Inwood Film Festival

Inwood Art Works presents

2024

INWOOD FILM FESTIVAL

May 23-26, 2024

Campbell Sports Center

505 W 218^th Street

New York, NY 10034

$15 Single Tickets / $50 Festival Pass

$85 Benefit Ticket / $125 Benefit Ticket & Festival Pass

IFF+ Online Festival: $3 Single Tickets / $20 Festival Pass (on sale May 26)

*$10 Single ticket/$40 Festival Pass discount for local students. Email info@inwoodartworks for promo code and attach proof of valid ID.

Click here to read all about the Official Selections playing!

Thursday, May 23

Opening Night Benefit

Thursday, May 23 – 6:30-10:00pm

Special feature presentation of acclaimed documentary film, The Boys from Kingsbridge, post screening interview with post screening conversation with filmmaker Thom MacNamara, and Brendan Carroll, Danny McNally, and Mike Hussey with Inwood Art Works’ Founder and Executive Producer, Aaron Simms.

Five friends from the same neighborhood in the NW Bronx grow up and go separate ways. Amazingly, four of them come to be at the same place at the time on that fateful day in September 2001. Written, Produced and Directed by Thom MacNamara, the “5th unseen friend,” The Boys of Kingsbridge is a compelling, gritty and honest story of survival, community, and what selfless people do in a time of crisis.

Plus, experience delicious food, refreshing beer from Dyckman Beer Company, and delectable desserts in celebration of our incredible filmmaking community!

$85 pre-purchase. $125 day-of, and at the door, if space allows. Tickets can be purchased at www.inwoodartworks.nyc

Friday, May 24

Seminar: SAG-AFTRA Contracts for the Indie Creator

Saturday, May 24 at 4:00pm – 45 minutes – Pay-what-you-will. Appropriate for beginners and professionals.

Learn the contracts available to you through SAG-AFTRA to empower you to make your film. Members of the SAG-AFTRA New York Local, including Actor/Writer/Producer, Sarah Seeds and Lief Larson (SAG AFTRA NY Board Member & TV Academy Member) offer their expertise in everything including contracts, budgeting, and creation. Q&A to follow.

Get to Eleven

Feature Exhibition – Friday, May 24 at 7:00pm – 60 minutes – Plus special post-screening conversation with filmmakers Padraic Lillis and David Quay.

Long Shorts: IFF Filmmaker Fund Shorts

<25 min. Shorts Exhibition – Friday, May 24 at 8:35pm – 77 minutes – post-screening filmmaker conversation and reception featuring Inwood Filmmaker Fund grantees immediately following.

Featuring Inwood Film Festival Filmmaker Fund Films: This is Jane. See Jane…, Alternate Side Parking, Condos, Nana, Puerto Rican Jew.

Saturday, May 25

Seminar: Budgeting, or Telling Story of your Film through Numbers

Saturday, May 25 at 12:05pm – Pay-what-you-will. Appropriate for beginners and professionals.

Before you make your movie, you need to make a budget! Do you know how to tell the story of your film through numbers? Join Founder and Executive Producer of Inwood Art Works, Aaron Simms, as he shares the essential financial considerations all filmmakers need to account for before they shoot their first frame.

Long Shorts: Dancing Beyond the Boundaries of Realty

Saturday, May 25 at 1:35pm – 45 minutes – Plus special post-screening filmmaker conversation immediately following.

Featuring: Resurrection, Opening Ceremony, The Gorgon Cycles, Stay With

Seminar: Screenwriting with Samuel D. Hunter

Saturday, May 25 at 5:30pm – 45 minutes – Pay-what-you-will. Appropriate for beginners and professionals.

Learn about the ins and outs of screenwriting with acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, Samuel D. Hunter. Q&A to follow.

Short Shorts

<5 min. Shorts Exhibition – Saturday, May 25 at 7:00pm – 46 minutes – post-screening filmmaker conversation immediately following.

Featuring: Check Please, Self Love, The Pillow Case, Hairpiece, Bald, The Late Set, Josh and Lyla go to Dinner, This is Inwood, Solitude, The Duplicate.

Long Shorts: Finding, Bonding, and Belonging

<25 min. Shorts Exhibition – Saturday, May 25 at 8:35pm – 67 minutes – post-screening filmmaker conversation immediately following.

Featuring: City of Dreamz, Fundamental Shapes, Un Bizcocho Para Mi, Suspicious Minds, Dummy

Sunday, May 26

Long Shorts: Uptown – Criminal Intent

<25 min. Shorts Exhibition – Sunday, May 26 at 1:35pm – 60 minutes – Plus special post-screening conversation with filmmakers.

Featuring: Honest Work, On Point, Mangu Aqui 2

Robin Hood (Student Film from Pied Piper Children’s Theater)

Feature Exhibition – Sunday, May 26 at 3:35pm – 60 minutes – Plus special post-screening conversation with filmmakers, Joe and Leslie Burby.

2024 Awards for Excellence in Filmmaking

Sunday, May 28 at 5:00pm – FREE, all are welcome!

Join us in the Theater following the final screening on Sunday, June 5 for the announcement of the Inwood Film Festival’s Awards for Excellence in Filmmaking!

IFF+

Online only Festival Programming – On demand Sunday, May 26 through Sunday, June 16. Tickets on sale beginning May 1 at www.inwoodartworks.nyc

Inwood Art Works is thrilled to launch IFF+ as the online extension of the Inwood Film Festival. If there is one positive thing that we’ve learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that our community exists beyond geographical boarders. Our goal for IFF+ is to provide an alternative digital platform that celebrates, showcases, and enhances accessibility to the films of our fantastic local artists. Our hope is that these online festival screenings attract large and enthusiastic new audiences for local independent filmmakers.

Friday, May 23 to Sunday, June 12, IFF+ Exclusive Online only Screening of One for the Ages.

Sunday, May 26 to Sunday, June 12 – IFF+ all Inwood Film Festival film programming available.

Holiday Concert

Inwood Art Works presents

Holiday Concert

Featuring the Double Entendre Music Ensemble

Sunday, December 3, 2023 – 2:00pm
Good Shepherd Auditorium – 620 Isham Street
Minimum Suggested Donation of $20 Adults, $5 Children. Pay online or at the door.

Featuring a performance of highlights from George Frideric Handel’s Messiah and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker arranged by Inwood resident, Gilbert Dejean.

Bring your family and meet your friends to celebrate the holiday season with music performed by Double Entendre Music Ensemble. All are welcome!
Reception with light snacks and beverages following the performance.
All proceeds benefit Good Shepherd School

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Inwood Art Works presenta

Concierto de Navidad
Presentando a los Músicos de Double Entendre Music Ensemble

Domingo, 3 de diciembre de 2023 – 2:00 p.m.
Auditorio del Buen Pastor – 620 Isham Street
Donación mínima sugerida de $ 20 adultos y $ 5 niños

Con una presentación de los aspectos más destacados de El Mesías de George Frideric Handel y Cascanueces de Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arreglado por el residente de Inwood, Gilbert Dejean.

Traiga a su familia y reúnase con sus amigos para celebrar la temporada navideña con música interpretada por Músicos de Double Entendre Music Ensemble. ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

Recepción con refrigerios y bebidas después de la actuación.

Todo lo recaudado será para beneficio de la Escuela Buen Pastor.

2020 New Year’s Eve Live N’ Local Review

Join us for Inwood Art Works final live on-line event of the year!

2020 New Year’s Eve Live N’ Local Review

Thursday, December 31 at 7pm – FREE

Live on Inwood Art Works Facebook & YouTube channel

Hosts Aaron Simms & Jonathan Bell reflect on the first season of Live N’ Local in a very special year-end live event that features selections from each of the 12 musical guests from our On Air podcasts.

You will hear a mix-tape of musical excerpts with the hope that if you like what you hear, it will prompt you to check out more from these amazing local Uptown artists from their On Air episodes or on our new “2020 Live N’ Local Seasonal Sampler” dropping on December 31!

Featuring musical excerpts from:

Calliope Brass
Laura Virella, mezzo-soprano
Miguel Tejada
Kevin Delaney
Kirstin Chambers, soprano & Keith Chambers, conductor
Alighieri Duo
Samantha Echo
Double Entendre Music Ensemble
Lori Phillips, soprano, and Mary Phillips, mezzo soprano
Jamie Ignao
Jamie Reynolds
Hot Glue & The Gun

We hope you join us on New Year’s Eve for this festive retrospective, and most of all, enjoy what you hear on Inwood Art Works On Air, where we meet the musicians who make their home here in Upper Manhattan!

On Air is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts and www.inwoodartworks.nyc.

Holiday Celebration

We cordially invite you to Uptown’s holiday event of the season!

Inwood Art Works

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

A Live Virtual Fundraiser

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 – 7:00-8:00pm via Zoom

Featuring an incredible array of IAW’s digital programming!

A Special Holiday Musical Storytime,
Lost Inwood History Documentary: From Ice Age to Present Day,
An On Air Opera Aria preview from our podcast, and
An exclusive world premiere short film from the Inwood Film Festival.
Plus special guests!

Hosted by Founder & Executive Producer, Aaron Simms

Contribute $25 or more to Inwood Art Works final fundraiser of the year and you will receive the private link to the Holiday Celebration.

Contribute $100 or more to receive the link, plus a new Inwood Art Works black T-shirt in your size, and vintage IAW tote bag.

Your 100% tax-deductible contribution will ensure that we can continue to offer top-quality digital events, pay local artists, and be artistically and financially ready to reopen as soon as it is safe to do so.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Inwood Art Works is committed to making arts programming that is affordable and accessible. In pursuit of this goal, if you are unable to make a contribution and would like to attend, email aaron@inwoodartworks.nyc.

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If you are unable to attend you can still make a contribution to our annual campaign to help sustain our stellar digital events by clicking here, or making a check payable to “Inwood Art Works” at 97 Park Terrace West, NY, NY 10034

Starting Your Song

Inwood Art Works in association with The Rally Cat presents

Starting Your Song

A Virtual Musical Workshop for Young Adults 13-15 years old.
Saturday, November 7, 2020 – 10am-11:30am via Zoom

Admission by pay-what-you-can donation to Inwood Art Works.

Is there a song in your heart?
Is there a story you are bursting to tell through words and music?
Do you love listening to songs on the radio or Spotify and want to try writing one yourself?

Join us on Saturday, November 7th from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM for a virtual lyric-based songwriting workshop led by librettist and lyricist Marella Martin Koch.

You will 1) find your title, 2) choose a song form, and 3) leave with a first draft of lyrics for your song. Plus, you will have fun and meet new friends!

Perfect for first-time songwriters, there will be plenty of time for questions and many opportunities to learn by doing in this Zoom workshop presented by Inwood Art Works in association with The Rally Cat.

This virtual workshop is limited to 8 participants, and is first-come-first served.

To sign-up, email info@inwoodartworks.nyc with “Starting Your Song” in the subject line. Please include the name and age of the participant in the body of the email. Accepted participants will receive a confirmation email.

Marella Martin Koch is a librettist, playwright, and director originally from Los Angeles. Her mission is to create healthy collaborative environments that foster courage, innovation, and connection. She has been commissioned by opera companies across the country, from Music of Remembrance in Seattle to Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center in DC. She teaches acting, improvisation, and songwriting to middle and high school students across NYC, and has been a guest director for NYU/Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Musical Theatre Writing and a guest lecturer in libretto-writing at UCLA School of Music.

Founded in 2017 by Marella Martin Koch, The Rally Cat generates high-quality performances of new work by emerging artists and facilitates creative educational opportunities for students of all ages.

5th Annual Inwood Film Festival (Postponed)

Join us for a weekend of short films, feature films, seminars, and networking events at the 5th annual Inwood Film Festival to celebrate the diversity of Inwood and the talent of its local filmmakers. THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEW LATE-SPRING DATE TBD.

The festival includes a special Opening Night Benefit on Friday, March 13, at 6.30pm featuring a special presentation of the Past, Present, and Future of the Inwood Film Festival plus delicious food and beverages from Indian Road Café, Dyckman Beer Company, and ChocNYC.

For a full Festival schedule visit our 2020 Film Festival page.

Tickets

$15 Single Tickets (On Sale February 17, 2020)
$50 Festival Pass
$85 Pre-Sale Benefit Ticket / $125 Day of Benefit Ticket
$125 Benefit Ticket & Festival Pass (On sale until Festival Passes sell out)

*Special discount for local students. Email info@inwoodartworks for promo code and attach proof of current valid ID.

Festival Events

OPENING NIGHT BENEFIT
Friday, March 13, 6:30-10:00pm

Special presentation of the Past, Present, and Future of the Inwood Film Festival! Featuring the history of Hollywood filmmaking in the ‘hood, award-winning shorts from our previous festivals, an exclusive preview of our 5^th anniversary festival, special guest interviews with the inaugural Inwood Filmmaker Fund grantees, and a special “state of the arts address” by local artists with a look to the future of the arts in Inwood. Plus, an exciting special announcement from Inwood Art Works!

Plus, delicious food from Indian Road Café, refreshing beer from Dyckman Beer Company, delectable desserts by ChocNYC complimented with a champagne toast to celebrate our first five years!

$85 pre-purchase. $125 day-of, and at the door, if space allows.

RED CARPET COMMUNITY ROOM
Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15

The Red-Carpet Community Room is a hip hub to connect filmmakers and audiences. It is for the exclusive use of all Inwood Film Festival ticketed patrons before and after each screening. Enjoy a glass of wine from Indian Road Café or a Dyckman Beer and come to connect with neighbors before the show, stay afterward to discuss the films, meet like-minded folk, and hob-nob with local movers n’ shakers.

POST SCREENING CONVERSATIONS

Saturday, March 14 – 8:05pm – Hear first-hand from local filmmakers Carylanna Taylor and Jacob Akira Okada about how they made their feature film following the presentation of ANYA.

Sunday, March 15 – 6:35pm – Join local filmmaker Dileepan Ganesan for a post-screening conversation about his adventures following the screening of the feature of Sometimes Why.

INDUSTRY SEMINARS

Stykz Digital Animation for Kids – Saturday, March 14 – 12:05pm
$25 Lab fee – Laptop provided. Appropriate for 3rd to 6th grade students. (Cap of 15 students).

Dr. Rurik Nackerud will teach you the basics of animation using open source software suitable for Windows or Macs to create your very own animated video short.

Sound Design for Documentary Filmmaking – Saturday, March 14 – 5:05pm (pay-what-you-can)

Learn the ins and outs of designing sound from the pros! Hosted by Jonathan Bell.

Filmmaking A to Z – Sunday, March 15 – 5:05pm (pay-what-you-can)

Are you interested in creating a film and it’s your first time? Have you already made a film but are looking for ways to make the process more streamlined? Here is what you need to know.

Samantha Farinella facilitates the conversation with established filmmakers Erin Greenwell and Megan Rossman on important information that gets overlooked in film schools and can only be learned on the job including: choosing your topic/subject, understanding the basics of pre-production/production/post-production and what they really entail, establishing relationships / picking your team, raising funds, applying to festivals, and more!

Join Inwood Art Works to hear how industry professionals tackle these questions and more (for both narrative and documentary).

AWARD CEREMONY

Sunday, March 15 – 8:00pm – Following the final screening at approximately 8pm

Join us in the Theater for the announcement of the Inwood Film Festival’s Awards for Excellence in Filmmaking by Manhattan Borough President, Gale A. Brewer.

AFTER PARTIES

Saturday, March 14 at 10pm & Sunday, March 15 at 9:00pm at Indian Road Café

Following the post-screening discussion on Saturday and the Award Ceremony on Sunday, join filmmakers, film aficionados, and the Inwood Art Works team at Indian Road Café (600 West 218^th Street) to raise a glass to our Inwood community and its vibrant arts scene.

New York City Quarantine Film Festival

Presented by Inwood Art Works, producer of the acclaimed Inwood Film Festival and Film Works Alfresco programs in NYC. The purpose of the New York Quarantine Film Festival is to encourage New Yorkers to express their creativity, celebrate their city, exercise their resilience, and have some fun while staying safe in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Winners

After two weeks of voting, here are the 10 most “liked” films from the 100+ entries that were submitted, in order of popularity (the “Best” film for each of the nine borough and genre categories wins $250):

Best Bronx Film: Alone With My Demons by Juan Ramirez, Jr.
Best Horror: Captor by Regan Alejo
Best Manhattan Film: Out of Joint by Chang Wen
Best Comedy Film: When Filming A TikTok Goes Wrong by Teaa Taylor
Best Brooklyn Film: 19 Times by Mariana Meraz
Top Ten Honorable Mention: Day 63 – A Dancer In Quarantine by Julia Bengtsson
Top Ten Honorable Mention: Quarantine Day 237 by Andrew Sanford
Best Dramatic Film: A Sunday in May by Carlos Matias
Top Ten Honorable Mention: Pane Pals by Mary Albert, Omar Camps-Kamrin
Top Ten Honorable Mention: NYC Life in Quarantine by Marija Parente

And rounding out the awards:

Best Queens Film: Dead or Alive by Polly Solomon
Best Staten Island Film: The Tale of Propsey by Eduardo Guzman
Best Kids Film: Big Brother by Dylan Lopez

Congratulations to all the winners, whose film will be shows at our Alfresco screenings later this summer, and thanks to everyone who submitted a short film. We hope they made everyone’s quarantine that little bit more tolerable and creative.

And don’t forget — you can still see all the short films that were submitted to the New York Quarantine Film Festival (over 100 of them) on our YouTube page

Stay safe!

The Original Guidelines:

Films must be shot, while practicing safety and social distancing, in your quarantined area located within the five boroughs of NYC.
Films can be no longer than 3 minutes in length.
Films must be shot with your phone.
Films should be submitted in the following genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Kids (made by Kids 12 & under).

Submissions closed on May 29, but all entries that followed the guidelines have been officially selected as part of the NYCQFF and posted to Inwood Art Works YouTube channel as a NYCQFF Playlist. The films with the most likes by the general public at the end of the voting period from June 1- 13, 2020 receive awards.

Awards:

Filmmakers will be awarded $250 each for the “most liked” films for the following awards voted on by the general public:

Five “Best in Borough Awards” for the most liked film submitted from Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.

Best Comedy Film – for the most liked comedy film.

Best Dramatic Film – for the most liked dramatic film.

Best Horror Film – for the most liked horror film.

Best Kids Film – for the most liked film made by a kid, 12 and under.

Special Bonus: The “Top 10” liked films, along with the awarded films, will get a public presentation (post-quarantine) in NYC Parks in 2021 as part of Inwood Art Works’ Film Works Alfresco outdoor cinema series.

Good Shepherd Fish Fry

Knights of Columbus – St. Joseph’s Council #443 and Inwood Art Works present the Good Shepherd Fish Fry, marking the end of Lent on Good Friday, which this year is Friday, April 3.

The price ($5 Children, $15 for Adults through March 29, $20 thereafter) includes appetizer & entree, There is also a cash Bar & delicious assorted deserts available, plus a 50/50 raffle! All proceeds benefit the Children’s Scholarship Fund of Good Shepherd

Get tickets at www.kofc443.org and at the Good Shepherd Rectory (212-567-1300)

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St. Joseph Council 443 y Inwood Art Works presentan Freiduría de Pescado, viernes 3 de Abril 7 pm-9pm.

El precio ($5 niños, $15 adultos hasta el 23 de marzo, $20 a partir de entonces) incluye aperitivos y plato fuerte.
Bebidas a la venta y postres surtidos, y una rifa de 50/50. Todo lo recaudado es en beneficio del fondo de becas de la escuela Good Shepherd

Obtenga boletos en www.kofc443.org o llamando a la rectoría de Good Shepherd (212-567-1300)

Uptown Artist Networking Night

Inwood Art Works believes artists are merchants and entrepreneurs. Come network with fellow uptown artists and creatives of all disciplines! Meet new collaborators, share resources, find a mentor or an apprentice, be in-the-know of what’s happening next right here in your hood.

CONNECT. COLLABORATE. CELEBRATE:
-Connect by getting to know fellow local artists..
-Collaborate by discovering like-minded people.
-Celebrate being a part of our vibrant uptown arts culture.

Complimentary Beer and Wine provided by Indian Road Cafe. FREE with RSVP, or as space allows with sign-in on the day-of the event.

Broadway Off Broadway – Shana Farr: The Best of the Tonys

Inwood Art Works and Indian Road Cafe presents the inaugural performance of a new cabaret series, Broadway Off Broadway, featuring
Shana Farr performing The Best of the Tonys, accompanied by Jonathan Bell.

Inspired by songs from Tony Award-winning musicals, Shana Farr weaves together an evening of songs that represent some of the best remembered songs of Broadway by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, Cole Porter, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Bock & Harnick, Jerry Herman, and more.

Seating begins at 7pm. $10 Table or Bar Seat Reservation online and at the door and $20 house minimum purchase at the cafe.

Shana Farr is a classically trained actress/singer and award-winning cabaret/concert performer who has played at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center Rose Theater, Feinsteins at The Regency, Feinsteins/54 Below, and Birdland, as well as Londons Crazy Coqs and most recently The Pheasantry.

She has performed leading roles in musical theater, operetta and plays. Highlights are: The Music Man, The Merry Widow, Sweet Bird of Youth, Oklahoma!, Love Letters, Princess Ida, The Student Prince, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Yeomen Of The Guard at venues including New York City Center, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, McCarter Theater, York Theatre Company, Rhynsburger Theatre.

Her debut album Out Of The Shadows was released in November 2012 with a live performance and celebration held at The Players with a glowing review from the Wall Street Journal saying “Her voice is bright, strong and true. . .and Ms. Farr is probably the most convincing younger American to sing Noel Coward.”

For more information about Shana visit www.shanafarr.com

Inwood Art Works’ Broadway Off Broadway series offers unforgettable performances by local Broadway and professional theater artists in a picturesque dining setting. Inwood is home to an incredibly talented bastion of professional musical theater artists. Why travel to Times Square, when you can experience the brilliance of Broadway steps from your home?

Broadway Off Broadway is co-curated by Mary Illes and Aaron Simms. If you would like to be considered for a show, get in touch at submissions@inwoodartworks.nyc