Queens Pictures

12/04/2020

IT'S OFFICIAL!!! Our new film, The Garden Left Behind, is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Huge thanks to every single film critic who reviewed this important story. #translivesmatter

11/23/2020

BREAKING NEWS! The Garden Left Behind wins the Gratitude Award at the 2020 Centre Film Festival. This film keeps rolling out far and wide.
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10/17/2020

BREAKING NEWS!
Our director, Flavio Alves, has just won the 2020 BEST LATINX DIRECTOR AWARD. Thank you Nalip for this award.
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10/03/2020

Our new film, The Garden Left Behind, is now available on Amazon, iTunes, Fandango, Google Play, and more. For more info please visit: https://linktr.ee/autonomous

07/27/2020

BREAKING NEWS!!! - A once in a life time opportunity- Director/writer Flavio Alves and Producer Roy Wol of the multiple-award winning feature film #TheGardenLeftBehind has been invited to Film Independent Forum in Los Angeles this year as a highlighted Case Study Video Keynote moderated by Avril Speaks (producer of "Jinn"), which will be right after Lulu Wang ("The Farewell") moderated by Judd Apatow! We will discuss our unique fundraising methodology (eBayMyFilm) and our press campaign which placed us into Rotten Tomatoes' “Top 40 best LGBTQ films of all time” and 70 Film festivals across the globe. Join us for a whole hour! AUGUST 1st. We are grateful!! #glaad #ifp #ifpfilm #nysca #nalip #outfest #nyfa #halfinitiative #sheadiamond #frameline #thegardenleftbehind #carlieguevara #transisbeautiful #transfilm #lgbtqfilm #newfest #pflag #ebay #ivanablack #tamarawilliams #indiefilm #roywol #miriamcruz #devinlowe #mayerfoundation #RottenTomatoes #jeromefoundation #sxsw More info: http://bit.ly/FiForum20

04/23/2020

Today marks 12 years since Queens Pictures was founded! And in the past few years, we have had the opportunity to work with so many incredible and talented people, including Roy Woll, John Flynn, John Rotondo, Frances Lozada, Kristen Parker, Nick Eisenberg, Alex K Rojas, Àlex Lora, Koshi Kiyokawa, Marcelo Santos, Gabriel Machado Soares, T.J. Magg, Giancarlo Chico, Greg Starr, Andrew Daniels, and so many others.

03/08/2020

Director Flavio Alves at the screening of The Garden Left Behind at the 2020 Glasgow Film Festival.

09/02/2019

ATLANTA!!! The Garden Left Behind, is an official selection at Out On Film. The film will be screened on Sept 29th at 5pm @ Landmark Midtown Art Cinema (Atlanta). For more information and tickets, please visit: https://oof2019.eventive.org/films/the-garden-left-behind-5d55e3501a4cd3002974125b
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06/13/2019

The Garden Left Behind is an official selection at the 2019 Outfest Film Festival.

06/12/2019

IT'S OFFICIAL!!! The Consulate General of Brazil is co-presenting the screening of The Garden Left Behind, at Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco (June 25 @4pm).

#glaad #frameline #insideout #thegardenleftbehind #ifp #ifpfilm #nyfa #transisbeautiful #transfilm #lgbtqfilm #insideout19 #nysca #nalip #pflag #jeromefoundation #ebay #carlieguevara #ivanablack #tamarawilliams #winner #indiefilm #FL43 #Frameline43 #sanfrancisco #brazilianembassy

05/17/2019

Ivana Black, Tamara M Williams, and director Flavio Alves at the Bentonville Film Festival press meeting.

05/17/2019

Encouraging Greater Diversity in Cinema: Highlights of the Bentonville Film Festival | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

ANOTHER GREAT REVIEW!!!! The Garden Left Behind is "UNFORGETTABLE" - RogerEbert.com
https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/encouraging-greater-diversity-in-cinema-highlights-of-the-bentonville-film-festival
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A look back at the 2019 Bentonville Film Festival, including Ophelia, Blinded by the Light and The Garden Left Behind.

05/11/2019

At the Bentonville Film Festival with Ivana Black and Tamara M Williams.

05/11/2019

HUGE thanks to Coca-Cola for supporting The Garden Left Behind screenings at Bentonville Film Festival.

04/27/2019

Director Flavio Alves, Ivana Black, and John Rotondo during the Q&A after the screening of The Garden Left Behind at the Florida Film Festival.

04/24/2019

The incredible team behind The Garden Left Behind.

04/23/2019

Queens Pictures's cover photo

04/23/2019

Queens Pictures

04/23/2019

Our film, The Garden Left Behind, at the 43rd Cleveland International Film Festival. #glaad #ifp #ifpfilm #transisbeautiful #nalip #pflag #transfilm #lgbtqfilm #lgbtfilm #welovecleveland #cleveland #clefilmfest #frameline #outfest #nysca #jeromefoundation #hrc

03/15/2017

TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN >>>>> The Garden Left Behind is a film of grand ambitions and amazing achievement, and I want to take this opportunity to thank our amazing DP, Koshi Kiyokawa, for the brilliant cinematography. He is this month's TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN crew member. WE ALL LOVE YOU Kiyo.

03/03/2017

Lea Politan is sensational in The Garden Left Behind as Brianna. She has achieved something very special with her character.

10/08/2016

Here are some of the BTS stills from our last week shoot... at the baseball field.

08/25/2016

We're thrilled to announce that 5 time Golden Globe winner, Ed Asner, will join the cast on our new film The Garden Left Behind.

06/02/2016

OUR NEW OFFICE (Manhattan). So ready to get our next film done. Let's get it.💪

05/13/2016

Crafting Stories with Filmmaker Flavio Alves

A new article with director Flavio Alves on NYFA... A MUST READ interview. http://current.nyfa.org/post/143228443398/crafting-stories-with-filmmaker-flavio-alves

“As an independent filmmaker, I have more freedom to take bold steps.”Flavio Alves is an immigrant filmmaker living and working in New York. In 2014, Tom in America was the official selection of the...

05/03/2016

IT'S OFFICIAL!!! Our short 'Tom in America' has been selected to the amazing Santa Cruz Film Festival (June 1-5)

04/01/2016

Another award for our short film 'Tom in America'... Honorable Mention for best narrative short film at the Queens World Film Festival.

03/05/2016

We're proud to announce a partnership with the Brazilian based production company, LVPaudiovisual, for projects in Brazil. Contact us and learn more. #LVPNewYork #QueensPictures

03/03/2016

Our short 'Tom in America' has been nominated for 3 awards at the Queens World Film Festival. Here is the list of nominees. https://www.queensworldfilmfestival.com/winners/

02/15/2016

Our short film 'Tom in America' has been selected to the 2016 Cordoba International Film Festival.

02/02/2016

BREAKING NEWS! Our upcoming film, THE GARDEN LEFT BEHIND, has been awarded a major grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). READ MORE http://current.nyfa.org/

01/26/2016

WINNER!!! 'Tom in America' wins the Best Short film award at the 2016 Albuquerque Film Festival.

01/15/2016

Another cool festival. Our short film 'Tom in America' has been selected to the 2016 Dam Short Film Festival, which runs Feb 10-13.

11/17/2015

ANOTHER GREAT NEWS!!! Our short film 'Tom in America' won the 'Best Director' award at the 2015 Nevada International Film Festival.

10/31/2015

GREAT NEWS!!! We've just won in UK the 'Best Director' award for 'Tom in America' at the 2015 Colchester Film Festival. Special thanks to crew/cast/supporters.