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Live Coverage of the 6th Annual Bushwick Collective Party Featuring Busta Rhymes, Foxy Brown, and Cam'ron Will be Provided by the Buswick Film Festival

LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 6TH ANNUAL BUSHWICK COLLECTIVE BLOCK PARTY FEATURING BUSTA RHYMES, FOXY BROWN AND CAM’RON WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE BUSHWICK FILM FESTIVAL

Everyone everywhere now has the opportunity to experience one of Bushwick’s most electrifying event as it unravels via Facebook Live.  

Brooklyn, NY— The Bushwick Film Festival and the Bushwick Collective announced today that live coverage of the 6th Annual Bushwick Collective Block Party will be produced by the BFF and available to watch on facebook live!   

The Bushwick Film Festival is incredibly excited to be the official production partner of the Block Party. In this capacity, BFF will capture the overall electrifying energy of the weekend by live-streaming content throughout the day and documenting important events, including backstage exclusive interviews with headliners Busta Rhymes, Foxy Brown, and Cam’ron. Furthermore, the festival will cover the concert, conduct Person-on-the-Street live interviews with Block Party-goers, explore street vendors and nearby local restaurants and bars, provide amazing rooftop shots of Bushwick, and of course, document the stars of the weekend in action: the graffiti artists! All coverage will be available to watch on both The Bushwick Collective and The Bushwick Film Festival’s Facebook pages.

The Bushwick Collective founder Joe Ficalora and Bushwick Film Festival founder Kweighbaye Kotee are both thrilled about this new collaboration. The two founders have established deep roots in the community: Ficalora as a lifelong Bushwick resident, and Kotee who has been living and directing the festival in Bushwick for a decade. Both of their organizations have long-held missions of creating spaces for the neighborhood to celebrate the community and its art and culture.

“This weekend is all about people who live their lives with passion and dedication. That's what The Bushwick Collective is about and that’s what The Bushwick Film Festival is about. Partnering with them was the perfect fit to the puzzle and I’m honored to have them capture and share the rare and special moments that are going to take place here in Bushwick,” says Ficalora.

“Joe is such an inspiring individual, and I have so much respect for what he’s been able to accomplish through The Bushwick Collective. We live around the corner from each other, and we’ve talked about working together in the past. I’m looking forward to finally making it happen and capturing the excitement of the weekend,” says Kotee.

The Bushwick Collective Block Party is a lively annual event in June that hosts concerts, live mural painting, food trucks, local businesses and vendors, and more! Everyone everywhere will now have the opportunity to experience one of Bushwick’s most electrifying events as it unfolds. Be sure to like and subscribe to the Facebook pages of both the Bushwick Film Festival and The Bushwick Collective for up-to-date notifications when the Block Party goes live. Don’t miss a minute of the action!

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Follow The Bushwick Collective on Facebook here: http://bit.ly/2rlKN2kFB

 

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10TH ANNUAL BUSHWICK FILM FESTIVAL IS FROM OCT 12 - 15!

As we journey towards what will surely be our best festival yet, we are sharing nostalgic photos and videos of years past on social media to commemorate a decade of presenting independent films in Bushwick!

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The Bushwick Film Festival Announces Monthly Short Film Screening Series at Guadalupe Inn Restaurant in Bushwick Starting Tonight, May 16, 2017

THE BUSHWICK FILM FESTIVAL

ANNOUNCES MONTHLY SHORT FILM SCREENING SERIES

AT GUADALUPE INN RESTAURANT IN BUSHWICK

STARTING TONIGHT, MAY 16, 2017

 

Audiences now have the opportunity to look back at the festival’s extensive archives before its much-anticipated 10 year anniversary, which takes place from October 12-15 this year

 

Brooklyn, NY - The Bushwick Film Festival is gearing up for its tenth anniversary and has partnered with Guadalupe Inn in Bushwick to host a monthly short film screening series. This series will feature a collection of the best short films from the festival’s archives, alongside some of the best Mexican cuisine that Bushwick has to offer. BFF is excited to give audiences a chance to look back on many of the incredible shorts that the festival has screened over the past nine years, as well as an opportunity to meet the amazing filmmakers who created them. A filmmaker Q&A session will follow each screening.

 

The series screening tonight, May 16, is tilted “Her Point of View” and features a collection of short films directed by fierce female filmmakers. Tickets for the screening can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/2qeOWon. Future screenings will be taking place on June 13, July 11, August 8, and September 12.

 

In addition to monthly movie nights, the Bushwick Film Festival will be celebrating the big event from October 12-15, 2017: its milestone 10 Year Anniversary, marking a decade of bringing independent stories to audiences from all walks of life. The festival will offer four days of screenings, panels, workshops, parties, and networking opportunities. To date, the festival has showcased the work of over 300 filmmakers, most of them Brooklyn- and New York-based, as well as international films from 30 countries across the globe. Submissions are currently still being accepted, with a deadline of June 15 for regular submissions, and late entry submissions accepted until July 15. To review videos from the 2016 festival, please see the links below.

 

  • Bushwick Film Festival 2016 Official Trailer:

https://youtu.be/y03uXpYqRTw

 

  • Best of 2016 video:

https://youtu.be/zzDFSKqYgTo

 

  • 2016 award winners:

http://bushwickfilmfestival.com/2016-festival-winners/

 

For all screening info and submissions guidelines, please visit www.bushwickfilmfestival.com

 

About The Bushwick Film Festival:

Now in its tenth year, the Bushwick Film Festival has become an industry staple for new talent and a premiere voice for independent cinema in Brooklyn. BFF has showcased local and international filmmakers from more than 30 countries, and we continue to provide a platform for stories from diverse groups of people, especially women, people of color, and the LGBT community. Located in Bushwick, the bustling center of Brooklyn’s artistic and cultural community, the festival offers four days full of screenings, panels, workshops, parties and networking opportunities. We encourage our filmmakers, industry professionals, and audiences to engage, share, and collaborate in an eclectic and open-minded atmosphere; to form new alliances, expand horizons, and share our common passion for independent film. After a decade full of fantastic screenings, people, and moments, we are as driven as ever to continue our quest to share amazing stories with an ever-growing audience, and we hope you will join us!

 

About Guadalupe Inn Brooklyn

Named after the bohemian Guadalupe Inn neighborhood in Mexico City, the 80-seat restaurant evokes the warm and vibrant feelings of a 1940s era supper club. Upon entering, guests are greeted by a 16-seat bar with a copper inlay, floral wallpaper, and custom brass lighting fixtures. The restaurant features cactus-green banquettes, a large bar and floors of dark oak wood, and maple wood tables. Guadalupe Inn is sound-engineered for superior acoustics and hosts live musical performances on the main dining room stage, ranging from mariachi bands to Brooklyn’s most talented singers and bands.

 

 

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The Bushwick Film Festival Celebrates Its Milestone 10 Year Anniversary on October 12-15

THE BUSHWICK FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS MILESTONE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ON OCTOBER 12 -15 AND ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS


Female-Founded Festival Marks a Decade of Bringing Diverse Stories to Bushwick Audiences
 

Brooklyn, NY—From October 12-15, 2017, the Bushwick Film Festival will celebrate its milestone 10 year anniversary, marking a decade of bringing independent stories to audiences from all walks of life. Located in Bushwick, the bustling center of Brooklyn’s artistic and cultural community, the festival will offer four days of screenings, panels, workshops, parties, and networking opportunities. To date, the festival has showcased the work of over 300 filmmakers, most of them Brooklyn and New York-based, as well as international films from 30 countries across the globe.
 

In addition to a wide range of genres and topics, the festival’s programming continues to highlight films directed by and starring women, along with stories from underrepresented groups. Filmmakers and web series directors who want the unique opportunity to screen their work in front of Bushwick audiences can now submit their film through July 15th, with an early bird budget-friendly deadline of February 28th.
 

The Bushwick Film Festival has a cinematic history: founded in 2007 by Kweighbaye Kotee who, at a young age, fled from Liberia to the U.S. with her family to escape violence from an emerging civil war. With determination and perseverance, she received a full scholarship from the Wight Foundation to attend Blair Academy, later graduated from New York University with Media Culture and Communications degree, and moved to Bushwick when the neighborhood was becoming popular for its arts and cultural scene. “I have a deep love for storytelling and film, especially indie films, because they tend to be more true to life. Because the industry suffers from a lack of diversity, I wanted to create a unique platform where all stories — including immigrant stories like mine — could be shared,” says Kotee.

 

Today, the festival is hailed as one of Brooklyn’s strongest cinematic events and has been featured in major news outlets, including The Huffington Post, Fox News, News 12, Tribeca, IndieWire, and Brooklyn Magazine. With a mission to foster the growth of independent filmmaking outside the Hollywood system, the festival is now an industry staple for emerging talent and screens the work of the most promising filmmakers of today. Past BFF directors, starring actors and special guests who have successful careers include Issa Rae, Lucy Mulloy, Brandi Cyrus, Arturo Castro, Diarra Kilpatrick, Kevin Corrigan, Ira Sachs and Elizabeth Wood. Festival jury and panelists include industry professionals from Tribeca, Sony Pictures, Vimeo, Kickstarter, Reelworks, UnionDocs and ESPN Films.

 

After a decade full of incredible screenings and moments, the festival is as driven as ever to continue its passion for sharing amazing stories with its forward-thinking audience. Growing and sustaining the Bushwick Film Festival for all these years would not have been possible without its wonderful community of talented filmmakers, passionate volunteers, dynamic audiences, and generous sponsors.  

More news to come via the festival's website www.bushwickfilmfestival.com, instagram: @bushwickfilmfest, twitter: @bushwickfilm, and on Facebook at Bushwick Film Festival.

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Important 2017 Dates:
Early Bird Deadline: February 28, 2017
Regular Deadline: May 31, 2017
Late Deadline: July 15, 2017
Notification Date: August 15, 2017
Festival Dates: October 12 - 15, 2017
 

Best of 2016 Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjA-uOflT_0


2016 Winning Films:
http://bushwickfilmfestival.com/2016-festival-winners/
 

About The Bushwick Film Festival:

Founded in 2007, The Bushwick Film Festival exhibits independent film and media in the heart of New York City’s new locus of eclectic creativity and contemporary culture: Bushwick. Our programming runs year-round with classes, workshops, and content open to the community and distributed via digital and broadcast networks. Our competition, now in its tenth year, attracts industry leaders, submissions of international note, and culminates in a four-day festival of screenings and events.

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2016 BFF Award Winners Announced and Festival Photos Posted!

Brooklyn, New York (October 7, 2016) – Last weekend the 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival (BFF) opened at the House of Yes with a glitter-studded red carpet, live performers, stilt walkers, and a sold-out screening of I Am Gangster! The night was presented by festival sponsor Brooklyn Fire Proof. Bushwick’s Council Member Antonio Reynoso, along with the 83rd Precinct’s Deputy Inspector Maximo A. Tolentino and Sergeant Damarys Franco, joined the red-carpet festivities; their attendance demonstrated their continued support of the festival, its founder,  Kweighbaye Kotee, and the Bushwick community.

Sold-out screenings continued throughout the four-day weekend, resulting in the festival’s ninth year achieving its highest attendance numbers to date. In addition to the filmmakers and attendees from around the world who flew into Bushwick for the festival experience, a large majority of filmmakers and audiences were from Bushwick and other NYC neighborhoods, making the festival feel like a true home-grown event.

The BFF weekend boasted 27 screenings total: 11 Documentaries, 10 Narratives, 4 short film screenings, a web series screening, and an art house film selection. Audiences also had the opportunity to attend a series of panels and events including a Women In Film & TV Day, featuring leading women in the industry and films highlighting women's stories. In addition, Tribeca Film Institute® hosted a panel during the festival’s Industry Series, and other panels were seated by industry professionals from ESPN, Vimeo, BRIC TV, Kickstarter, HBO and more.

The festival wrapped on Sunday, October 2nd with an awards ceremony at Syndicated Theater in Bushwick, where award ceremony sponsor LightHouse Films announced festival winners and- for the first time in the festival’s history - runners-up! I Am Gangster, directed by Moritz Rechenberg, won Best Narrative Feature; Arlette: Courage Is a Muscle, directed by Florian Hoffmann, won Best Documentary; Smoke That Travels, directed by Kayla Briet, won Best Short Film; and Undone, directed by Lili Lopez, won Best Web Series. The festival winners received up to $2,000 in rentals from LightHouse Films, along with mentorship opportunities and consideration for future funding from The Tribeca Film Institute®.

The runners-up for each category were You Can’t Escape Lithuania, directed by Romas Zabarauskas, for Feature Narrative; The Giant’s Dream: The Making of The Iron Giant, directed by Anthony Giacchino, for Documentary; There's Too Many Of These Crows, directed by Morgan Miller, for Short Film; and No Strings Attached, directed by Emma Watts, for Web Series.

The BFF was extremely proud to have produced another successful festival and is already incredibly eager to start planning for its upcoming landmark year—The 10th Annual Bushwick Film Festival.  

The full listing of this past year’s festival program and trailers for all of the participating films can be found at www.bushwickfilmfestival.com

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World Premiere of Vegan-Friendly LGBTQ Film @ 9th Bushwick Film Fest This Week!

BUSHWICK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WORLD PREMIERE OF VEGAN-FRIENDLY LGBTQ FILM : YOU CAN’T ESCAPE LITHUANIA

View trailer and purchase tickets here: http://bit.ly/2cj2KZI

Brooklyn, New York (September 26, 2016)  – The 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival (BFF) announces the world premiere of You Can’t Escape Lithuania. The Vegan-Friendly LGBTQ Feature Film will screen at the new Bushwick movie theater, Syndicated, on Friday, September 30th, at 7pm. You Can’t Escape Lithuania is about a fictional version of the director, Romas Zabarauskas, as he tries to help actress and good friend, Indre, after she kills and robs her mother. Romas also brings his hot boyfriend Carlos along for the ride as the trio attempts to leave the country. On the road, Romas gives Indre an ultimatum: if she doesn’t agree to perform in one last experimental film, he will turn her over to the police.

This is the third appearance that Lithuanian director and LGBTQ rights activist Romas Zabarauskas will make at the festival. His short film Porno Melodrama was a festival favorite in 2013 and won the Best Short Film Award. In 2014, Zabarauskas returned to BFF to screen his first feature film, We Will Riot.  It played to a sold-out audience that included legendary Lithuanian director Jonas Mekas. As a ground-breaking director, Zabarauskas uses his unique voice to champion the LGBTQ cause in his native homeland and around the world.

“We are so happy to have Romas back at Bushwick! I consider him a true auteur. His work is distinctive and meticulously thought out that it is clear he is growing into one of the great indie film directors of our times,” says festival director Kweighbaye Kotee. 

Another interesting element to You Can’t Escape Lithuania is that the film is a vegan-friendly movie. Only vegan materials were used for the clothing and art design, and the cast and crew even ate all vegan food throughout the entire shoot, to show true dedication to the principle.

You Can’t Escape Lithuania will be screening at Syndicated Movie Theater, located on 40 Bogart Street in Brooklyn, NY 11206, on Friday, September 30 at 7pm. To see trailer and purchase tickets to the screening, please visit http://bit.ly/2cj2KZI

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Tribeca Film Institute® Partners with The 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival

Tribeca Film Institute® Partners with The 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival

[Brooklyn, New York (September 22, 2016)] - Today the Bushwick Film Festival announced a partnership with Tribeca Film Institute® (TFI) for the 2016 festival. Both organizations are driven by their support and celebration of independent filmmakers, and this joint effort will serve to further inspire the talents of the indie film community.

This relationship will encompass a number of collaborations. TFI will present a featured panel at the 2016 Bushwick Film Festival on Sunday, October 2nd during the festival’sIndustry Series. The Industry Series is a short series of panels for emerging industry professionals searching for opportunities to take their careers to the next level. Tickets to the event can be found here: http://bit.ly/2cwu8A7

TFI’s panel will include Molly O’Keefe, Director, Scripted Programs; Vee Bravo, Vice President, Education Programs; and Zeina Abi Assy, Coordinator, Interactive Programs. Amy Hobby, Vice President, Artist Programs at TFI, will be the moderator. Ms. Hobby has more than 20 years of experience as an award-winning feature and documentary film producer. Her work spans across a broad range, including feature-length dramas starring A-list Hollywood stars, documentaries, international features, television pilots, and webisodes. Ms. Hobby personifies the fully diverse producer, with producing projects that include SecretaryHamlet(with Ethan Hawke), and What Happened, Miss Simone?, for which she won both a Peabody Award and an Emmy Award.

In addition to the panel, TFI will be awarding a mentorship opportunity to the winning filmmakers of the 2016 Bushwick Film Festival, in the categories of feature narrative and feature documentary. The winning filmmakers will also be considered for future funding in one of TFI’s programs.

“We are proud to be partnering with the Bushwick Film Festival to support their excellent programming in their ninth year,” said Amy Hobby, VP of Artist Programs at TFI. “Our mission to champion storytellers from a variety of backgrounds directly aligns with Bushwick Film Festival’s mission, and we are excited to collaborate on the Industry Series panel and more.”

“This partnership is a big step forward for us. Tribeca Film Festival is what inspired me to start the Bushwick Film Festival. In addition, after working at the Tribeca Film Institute® during its 2013 Festival season, I had the opportunity to learn more about the importance of film education in schools, and now we are currently developing a Youth Film Program in Bushwick!” said Kweighbaye Kotee, Bushwick Film Festival Founder & Director.

The Bushwick Film Festival is scheduled from Sept 29th - Oct 2nd in Bushwick, Brooklyn. For tickets and a full program to the festival, including its Industry Series featuring Tribeca Film Institute®, please visit the festival’s website at www.bushwickfilmfestival.com

The 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival has been made possible by the generosity of our sponsors and partners: Sebastian Printing, Bushwick Car Service, Brooklyn Fire Proof, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Slate Property Group, CSI Rentals, Queens Brewery, BRIC, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, LightHouse Films, Fine & Raw Chocolate, Bruce Cost Ginger Ale, Braven Brewery, Terra Firma, Montana’s Trail House, The Rookery, House of Yes, Syndicated, Lot 45, InLove Magazine, Bushwick Daily, QNS, and Times News Weekly.

About Tribeca Film Institute®
Tribeca Film Institute® champions storytellers to be catalysts for change in their communities and around the world.  Through grants and professional development programs, TFI supports a diverse, exceptional group of filmmakers and media artists, providing them resources needed to fully realize their stories and connect with audiences.  The Institute’s educational programming leverages an extensive film community network to help underserved New York City students learn filmmaking and gain the media skills necessary to be productive citizens and creative individuals in the 21st century.  Featuring hands-on training and exposure to socially relevant films, the Institute administers programs to more than 25,000 students annually.  TFI was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in the wake of September 11, 2001 and is a 501(c)(3) year-round nonprofit arts organization.

About the Bushwick Film Festival
Founded in 2007, The Bushwick Film Festival exhibits independent film and media in the heart of New York City’s new locus of eclectic creativity and contemporary culture: Bushwick. Our programming runs year-round with classes, workshops, and content open to the community and distributed via digital and broadcast networks. Our competition, now in its ninth year, attracts industry leaders, submissions of international note, and culminates in a four-day festival of screenings and events.

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams Welcomes the 2016 Bushwick Film Festival Filmmakers at Borough Hall

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams Welcomes the 2016 Bushwick Film Festival Filmmakers at Borough Hall This Thursday, August 11th.

BROOKLYN, NY, August 8, 2016 – This Thursday, August 11, 2016, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, in partnership with Bushwick Film Festival (BFF), will host its annual, invitation-only, Filmmaker Welcoming Ceremony to announce all 2016 accepted films, thank festival sponsors and celebrate festival participants. The Borough President is very enthusiastic to see what new talent will be spotlighted at the festival and is proud to support the efforts of its founder and Bushwick resident, Kweighbaye Kotee.

“Brooklyn's ready for its close-up,” said Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams. “As this borough continues to set the standard as an international center for the arts, the Bushwick Film Festival honors the many contributions of talented filmmakers to our culture as well as our economy, all at a time when the number of Brooklynites working in creative industries continues to increase. The festival’s founder Kweighbaye Kotee has been integral to that achievement, as she continues to support the independent filmmakers whose cutting-edge work defines the character of our community. I encourage everyone to come out to Bushwick and support this incredible celebration of independent film and media this fall."

The Festival’s Annual Welcoming ceremony marks the official kick-off to its 2016 season. The event will be catered by Remarkable Cuisine with beverages sponsored by Bruce Cost Ginger Ale and Queens Brewery. In addition, artisan chocolates will be provided by Fine & Raw Chocolates. Industry professionals, community members, press and previous festival guests can request an invitation by clicking the link below. 

This year, the 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival is scheduled from September 29 to October 2 and is emerging as one of the best festivals in NYC for independent filmmakers to showcase their work. Since its debut in 2007, the festival has become one of the most talked about events in Bushwick and is hailed as "one of the borough's strongest cinematic events,” by Tribeca Film. Last year’s best picture, Wallabout, was highlighted on Fox News.

The festival unites the community and the support it receives from its residents and public figures alike will only add to its ever-growing success. With the excitement mounting for the festival’s 9th edition, the BFF team is working hard to make sure this year is another year to remember.

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Interview With Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Winner Sam Pollard

Yesterday at BRIC TV, we sat down with Academy Award Nominee and Emmy Winner Sam Pollard to discuss Black Lives Matter, Jesse Williams, Spike Lee, police violence and his upcoming screening of Style Wars on July 14th at the 12th AnnualBrooklyn Hip-Hop Festival.  Sam Pollard’s body of work spans over thirty years. He gained notoriety for his work on Spike Lee Joints such as Jungle Fever, Clockers, 25th Hour and Mo’ Better Blues.

Given our current state of affairs, our conversation with Mr. Pollard truly inspired us to look at who we are and question whether we are doing enough to stop the senseless violence that continues to occur against African-Americans in America.

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This Friday - Bushwick Film Fest Opens Summer Screening Series @ Brooklyn Fire Proof!

BUSHWICK FILM FESTIVAL OPENS SUMMER SCREENING SERIES AT BROOKLYN FIRE PROOF ON FRIDAY, JULY 8TH  
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On Friday, July 8th from 8:00pm - 10:00pm, The Bushwick Film Festival (BFF) will be screening a collection of films titled, “The Best of The Bushwick Film Festival,” as a part of the Brooklyn Fire Proof Summer Screening Series. To get Bushwick excited for the festival's 9th Edition, scheduled from Sept 29 – Oct 2nd, BFF will be showcasing several of its award-winning shorts, including, The Life And Death Of Tommy Chaos And Stacey Danger, directed by Michael Litwak, as well as its 2015 Winning Film, WALLABOUT, by director Eric McGinty. Audiences can expect a night of both daring and entertaining independent films that capture the human spirit and experience in unique ways. This screening is FREE and to sign up to attend please visit our Facebook event's page here. 

WALLABOUT is an urban meditation on artistic perseverance and the eternal search for family. The film follows Alex, an overeducated and underemployed former filmmaker muse, as she moves back to New York after living in Europe for 10 years. Upon her return, Alex is kicked out of her apartment, fired, and rejected by those around her. Determined to help her ailing father, she picks up a shady-part time job, where she meets Frank, an enigmatic film producer whose checkered past eventually catches up with the couple. WALLABOUT won Best Picture at the 2015 Bushwick Film Festival and was highlighted on Fox News.

The Life And Death Of Tommy Chaos And Stacey Danger tells the tale of a romantic adventure. Think Blue Valentine meets Jurassic Park. Dinosaurs have invaded Earth but neither Tommy nor Stacey care anymore, now that they've found each other. They escape the war, but whether they dive to the bottom of the ocean or fly to the depths of Outer Space, conflict always seems to find a way into their lives. 

“The Best of The Bushwick Film Festival” screening is a part of Brooklyn Fire Proof’s free outdoor summer screening series. Brooklyn Fire Proof is a creative complex of movie studios, artists' workspaces, and galleries located in Bushwick. The summer screening series, eight nights in total, will be curated and hosted by noted filmmakers, artists, and programmers including screenings curated by Marcel Dzama, Nick Zedd, PFFR and more.

The screenings will take place every Friday at sundown, beginning July 8 and continuing through August 26. These films and shorts will be shown in Brooklyn Fire Proof’s 3,200 square foot outdoor courtyard adjacent to neighboring restaurant and bar, Terra Firma. Terra Firma Restaurant, BFP partners, will be serving their full food menu before, during and after the screenings, and drinks will be available from their bar.

Brooklyn Fire Proof has been our festival sponsor for over three years and BFF is very excited to work with BFP and their partners to host such an incredible summer event for Bushwick!

For a full list of films please visit: http://brooklynfireproofstages.com/screeningseries.

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Last Call to Submit (Early) to the 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival

Last Call to Submit (Early) to the 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival

Regular Deadline: June 15, 2016
Late Deadline: July 15, 2016
Festival Dates: September 29 - October 2, 2016

For submission guidelines please visit:
www.bushwickfilmfestival.com

BROOKLYN, NY, JUNE 14, 2016 – Regular deadline to the 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival (BFF) closes tomorrow, June 15th. Filmmakers who want the unique opportunity to screen in front of a Brooklyn audience and join a growing indie film community, are encouraged to submit before midnight tomorrow. All submission information can be found on BFF’s website at www.bushwickfilmfestival.com

This year, the 9th Annual Bushwick Film Festival  is scheduled from September 29 to October 2. Films will be publicly announced in August at the annual filmmaker welcoming ceremony held at The Brooklyn Borough President’s office. BFF is emerging as one of the best festivals in NYC for independent filmmakers to showcase their work. Since its debut in 2007, the festival has become one of the most talked about events in Bushwick and is hailed as “one of the borough's strongest cinematic events,” by Tribeca Film. Last year’s winning short film, Come, The Light, won a $2,000 production grant and feature film, Wallabout, won a $4,000 production grant from BFF sponsor MOFILMWallabout was also highlighted on Fox News.

Filmmakers who submit their films to the festival can expect to compete for the attention of top industry professionals as well as the year’s top prizes, including but not limited to various production grants. In addition, with the culturally rich and vibrant community of Bushwick as its backdrop and a reputation of programming an exceptional slate of films, BFF’s audiences can expect an exciting and truly one-of-a-kind festival experience this fall.

“The films that we’ve received so far range from daring to entertaining, and capture the human spirit and experience in unique ways,” says festival founder and director, Kweighbaye Kotee. “We can’t wait to share these stories with Bushwick.”

BFF has received films from over 20 different countries but boasts that most films are from Brooklyn. International films hailed from Australia, Iran, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Russia, Bahamas, Switzerland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, New Zealand and Turkey to name a few.

As a long time supporter of independent voices, BFF is so grateful that independent filmmakers continue to see the festival as the definitive platform to share their stories. The festival looks forward to connecting selected filmmakers with its enthusiastic, forward-thinking audience. With the growing excitement mounting for the festival’s 9th edition, the festival programming team is working hard to make sure this year is another year to remember.

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