Venues

The 12th Annual Queens World Film Festival will run live November 1 – 6, 2022 with the best of indie films. We are set to return to the Museum of the Moving Image, Kaufman Astoria Studios for an exciting week of films from over 30 nations including scores from local filmmakers. This year we are excited to add Flushing Town Hall to our venues and look forward to welcoming guests from around the world to these wonderful venues in Queens.

The virtual festival will be hosted by FilmFestivalFlix.com and will run November 23 – December 18 featuring the films from the in person festival as well as some special extras! The festival will be available wherever you purchase your apps, for your phone, tablet, or TV. No matter which operating system or app store you favor, FilmFestivalFlix.com has a watch option for you.

The 11th Annual Queens World Film Festival ran a thriving hybrid festival with 198 films online via FilmFestivalFlix.com and 143 of those films screening live at venues across Queens including: Queens Theatre, the Museum of the Moving Image, The Local NY, Culture Lab, and the United Sherpa Association and all live screenings were presented by Benedict Realty Group. The festival also streamed on FilmFestivalFlix.com and entertained thousands of viewers from around the world.

Queens Theatre

Where: 14 United Nations Ave South, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368 – View on Google Maps
When: November 1 & 2
Website: www.queenstheatre.org
What: Queens Theatre is the premier performing arts venue in Queens. Queens Theatre’s mission is to provide quality and diverse performing arts activities that are economically and geographically accessible to the 2.2 million residents of Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the nation, and the surrounding metropolitan region. To foster greater cultural awareness and appreciation, the Theatre presents and produces programs that reflect this diversity and features international, national and local artists.

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Museum of the Moving Image

Where: 36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106 – View on Google Maps
When: November 3, 4, 5 & 6
Website: www.movingimage.us
What: The prestigious Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in Astoria, where ‘film comes alive’, features two spacious theatres where films are screened daily – The Red Stone Room, with 267 seats, and Bartos Room, with 68. Known as the only museum in America devoted to showcasing an extensive collection of the art, history, technique, and technology of moving images, MoMI is a truly welcoming destination, unlike any other.

HOW TO GET TO KAS ZUKOR

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Kaufman Astoria Studios – Zukor Screening Room

Where: 34-12 36th Street, Astoria, NY – View on Google Maps
When: November 4, 5 & 6
Website: www.kaufmanastoria.com
What: Initially home to Paramount Pictures, Kaufman Astoria Studios (KAS) is now a well-renowned production center, used for top Hollywood films, Netflix, Showtime, Amazon, Starz, and countless others, standing apart from all others in New York and the East Coast. KAS’s screening room seats up to 74 people and screens several film programs daily.

HOW TO GET TO KAS ZUKOR

Flushing Town Hall

Where: 137-35 Northern Blvd, Queens, NY 11354 – View on Google Maps
When: November 3 & 4
Website: www.flushingtownhall.org
What: Flushing Town Hall is a historic Town Hall located on Northern Boulevard at Linden Place in the Flushing section of the New York City borough of Queens. Formerly, it served as the seat of government of the village of Flushing, established as Vlissingen in 1645, until the consolidation with New York City in 1898.

HOW TO GET TO FLUSHING TOWN HALL

The Local

Where: 1302 44th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101 – View on Google Maps
Website: www.thelocalny.com
What: This alternative venue, with a large screening room in the main common area has hosted the Queens World annual Trailer Party for 8 years as well as the Indie Works monthly screening series and other film centric events. Comfortable bar with casual seating inside/outside.

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Culture Lab

Where: 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 – View on Google Maps
Website: www.culturelablic.org
What: An extremely popular indoor and outdoor event space in the heart of Long Island Socially distanced, accessible and right in the heart of the LIC arts community and adjacent to the Plaxal galleries.

The United Sherpa Association

Where: 41-01 75th Street Elmhurst, NY 11373 – View on Google Maps
Website: www.sherpakyidug.org
What:This revered cultural institution in the heart of Jackson Heights the heart of the Nepalis Community. For months the center has provided food, tests, vaccines and is now hosting 2 days of films from Nepal.