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Movies to see at the Bushwick Film Festival

This year’s 12th Annual Bushwick Film Festival, starting on Oct. 2 and running through Oct. 6, will screen 95 short films, documentaries, and features during its run.

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Bushwick Film Festival: 100 Independent Films Over 5 Days

Festival organizers received a “record-breaking” 1,500 submissions this year from 60 countries. More than 100 films were selected to be showcased ..

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BUSHWICK HOMECOMINGS: THE RECORD to Be Screened at Hip Hop Film Festival in Harlem

BUSHWICK HOMECOMINGS: The Record' will be screened on Saturday, August 3rd during the 12pm movie block of the 2019 Hip Hop Film Festival (HHFF) at the Harlem Film House

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One Bedroom looks at a broken relationship amid rental woes

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to “One Bedroom,” the topical, authentically intimate drama, which is now out on DVD & VOD, after having enjoyed a theatrical opening in Los Angeles.

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Bushwick Film Festival Honors Local and International Filmmakers at Closing Ceremony

The 11th annual Bushwick Film Festival concluded on Sunday at LightSpace Studios with an awards ceremony that highlighted the works of filmmakers from around the world and where Brooklyn was a recurrent theme.

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Women Creators Talk #MeToo at the Bushwick Film Festival

On Saturday, the Bushwick Film Festival gathered an all-female panel to discuss the challenges of working as a woman in the film industry, separating the art from the artist and pushing toward positive change in the #MeToo era.

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Women’s Films Go Fast And Hard At The Bushwick Film Festival

The event allows viewers to watch seven very different short pictures showcasing the work of women cinematographers, with a filmmaker question and answer session to follow.

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Bushwick Film Festival founder Kweighbaye Kotee on celebrating diversity in film

The 11th annual Bushwick Film Festival will show 95 films over five days. About half of the films were created by women and 40 percent by people of color. Nineteen countries are being represented in this year’s festival.


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Over 100 Titles Will Screen at the Bushwick Film Festival

This Wednesday kicks off a five-day film festival in Bushwick screening local talent and works by filmmakers from around the world.

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New Independent Film BUSHWICK BEATS To Open Bushwick Film Festival

Bushwick Beats: What do a single mother with ALS, a vampire, and two lovers stuck in separate TIMELINES have in common?

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Citizen Jane Festival

In 2007, Kweighbaye Kotee, founded The Bushwick Film Festival, which celebrates independent film and provides chances for diverse filmmakers to exhibit their work

FESTS LIKE US! (Shorts Program)

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Review: Bushwick Film Festival Opening Night’s “In Case of Emergency”

In Case of Emergency is a feminist female comedy—one which I greatly enjoyed. It was one of the first films I’ve seen where the women were not only the leads but also the protagonists and the comedians

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On The Scene: 10th Annual Bushwick Film Festival

The women shared stories of their experience on how they made it in the business as females and the challenges they currently face. One similarity between the panelists was their path

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Cast & crew on the Red Carpet @ Bushwick Film Festival

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7 Movies to Go See This Weekend During Bushwick Film Festival

Bushwick Film Festival usually rolls out in October without a warning (okay, I admit they do a lot of marketing before the festival, it’s just me who doesn’t seem to see it), and offers so so much good stuff, it puts one in a massive FOMO frenzy

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