Our 2024 season can be summed up as being a record breaker. Across the board, Inwood Art Works programming achieved recording breaking attendance and income!
True to our mission, we kept it local for our annual Inwood Film Festival at Columbia Universityâs Campbell Sports Center from May 23-26 (page 7). The 9/11 themed documentary feature, The Boys from Kingsbridge opened the festival to a sold-out crowd. After presenting thirty films in four days, the festival concluded with a new adaptation of Robin Hood, which was written and filmed by key players from the Pied Pieper Childrenâs Theatre during the COVID-19 lockdown. In addition, IAW continued its commitment to invest in our local artists by awarding a record amount of $42,500 in funding to âgreen lightâ the projects of nine local filmmakers through our Filmmaker Fund.
It was a busy and exciting summer of bilingual cinema and live musical performances, as our Film Works Alfresco program at The Hudson at Dyckman Marina in Inwood Hill Park reached a new high of over 2,400 attendances. Then, IAW toured the program up and down the Heights for enjoyable presentations at Mother Cabrini Shrine, Roger Morris Park, Yeshiva University and the Hispanic Society Museum and Library for a new record of 20 events.
IAW proudly continued our extremely popular On Air podcast for a 5th season. Local and international audiences grow annually to listen to live performances and interviews that showcase artists of âall stripesâ that make their home in Upper Manhattan.
Read more about these and many of the other live performances and special events we hosted in our 2024 Annual Report (PDF).