Bushwick Film Festival

05/24/2021

14th Annual Bushwick Film Festival regular deadline is approaching June 15!!! 🏃🏽‍♂️

Swipe for 6 Reasons Why You Should Submit to #Bushwick! ➡️

1. We are rated top 100 on #filmfreeway: Out of over 10,000 festivals we're #15! 🕺

2. We have an amazing audience to share your story with. Live and digital! (visit our #Facebook albums to see!)
3. We watch and discuss every film submitted!

4. #Submissions are affordable 🤑

5. We have an incredible community of filmmakers and industry professionals (our 2020 program is still up on www.bushwickfilmfestival.com so you can check out all the amazing names and networks!

6. Opportunity to launch your career as an Award winning filmmaker! 🏆
Regular Deadline is June 15 So submit and save *SUBMISSION LINK IN BIO*

Comment below with questions, email us at [email protected], or explore our website to learn more about our incredible programming: www.bushwickfilmfestival.com

We look forward to seeing and discussing your films! 😄

#submit #brooklyn #filmfestival #newyork #nyc #festivalvibes #directors #actors #storytellers #Bushwick #Brooklyn #FilmFestivals #Tribeca #Sundance #Director #Actors #Cinematographer #Top100

05/24/2021

14th Annual Bushwick Film Festival regular deadline is approaching June 15!!! 🏃🏽‍♂️

Swipe for 6 Reasons Why You Should Submit to #Bushwick! ➡️

1. We are rated top 100 on #filmfreeway: Out of over 10,000 festivals we're #15! 🕺

2. We have an amazing audience to share your story with. Live and digital! (visit our #Facebook albums to see!)
3. We watch and discuss every film submitted!

4. #Submissions are affordable 🤑

5. We have an incredible community of filmmakers and industry professionals (our 2020 program is still up on www.bushwickfilmfestival.com so you can check out all the amazing names and networks!

6. Opportunity to launch your career as an Award winning filmmaker! 🏆
Regular Deadline is June 15 So submit and save *SUBMISSION LINK IN BIO*

Comment below with questions, email us at [email protected], or explore our website to learn more about our incredible programming: www.bushwickfilmfestival.com

We look forward to seeing and discussing your films! 😄

#submit #brooklyn #filmfestival #newyork #nyc #festivalvibes #directors #actors #storytellers #Bushwick #Brooklyn #FilmFestivals #Tribeca #Sundance #Director #Actors #Cinematographer #Top100

05/08/2021

Bushwick Film Festival—Blog

#ICYMI - We relaunched our blog this month!

We are currently searching for volunteer writers/content creators who are passionate about the art of storytelling. We welcome any style— the inquisitive, the experimental, and everything in between. Perhaps there are pressing questions you want to explore, cultural conversations you’d like to spark, or movie-going experiences you’d like to share about. This space is meant to provide you with the visibility, inclusivity, and the agency to examine the stories that excite you, the artists that bring them to life, and the ecosystems that work to get them in front of audiences.

To sign up to contribute and for more information visit this link: https://bit.ly/3dHFly1

Visit our blog at www.bushwickfilmfestival.com/blog

#Blog #FilmReviews #VideoEssay #IndustryNews #filmindustry #Listening #Podcast #filmanalysis #movies #filmfestival ##festival #tv #filmmaking

Engaging Film & TV Show reviews, Film Analysis, Film Festival Reviews, Industry News, and Video Essays from a community of diverse Independent Media Critics.

05/07/2021

Bushwick Film Festival—Blog

Exciting News! We relaunched our blog this month! Visit the Bushwick Film Festival's blog for engaging Film & TV reviews, Film Festival Write-ups, Industry News, Video Essays, and Critical Analysis of Films. Most reviews and write-ups are accommodated by sound files for easy listening. New Posts include Tina Turner Film Review, an article on Film as Poetry: When Art Intersects, and an interview with Filmmaker and BFI Alumni about her first feature film! All content is created by a community of diverse independent media critics. Be sure to check it out and tell us what you think! http://bit.ly/2UKSNbw

#Blog #FilmReviews #VideoEssay #IndustryNews #filmindustry #Listening #Podcast #filmanalysis #movies #filmfestival ##festival #tv #filmmaking

Engaging Film & TV Show reviews, Film Analysis, Film Festival Reviews, Industry News, and Video Essays from a community of diverse Independent Media Critics.

05/06/2021

Invite: Conversation with Minari editor Harry Yoon #APAHM RSVP Here: https://bit.ly/3gftdWr - https://mailchi.mp/bushwickfilmfestival/invite-conversation-with-minari-editor-harry-yoon-apahm

Invite: Conversation with Minari editor Harry Yoon #APAHM RSVP Here: https://bit.ly/3gftdWr - https://mailchi.mp/bushwickfilmfestival/invite-conversation-with-minari-editor-harry-yoon-apahm

05/04/2021

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Conversation with Harry Yoon, Editor of Minari. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join us for a virtual conversation with Harry Yoon, editor of Minari this Sat. 5/8 @ 1PM. Come ready to hear more about Yoon’s creative process and how his personal story helped to guide him through the editing of Minari!

Space is limited to 100 guests so be sure to RSVP asap: https://bit.ly/3gftdWr

Minari was nominated for six Oscars and won Best Supporting Actress (Yuh-Jung Youn). Harry's feature film editing credits include #Detroit and #TheBestOfEnemies. TV credits include #Euphoria and #TheNewsRoom. He was an additional editor on #FirstMan and #TheLastBlackManinSanFrancisco and VFX editor on #TheRevenant and #ZeroDarkThirty

This talk is a part of our monthly conversation series featuring significant voices of Film & TV.

#Minari #Oscars #yuhjungyoun #AAPIHeritageMonth #APAHM #editor #A24

Join us for a conversation with Harry Yoon, the Editor of Minari, moderated by Abie Sidell. Harry Yoon is a film and TV editor based in Los Angeles. Harry recently edited A24’s MINARI - winner of the domestic Grand Jury Prize and Audience Awards at Sundance 2020 and nominated for 6 Academy Awards ...

04/29/2021

🚨Tune into our IG live @ 7PM EST🚨

Q&A with Filmmaker @tess__harrison

“I think I am terrified of losing someone - so finding a way to visualize that space in between life and #death is comforting to me,” says Bushwick Film Festival alumna Tess Harrison about her upcoming film, The Light Upstate, which explores #grief and its myriad of complexities. Harrison is a #filmmaker and #actor whose momentum is on the rise. Her work in short narrative film and music videos shows her capacity to tell visually and narratively exciting stories in just a few short minutes.

Soon we’ll have the opportunity to see what Harrison can do with the feature-length format in her directorial debut, The Light Upstate, an adaptation of her 2018 short Take Me Out with the Stars, an official selection of the 11th Annual Bushwick Film Festival.

#womeninfilm #womxn #femaledirector #bushwick #bushwickfilmfest #nyc #newdirector #indiefilm #independent #filmfestival #qanda #IGlive #instagramlive

04/26/2021

RSVP for a Conversation with The Queen's Gambit EP William Horberg Tomorrow @ 7PM #TheQueensGambit - https://mailchi.mp/bushwickfilmfestival/conversation-with-the-queens-gambit-ep-william-horbergtomorrow-7pm

RSVP for a Conversation with The Queen's Gambit EP William Horberg Tomorrow @ 7PM #TheQueensGambit - https://mailchi.mp/bushwickfilmfestival/conversation-with-the-queens-gambit-ep-william-horbergtomorrow-7pm

04/21/2021

🚨New Blog Post🚨

Film Review by by Aubrey Benmark (@zodiacguru17)

Read and Listen on the Bushwick Film Festival's blog! *Linked in bio*

The HBO documentary Tina delves into the personal life and career of rock icon Tina Turner. Utilizing never-before-released sound recordings and archival footage, the film exposes how media coverage of her abusive first marriage to Ike Turner furthered her traumatization, but never overcast Tina’s phenomenal talent.

#TinaTurner #BlogPost #HBO #Turner #Ike #Music #Documentary #domesticviolenceawareness #Icon #domesticviolence #womenempowerment #femaleartist #blackmusicians #femalemusician #BushwickFilmFest #Bushwick #Brooklyn

04/19/2021

Join us for our monthly virtual conversation series featuring some of the best creators in Film & TV today! 🤩 All conversations are free but with a limit of 100 guests so be sure to RSVP asap! 🏃‍♂️

4/27 - Tues @ 7:00PM EST rsvp here: https://bit.ly/39gLPBb
Conversation with WILLIAM HORBERG executive producer of THE QUEEN's GAMBIT

5/8 - Sat @ 1:00PM EST rsvp here: https://bit.ly/3gftdWr
Conversation with HARRY YOON editor of MINARI

7/14 - Wed @ 6:30PM EST rsvp here: https://bit.ly/3e0Blrf
Conversation with KIP KROEGER supervising producer of TED LASSO

June is TBD so staytuned!
#TheQueensGambit #TedLasso #Minari #Producer #Editor #Director #FavoriteShow #FavoriteFilm #Movie #Panel #comedy #Drama #Bushwick #Brooklyn #BushwickFilmFest #ShowTime

03/30/2021

Bushwick Film Festival—Movie Industry Conference

If you missed our incredible Movie Industry Conference during the 2020 Bushwick Film Festival it is now available to watch on our site!

Watch All Panels Here: https://bit.ly/354Cdaw

Special thanks to @HeardCity and @Broadwaystages for sponsoring this incredible event!

Special thanks to all panelists and moderators that participated below.

Movie Industry Conference Panelists:
Alberto Ferreras (Creator, #HBO Latino’s Habla Now)
Andrij Parekh (Emmy Winning Director, #Succession)
Simon Meyers (Producer, #IMayDestroyYou)
R. Xavier Smith (CEO/Creative Director, II Tribes Entertainment)
Bhavna Tripuraneni (Content Acquisition Manager, #Hulu)
Stacy Chavis (#Amazon #PrimeVideo U.S.)
Ranjana Mitra (Executive Producer, #Disney+ #Hotstar)
Deniese Davis (COO of ColorCreative/Producer, #Insecure)
Kay Rothman (PGA East Chair Emerita/Producer, Silverykay Productions)
Katori Hall (Creator, #Starz #PVALLEY)
Reinaldo Marcus Green (Director, #WarnerBros. King Richard)
Kitty Green (Director, Hulu’s The Assistant)
Ahmed Musiol (Co-Founder/President, #Wayfarer)
Sam Feder (Director/Producer, #Disclosure)
Cory Finley (Director, HBO’s #BadEducation)
Mike Makowsky (Writer, HBO’s Bad Education)
Matt Davies (Sound Designer/Foley Artist, Rat Film, Paddleton, The Wind)
Rah Crawford (World Owned Arts & Entertainment)
ChiChi Anyanwu (Founder, #CHITalentManagement)
Tiauna Jackson (Founder, #JacksonAgency)
Suchir Batra (SVP, Tulsea)
Elissa Dauria Smith (Manager of Literary Affairs, #Lionsgate/Starz)
Hardy Justice (EVP, Illuminated Content)
Loreen Williamson (Co-Founder, #MuseumofUncutFunk)
Pamela Thomas (Co-Founder, Museum of Uncut Funk)
Dana Lerner (Social Media Consultant/ Red Pelican Creative)

Moderators:
Dana Kuznetzkoff (Producer/Founder, Fourth Agreement)
Donaldo Prescod (Filmmaker)
Kweighbaye Kotee (Founder/CEO, Bushwick Film Festival)
Elaine Del Valle (Casting Director/Owner, Del Valle Casting)
David Bloom (Journalist/Host)
Kevyn Fairchild (Founder, Kevyn Fairchild Creative, Inc.)
Sumaiya Ananna (Panels/Conversations Programmer, BFF)

#MovieIndustry #IndustryTalks #Movies #Filmmakers #Directors #Writers #TV #Directors #YouTube #Conference #Panel #Watch #Experts #Filmmaking #Filmmakers #BushwickFilmFest #MovieIndustryConference

Learn from the best! Watch conversations with major TV networks, leading filmmakers, and veteran industry professionals.

03/29/2021

Brief History of The Bushwick Film Festival + IFundWomen Fundraising Campaign

Hey folxs! BFF founder @Kweighbaye here! Here is a brief history of the BFF I delivered during the opening night show of the 2020 BFF!

If you believe in our mission and the work that we do, please take a moment to make a donation to our #IFundWomen campaign.

CAMPAIGN PAGE ALSO LINKED IN BIO:
https://ifundwomen.com/projects/bushwick-film-festival

We launched this campaign after being selected by Lucy Liu to receive the #JaneWalker • IFundWomen’s First Women Grant for our groundbreaking work in film and entertainment! The additional funds raised will go towards supporting our 2021 season which will be our 14th Annual Festival.

The IFundWomen First Women grant program was created in partnership with 10 powerful icons including #LucyLiu, #HalleBerry and #BillieJeanKing to celebrate the achievements of women and their boundary-breaking moments on their journey towards a monumental first.

After losing a considerable amount of income due to the pandemic, we needed support to keep our business going. Not only did this grant help with our payroll costs, but also being recognized by such an incredible network reminded us that our work is important.

And our work is very important! A recent study we conducted in partnership with Pace University students, found that less than 10% of U.S. festivals are owned by women of color. With festivals becoming the new gatekeeper for creators to make connections to networks, producers and distributors, owners must also be diverse in order for new perspectives and diverse voices to rise.

In addition, for nearly 14 years, the Bushwick Film Festival has become an industry staple for new talent and a premiere voice for independent cinema in Brooklyn. We have years of great work under our belt and we plan to do many more years of amazing work with the support of our community!

Please take a moment to contribute to our mission by giving what you can. If you can’t give financially, please help spread the word by liking and sharing our campaign.

Thank you in advance for your support!

With love and gratitude,
Kweighbaye and The BFF Family

--
Johnnie Walker IFundWomen #FirstWomen #FirstWomenGrant #JaneWalkerPartner #MWBE #BlackOwned #WomeninBusiness #FilmFestivals

03/28/2021

What Are You Watching?

Happy #LazySunday, BFFs 🤓🍿 What are you #bingewatching? Here are some shows & films that we are watching!

#Netflix - #ICareAlot, #OnBodyandSoul, #TheLoveBirds, #TheWhiteTiger
#Disney - #WandaVision
#HBOMax - #NewJusticeLeague
#Mubi - #Beginning
#Amazon - #DeadPigs

03/27/2021

Enter your film for a chance to be an #awardwinning filmmaker! In addition, being a BFF Filmmaker catapults you into an incredible filmmaker community and network of industry professionals. Past BFF Filmmakers have gone on to create shows with #Netflix, #Hulu, #WarnerBros., #SYFY, #ABC and more!

For more info about BFF and on how to submit visit www.bushwickfilmfestival/submit

#filmmakers #filmmaker #filmproducer #movies #filmfestival #bushwickfilmfest

03/26/2021

#ICYMI! We launched a monthly conversation series spotlighting significant voices in Film & #TV. Our next conversation will be on April 27 @ 7PM with #TheQueensGambit Executive Producer William Horberg moderated by Producer Dana Kuznetkoff!

RSVP: https://bit.ly/39gLPBb

Conversations are free to attend on zoom but limited to 100 guests so RSVP asap for a chance to hear great stories and get a window into the creative thought process behind Horberg’s success!

There will be a 15 min Q&A after the conversation!

#QueensGambit #WillamHorberg #Producer #Director #Producers #ShowRunners #TVExecutive #Network #TheNetwork #Film #Filmmakers #indiefilmmaker #Directors #Writers #goldenglobes

#ICYMI! We launched a monthly conversation series spotlighting significant voices in Film & #TV. Our next conversation will be on April 27 @ 7PM with #TheQueensGambit Executive Producer William Horberg moderated by Producer Dana Kuznetkoff!

RSVP: https://bit.ly/39gLPBb

Conversations are free to attend on zoom but limited to 100 guests so RSVP asap for a chance to hear great stories and get a window into the creative thought process behind Horberg’s success!

There will be a 15 min Q&A after the conversation!

#QueensGambit #WillamHorberg #Producer #Director #Producers #ShowRunners #TVExecutive #Network #TheNetwork #Film #Filmmakers #indiefilmmaker #Directors #Writers #goldenglobes

03/08/2021

Happy #internationalwomensday #Folx. We hope yall have been celebrating #Womxn all Month! We are just dropping a line to share some important dates and announcements.

1. This Wednesday, March 10th @ 6:30 PM is the launch of our monthly conversation series! The first conversation is with BFF Organizers about #Judasandtheblackmessiah directed by Alumni #ShakaKing. Come ready to engage and share your thoughts about the film, the actors, the #BlackPantherParty, and/or the historical context. All are welcome! There will be spoilers so be sure to watch in advance!

RSVP Here: https://bit.ly/3c125a7

2. Early Bird Submission Deadline is 3/15! Submit by then and save $10.

Submit Here: http://bit.ly/2WVuzZx

3. Please support our fundraising campaign on @IFundWomen In case you missed it, we were selected by Lucy Liu, Jane Walker by Johnny Walker, and IFundWomen for our ground-breaking work in Film & Entertainment. To match this grant, we launched a fundraising campaign to support our 2021 season.

Donate and See More Info: https://bit.ly/3bLkZDr