Among the work being shown in the program are four new films completed in 2014 that mirror her personal relationships and inner thoughts.
The Picture Show presents Mowgli. In 1967, two adaptations of Rudyard Kipling’s work, The Jungle Book, were realized. One was produced by Walt Disney and the other, released in episodical form, by the state-owned animation studio of the USSR.
Light Industry presents Alexander Dovzhenko’s Poem of an Inland Sea, a late work by one of the greatest Soviet filmmakers, admired upon its initial release by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette, but rarely seen today.
If the Brooklyn Film Festival is our area’s Sundance Film Festival, then the Greenpoint Film Festival is our Telluride Film Festival.
Now in it’s third year, the Greenpoint Film Festival 2013, has doubled in size and scope. The jury- selected films are arranged into these categories: Animation, Narrative, Documentary, Experimental, and Environmental.
Nitehawk Cinema brings its signature programming and inspired menus to the great outdoors with its FREE screening series in Havemeyer Park.
SummerScreen Playing The Never Ending Story—Tonight!
Final SummerScreen of the Season: The Never Ending Story!
Ten teams were challenged to create short films exploring the passage and continuity of time. The shorts will then be screened for guests and judged by a panel of experts from the filmmaking community.
The filmmaker has to engage the viewer somehow. Regrettably, with Dragon Girls there is a serious lack of engagement and nothing to care about.
Movies are about suspension of reality, well the best ones are. I can’t say that Francesca Gregorini’s film “Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes” is one of the best ones, but it is pretty damn good.
The short film genre gives artists a truly unencumbered opportunity to tell their story and sometimes, they even do.
With over 106 films from 24 countries spanning every genre, you are certain to find something you will enjoy at The Brooklyn Film Festival this week.
When Harvey Elgart first started looking around the Williamsburg-Greenpoint area for places to open a movie theater, he saw a wide open opportunity in a neighborhood devoid of commercial movie options. “It was under-screened,” recalls Elgart, who at the time already operated the Cobble Hill and Kew Gardens Cinemas.