SPECIAL EVENTS

Name: Wednesday Nights @ 9 – Celebration of Queens Theatre and Queens Centers for Progress
Start: 2020-09-30
End: 2020-09-30
Location: Virtual

Queens World includes a vibrant annual festival with exciting Industry Networking Events, virtual and live Encore Screenings, Pop-Up Film Schools, Animation Stations and a thriving education program.

MARCH – JUNE 2025

JUNE 2025

MORE INFO

JUNE 2025

MORE INFO

MARCH 2025

MORE INFO

JUNE – OCTOBER 2024

OCTOBER 2024

MORE INFO

SEPTEMBER 2024

MORE INFO

JULY 2024

MORE INFO

JUNE 2024

MORE INFO

JUNE 2024

MORE INFO

MARCH – APRIL 2024

GET MORE INFO

NOVEMBER 2023

A Queens World Screening Event

November 10, 2023

MORE INFO

A Queens World Screening Event

November 18, 2023

MORE INFO

JUNE 2023

A Queens World Juneteenth Event

June 19, 2023

SOVEREIGN CREATORS DISCUSS MAINTAINING CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SOVEREIGNTY IN AN EUROCENTRIC FILM INDUSTRY

MORE INFO

A Queens World Screening Event

June 16, 2023

MORE INFO

A Queens World Screening Event

June 9, 2023

MORE INFO

APRIL 2023

APRIL 22, 2023

9:30 am – 4:30 pm
THE RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL
35-59 81 Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Lite Breakfast and Lunch Provided
FREE for ages 12 and above

MORE INFO

MARCH 2023

MARCH 19, 2023

Zip Code Memory Project Presents

Together, Not Alone

Location: Local Hostels 13-02 44th Ave, Queens, NY 11101.

3:30pm: Doors Open — light refreshments and interactive memory-based art projects

5:00pm: Screenings and Q&A

7pm: Socializing and Networking

MORE INFO

NOVEMBER 2022

November 1, 2022

OPENING NIGHT: NOW WHAT?

Six films to remind us that we never know what’s next.
@ Queens Theatre – Nov. 1 @ 7:00 PM

November 2, 2022

SPIRIT OF QUEENS PRESENTATION: TARYN SACRAMONE, SADE LYTHCOTT, LUCY SEXTON AND ELLEN KODADEK – NOVEMBER 2ND @ 7:00 PM

Each year, the Queens World Film Festival pays tribute to outstanding filmmakers, artists, or community leaders who have displayed leadership as well as a maverick spirit. This year Queens World is proud to be awarding multiple “Spirit of Queens” Awards.

The presentation will be followed by a screening of six films celebrating, ‘Remarkable Women.’

Real Fur

Taimoor Choudhry’s investigation into the fur farm industry in Canada.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 2 @ 6:00 PM

Open Wounds

Two films that remind us that healing takes energy.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 2 @ 8:30 PM

November 3, 2022

SPIRIT OF QUEENS PRESENTATION: SANDRA SCHULBERG – NOVEMBER 3RD @ 7:00 PM

Join us for a special evening as Queens World presents the Spirit of Queens Award to Sandra Schulberg, for her contributions to independent cinema and her tireless work to rescue and restore extraordinary indie films. The award presentation will be followed by a screening of FILMMAKERS FOR THE PROSECUTION by Jean-Christophe Klotz, which Schulberg co-produced. The film was recently restored and is distributed by Kino Lorber.

FILMMAKERS FOR THE PROSECUTION

November 3 at 7pm at the Museum of the Moving Image

Stories of Healing

Eight films that take on coming back.
@ The Local – Nov. 3 @ 6:00 PM

Unseen

Six films that urge us to truly see our fellow travelers
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 3 @ 6:00 PM

HIDEOUT

A girlfriend, some drugs, and a life of crime.
@ Flushing Town Hall – Nov. 3 @ 7:00 PM

Of Land and Water

Four Films to remind us that the earth is all we have.
@ The Local – Nov. 3 @ 8:00 PM

What Can We Learn?

Two films that ask big questions.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 3 @ 8:30 PM

November 4, 2022

Moving into Identity

Seven films celebrating the dance of self discovery.
@ MoMI Redstone – Nov. 4 @ 2:15 PM

Highs and Lows

Five films that take you on a ride.
@ MoMI Bartos – Nov. 4 @ 2:30 PM

The Shape of Things

Five films that take a new look at what is all around us.
@ The Local – Nov. 4 @ 4:00 PM

Food For Thought

Eight Films with food as a metaphor for everything.
@ MoMI Redstone – Nov. 4 @ 4:45 PM

The Two of Us

Four films that remind us what it is alllll about.
@ MoMI Bartos – Nov. 4 @ 5:00 PM

Why We Keep Going

Three films about challenging journeys.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 4 @ 6:00 PM

It’s Complicated

Five films that dive into who we are.
@ The Local – Nov. 4 @ 6:00 PM

Voices of India

Two films that speak to our hearts.
@ Flushing Town Hall – Nov. 4 @ 7:00 PM

It’s Not Over

Five films with final answers.
@ MoMI Redstone – Nov. 4 @ 7:15 PM

Putting Up a Fight

Three films about doing what you have to do.
@ MoMI Bartos – Nov. 4 @ 7:30 PM

WTF? (WHAT THE FILM?)

Five films that are full of surprises.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 4 @ 8:00 PM

Messing With Reality

Three films that turn us upside out and downside in.
@ The Local – Nov. 4 @ 8:30 PM

Baggage

Five films that remind us that sometimes you just have to let it go.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 4 @ 10:15 PM

November 5, 2022

Coming of Age

Three films about coming into yourself.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 5 @ 10:30 AM

Our New York Home

Two films celebrating the glorious eccentricities of New Yorkers.
@ MoMI Redstone – Nov. 5 @ 1:00 PM

Agitating Visions

Two films that ask you to take a closer look.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 5 @ 1:00 PM

Mindful Recall

Three films that challenge us to look, remember, and know.
@ The Local – Nov. 5 @ 1:30 PM

Take the Ice

Behind the scenes with the founder and commissioner of the first professional women’s hockey league in history.
@ MoMI Bartos – Nov. 5 @ 1:30 PM

New York Voices

Six films with an eye for what makes us special.
@ MoMI Redstone – Nov. 5 @ 3:30 PM

Make it Mooove

Eight films celebrating animation.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 5 @ 3:30 PM

Facing Ourselves

Two films + examining racism = Conversations we MUST have.
@ The Local – Nov. 5 @ 4:00 PM

Standing Your Ground

Four films that don’t give in.
@ MoMI Bartos – Nov. 5 @ 4:00 PM

Películas en Español

Cinco películas que representan a México, España y Cuba.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 5 @ 5:00 PM

Trap

Facing life in prison, a hood dreams of the violent streets that forged his identity, but cursed his soul.
@ MoMI Redstone – Nov. 5 @ 6:00 PM

The Instinct

Life around a Bangladesh train station with all manner of crime, greed and desire.
@ The Local – Nov. 5 @ 6:30 PM

Unreciprocated

Two films that remind us that things don’t always work out the way we think they should.
@ MoMI Bartos – Nov. 5 @ 6:30 PM

Campaign Lane

Two films about the dynamics of our political landscape.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 5 @ 7:00 PM

Flirting with Love

Two films that ask us to give it a try.
@ The Local – Nov. 5 @ 9:00 PM

Trepidation

Seven films that will make you tremble.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 5 @ 9:15 PM

12th Annual Queens World Film Festival Awards Announcement

Saturday November 5, 10:30 am

Live Broadcast with Donald Preston Cato and Mukesh Modi to announce this year’s awards.

Watch Online Here!

Sponsored by Indie Films World

November 6, 2022

Esme, My Love

a haunting meditation on memory, loss, and familial love.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 6 @ 11:00 AM

It’s Spring

The father – son relationship can be a battlefield.
@ MoMI Bartos – Nov. 6 @ 12:30 PM

Time Out

Six films that remind us that the clock is ticking.
@ MoMI Redstone – Nov. 6 @ 12:45 PM

What Went Wrong?

Two films examining the realities of life.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 6 @ 1:00 PM

We Are Who We Are

Two films about self-discovery.
@ KAS Zukor – Nov. 6 @ 3:30 PM

12th Annual Queens World Film Festival Closing Night Party

November 6, 2022 • 7:30 pm at Sac’s Place

OCTOBER 2022

KICK-OFF PARTY – OCTOBER 1ST @ 7:00 PM

PRESSER – OCTOBER 12TH @ 10:00 AM

TRAILER PARTY – OCTOBER 22ND @ 7:30 PM

JUNE 2022

Get More Info

Queens Rising is a month-long, multi-disciplinary arts celebration created to highlight the borough’s culture and creative diversity. For the entire month of June, Queens is ready to welcome you to the World’s Borough. The Festival of New York is a citywide collaborative movement featuring 300+ diverse organizations across all sectors spanning from Memorial Day to Labor Day 2022 and will be presented in all five boroughs. Queens world is a proud participant in both events and urge you to come out and get involved!