![]() The Opening Night presentation on Thursday, August 3 is themed “Echoes of Ukraine” featuring Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Roslowski’s The Hamlet Syndrome. The film looks at a group of young Ukrainian actors, each with psychological scars of the war in Donbas, who are cast in an experimental theatrical production of Hamlet. For more than a decade, we have celebrated cinema here in North Brooklyn, and this year’s edition looks to be one of our strongest yet.” We’re having fun when say we are “steaming” our films this year since we’ll be in The Boiler but our lineup definitely has a lot of heat with award winners, thought provoking subjects, exciting new talent, and more. Greenpoint Film Festival Creative Director Ricardo Vilar, said, “We are thrilled to be returning indoors for this year’s edition of the film festival. Short film award winners will receive a “Short to Feature Accelerator” prize by R2W2. The Boiler’s backyard will serve as the film festival’s film-centric community mixer epicenter – open to the public and serving food and beverages before everyone heads inside for that day or evening’s air-conditioned screenings.įilmmakers and celebrity guests will participate in GFF’s green “red” carpet, and the Filmmaker Awards will be presented prior to the Closing Night screening. Film industry catering favorites Wilson Rivas Crafts will have a food truck on the premises providing food and concessions for film goers and attendees. Along with the Opening Night selection, this year’s lineup has strong representation from Poland, along with Greenpoint FF’s solid survey of stateside indie films. The film festival will include 48 films (10 features, 38 shorts), with screenings at The Boiler / ELM Foundation (191 N. GFF will kick things off with an Opening Night “Echoes of Ukraine” theme featuring Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Roslowski’s documentary The Hamlet Syndrome. Saim Sadiq’s Joyland will be the Closing Night selection.Īs it has for more than a decade, the film festival will be screening and celebrating truly independent films and filmmakers, a world away from the studios and (especially notable at this time) the AMPTP. For Brooklynites, this should be an exciting opportunity to take in some independent cinema.īrooklyn’s Greenpoint Film Festival announced the film lineup for its 12 th edition, which will return to indoors screenings for the first time in two years August 2-6. Featuring nearly 50 movies, the lineup has been released, which you can see below, alongside a press release. ![]() Next month, the 12th edition of the Greenpoint Film Festival will be taking place in Brooklyn. ![]()
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