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  • MANHATTAN FILM FESTIVAL Starts JUNE 16 for 1 WEEK

    MANHATTAN FILM FESTIVAL Starts JUNE 16 for 1 WEEK

    Founded by two independent filmmakers who learned first-hand how hard it can be to find an independent film an audience, Manhattan Film Festival has become one of the largest, truly independent film festivals in the world. MFF has a seventeen-year history of fearless programming. Hosted in the media capital of the world, they have never backed down, and will always defend and promote the creative freedom of independent filmmakers. The festival will again be hosted at Cinema Village just steps from Union Square. The famous Cinema Village marquee has been featured in film and television productions including Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” and David Chase’s “The Sopranos.” MFF has been named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “Coolest Film Festivals in the World,” “25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee," and "Top 100 Best Reviewed" on FilmFreeway!
  • NEW YORK INDIE SHORTS AWARDS 2023 (9/29 - 10/5)

    NEW YORK INDIE SHORTS AWARDS 2023 (9/29 - 10/5)

    New York Indie Shorts Awards presents one of the biggest shortfilm live event of the season, with 100 films, masterclasses and great networking possibilities in the heart of New York. Our Live Screening Event in the vibrant city of New York is held at the amazing CINEMA VILLAGE, at 22E 12th St, New York.
  • WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL October 20 - October 26

    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL October 20 - October 26

    Our mission is to inform, engage and inspire audiences about the upmost need and importance of the protection of global biodiversity. We do this through the annual film festivals in New York, Los Angeles and Monterrey, Mexico. WCFF also hosts in partnership events in Brazil, China, Nigeria and other countries. Our educational outreach programs take place on college and university campuses across the globe. All education outreach events are free for students, staff, faculty and the public to attend. People that attend and participate in our events are international wildlife conservationists, filmmakers, photographers, scientists and people across the globe that work toward the preservation of global biodiversity.
  • BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 (May 19 - May 25)

    BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 (May 19 - May 25)

    The Big Apple Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing and promoting the highest quality films from the New York City independent film community, as well as additional specially selected films from across the country and around the world. Additionally, the festival is proud to honor a variety of New York City based filmmakers, writers, actors and artists who have played an influential role in the growth of independent filmmaking in the Big Apple. Each season, BAFF presents awards in a various categories in filmmaking and screenwriting.
  • NEW YORK CINEFEST 2023 (May 5 - May 11)

    NEW YORK CINEFEST 2023 (May 5 - May 11)

    New York CineFest is the new sister festival to North Hollywood CineFest (NoHo CineFest), which was established in 2014 by Gustavo Sampaio and Natalia Sossa in North Hollywood, California. With the purpose of celebrating great independent cinema, the festival will bring together artists from all over the world to network, connect, interact, support, and, hopefully, one day, work together. The energy from NoHo CineFest is famously contagious and New York CineFest will have the same! We aim to promote all works and provide opportunities with a red carpet press event and an Oscars-style awards show. Don't miss it! Join us!
  • DAN SAVAGE’S 2023 HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL! April 14 - April 20

    DAN SAVAGE’S 2023 HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL! April 14 - April 20

    HUMP! IS BACK IN 2023 WITH AN ALL NEW LINEUP OF FILIMS! HUMP! is a lovingly curated festival of short erotic films made by real people for real people. The filmmakers and stars show us hot and sexy, creative and kinky, ultimate turn-ons and craziest fantasies. Our program is a cornucopia of body types, shapes, ages, colors, sexualities, genders, kinks, and fetishes—all united by a shared spirit of sex-positivity. HUMP! will shock you. HUMP! will make you laugh. HUMP! will turn you on. HUMP! has been successfully disrupting the way America sees, makes, and shares porn since 2005. Come and get some!
  • WORKERS UNITE! FILM FESTIVAL 2023 (October 27 - November 2)

    WORKERS UNITE! FILM FESTIVAL 2023 (October 27 - November 2)

    The Workers Unite Film Festival is a celebration of Global Labor Solidarity. The Festival aims to showcase student and professional films from the United States and around the world which publicize and highlight the struggles, successes and daily lives of all workers in their efforts to unite and organize for better living conditions and social justice. WUFF brings together activists, academics, and filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds for a celebration of social justice and the arts. Through dozens of documentary screenings, community forums, and interactive events across New York City, the festival provides working people with a platform to tell their stories while leading a movement for meaningful change. In recent years, we've incorporated theater production, live music, and poetry/spoken word nights. We are the largest worker solidarity themed film festival in the nation and the only one in NYC, with the full support of NYC Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams, NYC Central Labor Council, National & New York State AFL-CIO, IBEW Local 3, PEF, 1199SEIU, The Puffin Foundation, The NY Labor History Association, UA Local 1 Plumbers, UFT, NYSNA, NY District Council of Carpenters, RWDSU, Workers United NY & NJ, and many more.
  • NEW YORK SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2023 Starts November 11

    NEW YORK SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2023 Starts November 11

    We at NYSFF are preparing for a fantastic festival of independent short filmmaking. We’ll be showcasing short films from around the world on Nov 10-16, 2023 at Manhattan’s best-loved independent cinema -- the Cinema Village.
  •  African Diaspora International Film Festival

    African Diaspora International Film Festival

    Welcome to the world of the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF). In our reality, people from diverse races, nationalities and backgrounds come together to enjoy important cinematic works of creativity, intellectual expansion, identity, and equality. In this world there are no boundaries around people because they are embraced in a universal understanding of humanity. This is the element of commonality that weaves through this annual event of images from Africa and the African Diaspora.
  • SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York 3/18 - 3/20

    SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York 3/18 - 3/20

    The10th edition SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY is a film festival that focuses exclusively on socially relevant human interest stories that raise awareness of social problems by offering positive solutions through the powerful medium of cinema.
  • The Workers Unite Film Festival 11th Anniversary Season at Cinema Village NYC

    The Workers Unite Film Festival 11th Anniversary Season at Cinema Village NYC

    The Workers Unite Film Festival is a celebration of Global Labor Solidarity. The Festival aims to showcase student and professional films from the United States and around the world which publicize and highlight the struggles, successes and daily lives of all workers in their efforts to unite and organize for better living conditions and social justice. WUFF brings together activists, academics, and filmmakers of all ages and backgrounds for a celebration of social justice and the arts. Through dozens of documentary screenings, community forums, and interactive events across New York City, the festival provides working people with a platform to tell their stories while leading a movement for meaningful change. In recent years, we've incorporated theater production, live music, and poetry/spoken word nights. We are the largest worker solidarity themed film festival in the nation and the only one in NYC, with the full support of NYC Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams, NYC Central Labor Council, National & New York State AFL-CIO, IBEW Local 3, PEF, 1199SEIU, The Puffin Foundation, The NY Labor History Association, UA Local 1 Plumbers, UFT, NYSNA, NY District Council of Carpenters, RWDSU, Workers United NY & NJ, and many more
  • NEW YORK SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    NEW YORK SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

    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.