QWIFF - QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL

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QWFF celebrates maverick filmmakers while screening projects from around the corner and around the globe.

In the Spotlight is the 5th Annual Queens World Film Festival (QWFF), welcoming innovative, filmmakers to Queens, New York -- a community of diversity, ingenuity, and artistry. 

The intimacy this unforgettable festival helps talented filmmakers connect with one another, even before the event begins -- a host of industry panels, special events, and year-round screenings serve to round out the QWFF experience. In 2014 QWFF premiered the director's cut of Josh Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing and featured an opening night celebration at the Museum of Moving Image. Each year the Spirit of Queens award is presented to the filmmaker with a challenging piece of work that moves independent cinema; past honorees include Karen Black, Lloyd Kaufman and Hal Hartley.

QWFF distributes awards in a wide array of competitive categories, including Maverick Film, Best LGBTQ Film, Best Narrative Short, Best Animated Short, Best Documentary, Best Documentary Short, Best Actor, Best Actress, and more. All told, the festival is an extraordinary celebration of on-screen and behind-the-scenes talents, hosted in one of the most dynamic and multicultural boroughs in the United States.

In previous years, films selected for display at QWFF have spanned the full gamut of storytelling possibilities. Festival audiences have recently thrilled at tales of unorthodox African midwives (Motorcycle Midwife), animated voyages through alien bodies (Planet Utero), and a drag performer trying to adopt a baby (Queen). With encore screenings throughout the Queens borough, filmmakers have multiple opportunities to connect with the community and put their work front and center.

If you've created a great film, QWFF wants to help it catch fire with audiences. Submit your best work today!

November 9, 2014 - Late Deadline