30 Sep
9:00 pm
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 2025
OCTOBER 2024
SEPTEMBER 2024
JULY 2024
JUNE 2024
JUNE 2024
MARCH – APRIL 2024
NOVEMBER 2023
A Queens World Screening Event
November 10, 2023
A Queens World Screening Event
November 18, 2023
JUNE 2023
A Queens World Juneteenth Event
June 19, 2023
SOVEREIGN CREATORS DISCUSS MAINTAINING CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SOVEREIGNTY IN AN EUROCENTRIC FILM INDUSTRY
A Queens World Screening Event
June 16, 2023
A Queens World Screening Event
June 9, 2023
APRIL 2023
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
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
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
November 3, 2022
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
Of Land and Water
Four Films to remind us that the earth is all we have.
@ The Local – Nov. 3 @ 8:00 PM
November 4, 2022
Moving into Identity
Seven films celebrating the dance of self discovery.
@ MoMI Redstone – Nov. 4 @ 2:15 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
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
Our New York Home
Two films celebrating the glorious eccentricities of New Yorkers.
@ MoMI Redstone – 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
Facing Ourselves
Two films + examining racism = Conversations we MUST have.
@ The Local – 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
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.
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
JUNE 2022
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!
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You & Me
Friday, June 24
7:30 pm
13-02 44th Avenue
LIC, NY 11101
An improvised theatrical experience.
Be ready to add your voice!
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Queens Rises Higher
@
Kaufman Arts District
Saturday June 25, 12 – 5
The Backlot @ Kaufman Astoria Studios,
36th Street between 35th and 34th Avenue
Let Queens World Get You
RED CARPET READY!
FREE & IN PERSON
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Celebrating Pride
WITH
7 Short Prideful Films
Sunday, June 26
Reservations for Celebrating Pride at Town Hall
Box office: 718 463 7700 – ext 222
137-35 Northern Blvd.
Queens, NY 11354
4:30 – 6:30
Post Screening Q&A and Reception
Break Up by AJ Mattioli
Without Say by Neha Guatam
Better Man by Amelia Mathews
Marguerite by Marianne Farley
Dress Code by Melanie Notinger
Couple of Guys by Debra Markowitz
Stonewall: The Making of a Monument by Cheryl Furjanic
FREE & IN PERSON
16 Sep
9:00 pm
19 Aug
9:00 pm
12 Aug
9:00 pm
5 Aug
9:00 pm
29 Jul
9:00 pm
22 Jul
9:00 pm
8 Jul
9:00 pm
1 Jul
9:00 pm
24 Jun
9:00 pm
10 Jun
9:00 pm
3 Jun
9:00 pm
27 May
9:00 pm
13 May
9:00 pm
6 May
9:00 pm
7 Mar
6:00 pm
7 Mar
6:30 pm
The Local NYC
Queens World Trailer Party Celebration
27 Feb
9:30 am
7 Feb
6:30 pm
The Living Artist Gallery Space
Queens World Film Festival Kick-Off Party
7 Nov
6:30 pm
Free Synagogue of Flushing
Queens World Pride Night Out
31 Mar
8:45 pm
Kaufman Astoria Studios
9th Annual Queens World Film Festival Closing Night
30 Mar
7:30 pm
Museum of the Moving Image
Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story
Are You a Friend of the Festival?
1,974 films screened from 98 nations including 31 films by NYC school children….15 years and counting! Will you be a part of it?
