The Patch May 2, 2017 The sixth annual Greenpoint Film Festival will kick off Thursday at the Wythe Hotel screening room and run through the weekend. GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — A four-day movie binge-watch is coming to Brooklyn this weekend with the sixth annual Greenpoint Film Festival. The festival will screen documentaries, experimental shorts, a narrative…
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Greenpointers Mary 3, 2017 Greenpoint is a hub for filmmaking, boasting countless production companies and film facilities, in addition to the oft-maligned and very frequent film shoots that tend to clog our slender sidewalks and historical streets. We would argue that Greenpoint’s been culturally interesting and relevant for many years, but some have said that Girls being filmed here…
Brooklyn Reporter May 2, 2017 Pass the popcorn. The sixth annual Greenpoint Film Festival will hit the borough this weekend, featuring four days of competitive submissions and curated programs — all right here in Brooklyn. The screenings of both shorts and feature-length films – to be held at the Wythe Hotel Screening Room, 80…
Bedford + Bowery May 1, 2017 Tribeca Film Festival just ended, but Greenpoint Film Festival is returning for its sixth year, from May 4 to 7. Just like Tribeca, GFF features documentaries, narrative features, experimental and animated shorts, but it also boasts a category that’s unique to the neighborhood. Among the six environmental films are…
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2017 GFF Press Release
Contact; Rvalado@gmail.com Website: greenpointfilmfestival.org Woven Spaces, Inc. Presents the Sixth Annual Greenpoint Film Festival May 4-7, 2017 Greenpoint, Brooklyn Announcing the 6th Annual 2017 Greenpoint Film Festival, from May 4th through May 7th in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with four days of competitive submissions and curated programs. Screenings willbe held at the Wythe Hotel Screening Room, at…
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‘Once Hamoun’ for New York Festival
Financial Tribune First English Iranian Economic Daily April 18, 2017 The short environmental documentary film ‘Once Hamoun,’ directed by filmmaker Mohammad Ehsani, 44, will be screened at the 6th Greenpoint Film Festival in New York. The festival is slated for May 4-7 and the 35-minute film on the endangered marshlands of Hamoun, will be shown…
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Notes from the field
We’ve had a great time working with Philip on this short term internship. We asked him to give us a brief synopsis of his stay in New York and life goals. Here is what he said: I’m here from Sweden, living in Greenpoint for a few months, and just celebrated my 21st birthday. I took…
We welcome Michelle Macau back to GFF – now on her fourth year. Michelle has worked with us on event management, ticketing, submissions, film selections and panels. She has had a very busy year with acting gigs, and teaching. We asked Michelle to send us some notes for our blog: As a member of The…
Steve Swartz, one of our judges from last year’s GFF final selection talked to us recently about the benefit of film festival, in particular small film festivals. Here is what he had to say: I would say that the film festivals – and especially the small ones – are the cinematic equivalent of the Irish…
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Notes from the field
We talked to Bruno Barros to ask him what he’s been up to since last March’s GFF16. He tells us that he has been fully immersed in the film industry after quitting his very lucrative IT job and that he is very happy. Here in his own words: I work in the Locations department on…