You are reading

LIC Filmmaker Featured in Queens World Film Festival This Month

Image via Queens World Film Festival on Facebook

March 13, 2018 By Tara Law

Features and short films made by Queens filmmakers will grace the silver screen alongside movies from around the world at the 8th annual Queens World Film Festival in Astoria this month.

The festival will take place from March 15 to 25 at Kaufman Astoria Studios (34-12 36th St.) and the Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35th Ave). Narratives, documentaries and animated works will be screened and the festival will include a number of special events.

More than 30 of the festival films were made by Queens filmmakers, including a Long Island City filmmaker as well as nine from Astoria, six from Jackson Heights and Elmhurst and three from Sunnyside.

“Do You Want to Buy Some Cookies?” by LIC director Tomas Griffin will screen at the Museum of the Moving Image as part of the “Family Friendly” series, March 24 starting at 3 p.m. The short film centers on a determined girl scout selling cookies and a stressed out guy she meets on her route.

Seven short films will be featured on the “Queens Corner” themed evening, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. on March 25 at the Museum of the Moving Image’s Redstone Theater (scroll to bottom of page for theme tickets).

“Queens Corner” kicks off with “Oatmeal,” directed by Alessia Gatti and written by Kew Gardens resident Martha Frances Williams. The film follows a woman who rediscovers the joy in life after reuniting with a childhood friend.

The film will be followed by a showing of “Violetta,” by Jackson Heights director Aaron Lehmann. The short film depicts a voyeuristic young woman who pushes back against a difficult home life.

Tom and the Domme,” created by Sunnyside filmmaker Keith Marlin, is a dark comedy about intimacy, experimentation and compatibility between a long-term couple.

The day’s lineup will also include “Rudy’s Hobby Shop,” a five-minute documentary created by Astoria filmmaker Jason Guzman, which profiles the Astoria store Rudy’s Hobby & Art and its owner, Marvin Cochran.

Sunnyside director Kate Marks will also show a film during the “Queens Corner” block. The short film “Miracle Maker” depicts a 12-year-old vacuum cleaner salesman’s assistant, who travels to the desert to visit a person who can deliver miracles.

Other themed days during the Queens World Film Festival include “Young and Out: LGBTQ Friday,” which starts at 6 p.m. at Kaufman Astoria Studios on March 16.

Iran Mon Amour,” which will feature three examples of Iranian underground cinema, will take place at the Museum of the Moving Image on March 18 at 1:45 p.m.

Family Friendly,” which will feature eight PG films appropriate for all ages, will take place on March 24 at 3 p.m. at the Museum of the Moving Image (scroll to bottom of page for theme tickets).

Single program tickets for the festival are $15. Festival passes for 10 tickets are $100, or 20 for $200.

Festival passes are available online at Brown Paper Tickets.

email the author: news@queenspost.com

One Comment

Click for Comments 
Tom Griffin

Thank you, LIC Post, for the mention. As the LIC filmmaker in question in this article, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Queens World Film Festival organizers for a well-run event. Any newbie filmmakers in the New York/tri-state area and indeed worldwide looking for a festival to submit to, should seriously consider the QWFF as a perfect starting point. Plenty of chances for networking, schmoozing and generating publicity for your creation! Highly recommended! Tom Griffin, Director of “Do You Want To Buy Some Cookies?” short film. http://www.KickBlue22.com

Reply

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

NY Hall of Science debuts CityWorks, its largest exhibition in over a decade

The New York Hall of Science in Corona opened its largest interactive exhibition in more than a decade on Saturday, May 3. The exhibition explores the often invisible inner workings of the built urban environment.

CityWorks is housed in a 6,000 square foot gallery, and the exhibit was created by a team of NYCSI exhibit developers, researchers, and educators over the past five years. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the intricate systems and engineering that enable cities to function, including how they break, evolve, and endure.

Twenty people indicted in Queens-based $4.6M vehicle theft ring after three-year probe: DA

Twenty individuals were indicted and variously charged in a wide-ranging scheme to steal cars in Queens, throughout New York City and its suburbs, following a three-year investigation by the Queens District Attorney’s Office, the NYPD, and the New York State Police dubbed “Operation Hellcat,” into the criminal enterprise based in Queens.

Some of the vehicles were stolen from owners’ driveways, some with the keys or key fobs inside. The stolen vehicles were often sold through advertisements on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram. The defendants are charged in nine separate indictments for a total of 373 counts, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday.