
6:00pm Friday, November 7th
Familial Trauma: 8 Films on the pain & bonds that shape family life.
KAS Zukor
5:45pm Friday, November 7th
Out and About: 6 Films on the vibrant and real Queer experience.
KAS Zukor
8:15pm Friday, November 7th
SPECIAL EVENT!
Filmmaker’s Breakfast
Saturday, November 8 | 10 AM – 12 PM
Sac’s Place (Kaufman Astoria Studios, Queens)
Join Queens World for an engaging morning of conversation and connection at Sac’s Place, where filmmakers and representatives from diverse roles within the industry break bread together while addressing interesting topics. The #1 topic will be to address the friction between making the art and financing the making of the art. Get into the room, join in the conversation and join us as we all share our vision for the future of independent film
REGISTER NOW / RSVP
Seats are limited but RSVPs are required.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT.
Reserve your spot today. Get in the room. Be part of the conversation.
CARAVAN by Jefferson White
MoMI Redstone
12:30pm Saturday, November 8th
Hot Mess: 7 Films about getting it together…or not.
KAS Zukor
3:15pm Saturday, November 8th
Environmentally Speaking: 8 Films about where we live. Y’know…the planet?
KAS Zukor
5:45pm Saturday, November 8th
Achievements: 2 Films about pushing limits to make visions real.
MoMI Bartos
1:15pm Sunday, November 9th
Upside Outside: 2 Films that take you elsewhere.
KAS Zukor Theatre
12:00pm Sunday, November 9th
Queens Corner: 6 Films straight outta the borough, no transfer needed.
KAS Zukor Theatre
3:30pm Sunday, November 9th
LEGALLY DRUGGED by vagabond Beaumont
KAS Zukor Theatre
5:45pm Sunday, November 9th
Take This: 7 Films that don’t back down.
KAS Zukor Theatre
7:00pm Monday, November 10th
Class Acts: 9 Films from the next generation.
KAS Zukor Theatre
4:15pm Tuesday, November 11th
Mixed bag: 9 Films that bring you a little bit of everything.
KAS Zukor Theatre
6:45pm Tuesday, November 11th
Future Past Future: 3 Films twisting time.
KAS Zukor Theatre
3:30pm Wednesday, November 12th
To Be or Not: 3 Films that play with perception.
KAS Zukor Theatre
7:00pm Wednesday, November 12th
Rule Breakers: 7 Films about questionable behavior.
KAS Zukor Theatre
5:00pm Thursday, November 13th
Addicted: 2 Films about the lowside of being high.
KAS Zukor Theatre
7:30pm Thursday, November 13th
Salvaged: 6 Films that piece together new futures.
KAS Zukor Theatre
3:45pm Friday, November 14th
Action Reaction: 2 Films about searching for answers.
KAS Zukor Theatre
6:15pm Friday, November 14th
Queer Pioneers: 2 Films about Leadership and Pride.
KAS Zukor Theatre
8:30pm Friday, November 14th
Borderless: 5 Films to remind us that home is for everyone.
KAS Zukor Theatre
11:30am Saturday, November 15th
True Stuff: 5 Docs on the marks we make, spaces we keep, & who we become.
KAS Zukor Theatre
2:30pm Saturday, November 15th
Tough as Nails: 7 Films that remind us she is more than a manicure.
KAS Zukor Theatre
8:30pm Saturday, November 15th
Change of Pace: 7 Films that change the story into an unexpected truth.
KAS Zukor Theatre
2:45pm Sunday, November 16th
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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