The 11th Annual Lower East Side Film Festival recently wrapped its hybrid fest and has announced the winners. After being forced to present last year's festival virtually, due to the pandemic, Co-founder Roxy Hunt and Festival Director shared the...
The Lower East Side Film Festival has announced it will return to in-person screenings for their 2021 festival July 8 - 12. The festival will follow a hybrid format, offering virtual programming alongside the live screenings. The team also...
Our friends at the Lower East Side Film Festival are celebrating Valentine's Day early with "Romance at the Movies" Trivia Night on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, (online) at 8:00pm. They promise to challenge your knowledge of "the most lovey-dovey, heart-break-y,...
A trailblazer for women in Hollywood, director Joan Micklin Silver, died this past week at her home in New York City at the age of 85. Her first film, "Hester Street," and most well-known project, "Crossing Delancey," were, of...
Here's another chance to catch "Off Track Betty," a short film we featured about the disappearing Lower East Side, which was shot before the Essex Crossing development began. Many of the locations used for the story no longer exist.
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) presents two exciting multi-day Virtual Animation Workshops, taught by acclaimed instructors from the New York Film Academy:
Animation Modeling Class (for teens 14-18)
Over three days, participants will learn the basics of industry standard Maya Autodesk interface...
The 2020 Lower East Side Film Festival is coming to a close online and the jury has selected this year’s winners. Top honors went to Rachel Beth Anderson and Timothy Grucza’s “Unschooled,” a feature documentary that follows three inner-city high school students as they embark on
Poster House, a museum dedicated exclusively to posters, has closed its doors and rededicated itself to some virtual projects in response to the Coronavirus crisis. One of the projects is a video series about how the virus is affecting...
The team behind "Curtain Up," a new documentary featuring elementary school students in the PS 124 Theater Club, is offering a community preview on December 15th at 3:00pm at 21 Pell St. in Chinatown. The film follows the young performers as...
The 2019 Bowery Film Festival returns to the neighborhood for its 4th edition next week, November 19-21st. The lineup includes 41 Official Selections with 9 works made by African-American Filmmakers, 4 works by LGBTQ+ members and 7 films by, for and about the Latinx community.
