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A Still from The Appearance of Things, screening on May 2nd at Long Island UniversityFILM FESTIVAL
A Still from The Appearance of Things, screening on May 2nd at Long Island University
The schedule for the 2008 Film Festival is available now!
Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival, Brooklyn’s longest running film festival, has served independent film and video artists for 41 years. The BAC Festival provides opportunities for film and video artists to show their work to other artists, critics, members of the media and audiences from New York and across the world.
We are proud of our tradition of supporting film and filmmakers. Among the many talented directors we are fortunate to have worked with is Spike Lee, whose first film, Joe’s Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), was made in part with BAC support. More recently, director Ryan Fleck, best known for Half Nelson (2006), showed Struggle in our 2002 Festival.
We are proud of our tradition of supporting film and filmmakers. Among the many talented directors we are fortunate to have worked with is Spike Lee, whose first film, Joe’s Bed Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), was made in part with BAC support. More recently, director Ryan Fleck, best known for Half Nelson (2006), showed Struggle in our 2002 Festival.
Public Memory dir. Amy Gerber, 2004. (Courtesy of filmmaker)
What we Screen
The Festival features work by three groups: independent, college student, and youth (K-12) in the following categories: narrative; experimental; documentary; animation; video installation; Brooklyn filmmakers; and films by women of African descent. We accept both feature-length and short films.
The Festival features work by three groups: independent, college student, and youth (K-12) in the following categories: narrative; experimental; documentary; animation; video installation; Brooklyn filmmakers; and films by women of African descent. We accept both feature-length and short films.
Where We Do It
The Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival screens films at venues across the city. To launch the Festival, the Pratt Film Society at Pratt Institute presents preview screenings of the Festival’s award-winning films. These previews are free and open to the public and offer a sampling of what the Festival has in store.
Top scoring films in all categories are screened in the Iris B. Cantor Auditorium at the Brooklyn Museum. A special screening of works by Brooklyn-based filmmakers is also held at the museum. A selection of films from the youth category is presented at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab in midtown Manhattan. And the highest scoring films and videos from the college student category are screened at the Long Island University Media Arts Department in Brooklyn, which also hosts the Women of African Descent Film Festival.
The Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival screens films at venues across the city. To launch the Festival, the Pratt Film Society at Pratt Institute presents preview screenings of the Festival’s award-winning films. These previews are free and open to the public and offer a sampling of what the Festival has in store.
Top scoring films in all categories are screened in the Iris B. Cantor Auditorium at the Brooklyn Museum. A special screening of works by Brooklyn-based filmmakers is also held at the museum. A selection of films from the youth category is presented at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab in midtown Manhattan. And the highest scoring films and videos from the college student category are screened at the Long Island University Media Arts Department in Brooklyn, which also hosts the Women of African Descent Film Festival.
Film-related Professional Development Seminars
As part of the annual BAC/Independence Professional Development Seminars for the Arts Series, we partner with industry experts to provide information about a range of practical concerns filmmakers face. Recent seminars explored legal and business issues pertaining to filmmaking; a screenwriting workshop; and such panel discussions as “Cinema Beyond Film and Television – What to do with your cinema studies degree if you don’t want to go to Hollywood” and “Traditional and Digital Filmmaking and Interactive Media.”
As part of the annual BAC/Independence Professional Development Seminars for the Arts Series, we partner with industry experts to provide information about a range of practical concerns filmmakers face. Recent seminars explored legal and business issues pertaining to filmmaking; a screenwriting workshop; and such panel discussions as “Cinema Beyond Film and Television – What to do with your cinema studies degree if you don’t want to go to Hollywood” and “Traditional and Digital Filmmaking and Interactive Media.”
The Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival is made possible, in part, by public and private funds from Commerce Bank, Con Edison, the Experimental Television Center's Presentation Funds program, Independence Community Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The Experimental Television Center's Presentation Funds program is supported by New York State Council on the Arts.
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