The provocative Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF) showcases to New York City audiences some of the most innovative, bold, and exciting works of film and video art from around the world. The festival embraces a boundary-pushing spectrum of work that includes animation, music video, fashion film, visual narrative, and more. VAEFF 2024 will take place at the iconic Cinema Village and feature programs like Beauty, Sex and Shame, Between Fashion & Music, and Something is Wrong…Very Wrong. Schedule: Friday, November 22–Sunday, November 24 Website: https://videoart.net/

New York Shorts International Film Festival is one of the largest showcases of short films in North America. Featuring a wide spectrum of film genres from emerging to established filmmakers around the world. New York Shorts has become a career stepping stone, establishing a tradition of discovering and promoting filmmakers who have gone on to be Academy Awards Nominees. NY Shorts offers short-form filmmakers an ideal platform to screen their film and gain recognition in the heart of New York City. In 2012 NY Shorts premiered Ricky Gervais ‘Derek”, which became a popular British television show picked up by Netflix. NY Shorts events include receptions, as well as workshops with industry experts and top filmmaking professionals sharing their practical advice to attending filmmakers. The heart of the festival is the quality and scope of extraordinary film programming to enthusiastic audiences in the vibrant filmmaking enclave of New York City. NY Shorts feels that short-form cinema and its creators should have their own premiere film festival in New York deserving similar recognition given to the feature film and its creators.

The 2024 New York Short Film Festival will run Nov 8 -14. Showcasing the best of short filmmaking from around the world, the NYSFF celebrated indie films and filmmakers.

THE THEME OF SCIENCE NEW WAVE XVII IS SIGNAL. Bird calls, alarm sirens, satellite transmissions. Communiques from ice cores and flower petals. The air thrums with codes and messages, bright and dire, mundane and extraordinary. If only we are listening, if only we are able to interpret them, what might we be able to understand? This year's Science New Wave Festival tunes in to 64 unique beacons from the technological, animal, botanical, cellular, and planetary spheres, decoding existence and reimaging the science film. Not every signal is a film, but every film is a SIGNAL. The 17th Annual Science New Wave Film Festival, running from October 18-25, 2024, in New York and on Labocine, is a vibrant celebration of hybrid forms and the diversity that fuels creative ecosystems. This year’s festival showcases an eclectic mix of films that defy traditional boundaries, blending science with art, experimentation, and personal expression. Anchored in the Science New Wave’s ethos, which thrives on innovation and collaboration across disciplines, the festival highlights the rich variety of voices shaping the future of science cinema. From emerging talents to seasoned creators, the Science New Wave is where diversity feeds the ecosystem, sparking new ways to see and understand the world. The 64 DNA-coded films in this year's festival, which runs October 18 - 25, 2024, reflect just as many very different expressions of Science New Wave ideals. Alongside the festival, we proudly present the October issue titled The Ecosystem, dedicated to films that explore and reflect the world we inhabit. The festival also introduces the Scenes from the Forest initiative, a special program highlighting cinematic works deeply rooted in nature and environmental storytelling. Together, these initiatives embody the Science New Wave’s commitment to innovation and diversity.