Closing Bell: Brooklyn Film Festival
The Brooklyn Film Festival is back for its 17th year with 107 films. The international festival includes some films about or made in Brooklyn, including a short documentary called Third Shift, which follows two former Domino workers who return to the now-defunct factory space. The theme of this year’s festival is “formula,” as in what is…
The Brooklyn Film Festival is back for its 17th year with 107 films. The international festival includes some films about or made in Brooklyn, including a short documentary called Third Shift, which follows two former Domino workers who return to the now-defunct factory space. The theme of this year’s festival is “formula,” as in what is a winning formula to create a successful independent film? Or can film be formula-free? Aside from an invitation-only party tonight, the festival starts May 30 and runs through June 8 at indieScreen, Wythe Hotel and Windmill Studios, all in Williamsburg. The festival ends with an awards ceremony. The full lineup can viewed here. Above, a still from opening night narrative feature length film “I Believe in Unicorns.”
There’s a great feature film at the Festival shot in Park Slope entitled VICTORIANA about a young couples’ Dostoyevskian nightmare. The couple begins the classic dream of renovating a rundown brownstone (a SRO) that takes a chilling turn of events when the owner is involved in a confrontation with the remaining tenant. Faced with financial ruin, the couple makes a fateful decision that launches an investigation by the police, and forces them to confront dark truths about themselves and their marriage.
Directed by Jadrien Steele, a Brooklyn based film maker, VICTORIANA was the winner of the Cinequest 2014 New Visions Award.
It’s being screened at the BFF in Williamsburg @ 8 PM Saturday June 7th. The film trailer can be viewed on the BFF website or go to youTube and search for VICTORIANA-trailer.
Renters and homeowners alike can identify with the film. Go see it!!