Film
Film Talks
New York Historical Society
The New York Historical Society is hosting a series of top-quality interviews with filmmakers. I have attended Q&A-style "Le Conversazioni" with Paul Shrader (April 2024) and Martin Scorsese (May 2024). Look out for more events in this series.
Le Conversazioni: Martin Scorsese on New York in Film | New-York Historical Society (nyhistory.org)
Film Club
NY Public Library's Cinema Scene
Greg and Dan at NY Public Library run an excellent online discussion group for cinephiles. Each month they select a movie which can be streamed for free via NYPL's partner organization, Projectr. They do a great job finding films that are lesser known and yet cinema gems. Check out the NYPL website for details and to register for an upcoming discussion.
Film Festivals
The New York Film Festival takes a lot of the limelight, but there are other amazing festivals going on in the city all year round.
Imagine Science Film Festival
One of my personal favourites. The 16th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival will take place in October, celebrating a wide range of films loosely associated with science. October 20-27, 2023
New York Shorts International Film Festival
Billed as "one of the finest exhibitions of short films in North America", the 2022 New York Shorts International Film Festival featured over 340 short films, special events, talks, retrospective films, and tributes. Coming in October.
New York Film Festival
The daddy of them all. Starts in late September. Priority booking goes to Film at Lincoln Center members, who also benefit from membership perks at FilmLinc throughout the year.
61st New York Film Festival | Sept. 29-Oct. 15 (filmlinc.org)
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Festival takes place in June each year. They say that "For over 20 years, Tribeca has worked to bring the community together through innovative storytelling across film, TV, immersive, games, talks, audio storytelling, and more!" I particularly enjoyed the Q&A sessions with film professionals. Last year I attended a discussion about the legal challenges of film restoration and preservation. This year I enjoyed talks about Film & Technology and the le
Tribeca Film Festival
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.
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