EVENT
Queens World Film Festival 2024
Apr 17 — Apr 28, 2024
The Queens World Film Festival (QWFF), organized by Katha and Preston Cato and their team of collaborators, is an annual festival that features screenings, industry panels, special events, and youth-oriented educational initiatives. Now in its 13th year, the festival will present more than 150 films from around the world—and around the corner. The Museum will host a number of QWFF screenings in the Redstone Theater and the Bartos Screening Room. See below for a summary. For further details and ways to purchase tickets, visit queensworldfilmfestival.org.
QWFF screenings at MoMI:
Take This: 7 Films That Refuse to Back Down
Wednesday, April 17, 7:00 p.m. Redstone Theater
Opening Night remarks and the presentation of the Spirit of Queens Award to filmmaker Yance Ford will precede a program of short films.
Into the Light: 6 Films About Trying to Be Understood
Friday, April 19, 2:00 p.m. Redstone Theater
Interconnectedness: 2 Films About Blending Imagination with Reality
Friday, April 19, 4:30 p.m. Redstone Theater
Friends? Neighbors?: 2 Films About Those Strange Relationships
Friday, April 19, 6:45 p.m. Redstone Theater
The Green Flash
Saturday, April 20, 12:30 p.m. Bartos Screening Room
Chasing Success: 2 Films About the Grind
Saturday, April 20, 3:00 p.m. Redstone Theater
Nothing but Web: 3 Trippy Pilots
Saturday, April 20, 5:30 p.m. Redstone Theater
The Enchanted Lake
Sunday, April 21, 1:30 p.m. Bartos Screening Room
Keepers: 2 Films About 2 Unique Caretakers
Sunday, April 21, 4:00 p.m. Bartos Screening Room
Creepy and Terrifying: 2 Films That Will Make Your Hair Stand Straight Up
Sunday, April 21, 6:00 p.m. Redstone Theater
Empowerment: 3 Films About Elevating Others
Thursday, April 25, 12:30 p.m. Bartos Screening Room
Hebe
Thursday, April 25, 3:00 p.m. Bartos Screening Room / Strobe Warning
Local Express: 6 Films by Talented Filmmakers Across the City
Friday, April 26, 2:00 p.m. Redstone Theater
Visibly Introspective: A Series of Soul Searchers
Friday, April 26, 4:15 p.m. Redstone Theater
Freedom Hair
Friday, April 26, 6:45 p.m. Redstone Theater
Kinship: 4 Films About the Need to Connect
Saturday, April 27, 12:30 p.m. Bartos Screening Room
Environmentally Speaking: 2 Films About What’s Happening
Saturday, April 27, 3:00 p.m. Redstone Theater
Stockade
Saturday, April 27, 5:30 p.m. Redstone Theater
Unicorns
Sunday, April 28, 4:15 p.m. Bartos Screening Room
Queens Corner: 6 Films as Diverse as Our Borough
Sunday, April 28, 4:30 p.m. Redstone Theater
Tickets are available through the Queens World Film Festival.