Harlem International Film Festival

05/05/2024

The bus shelter ads are out!

We got this from a friend who spotted it in Brooklyn. Send us yours for a chance to win free tickets. Oh wait, tickets are free* how about a tee shirt?

Schedule for part 1 of the festival
https://harlemfilmfestival.org/first-four-days-free-may-16-19/ -8383

*First four days free Opening Weekend May 16-19 while seats remain available except for the special performance and screening of Ileana's Smile Friday May 17 at 6:30 pm

02/19/2024

Take an uptown stroll with the Harlem International Film Festival co-founders in this special United Nations magazine Black History Month feature...

https://untoday.org/a-stroll-through-harlem/

Photo credit: Shutterstock

11/18/2023

Starting November 21 you can catch BLOW UP MY LIFE streaming on AppleTV and Amazon Prime.

Winner of the Best Film Award at Harlem International in May, the comedy/thriller features strong performances from Harlem native Kara Young as well as her co-stars Jason Selvig, Ben Horner, Davram Stiefler and Reema Sampat.

You can pre-order Blow Up My Life on AppleTV TODAY!

Kara Young is Charlie August in BLOW UP MY LIFE. 💕 She’s also currently starring in the fabulous on Broadway and you can catch her in Boots Riley’s I’M A VIRGO!



https://harlemfilmfestival.org/blow-up-my-life-now-streaming/

11/11/2023

Early Deadline to submit Films & Screenplays approaches - November 19!

Join writers and filmmakers from Harlem to Hong Kong for the opportunity to showcase your work in the world famous cultural capital – Harlem, New York City!

The 19th Annual Harlem International Film Festival (Hi XIX) opens the call to all FILMS & SCREENPLAYS around the world in any category, by anyone, about anything under the sun: Animation; Documentary; Narrative; Experimental; Music Video; Webisode; Youth Film as well as a specially discounted segment on locally-produced cinema. We welcome passionate, even controversial work.

Harlem International accepts and awards Short and Feature length projects. Feature Documentaries are considered 45 minutes and over and Narrative Features are 60 minutes and over (including titles and end credits). Short works in Narrative, Documentary and Experimental can apply under the general Shorts category.

Animation, Music Video and Webisodes each have their own category. Youth projects must have been completed while the director, producer and/or primary cast was/were under 21 years old.

LOCAL CINEMA In line with its mission, Harlem International offers discounted admission to films produced in the HUB (Harlem, Upper Manhattan & the Bronx), centered on the area and/or its rich history or featuring key cast or crew members from Harlem, other Uptown neighborhoods (North of 96th Street in Manhattan) or the Bronx.

Discounts are also available for all current students when applying through our partner FilmFreeway.

filmfreeway.com/harleminternationalfilmfestival

10/29/2023

WE WANT YOUR FILMS AND SCREENPLAYS!

The call is now open to the 19th Edition of the Harlem International Film Festival taking place May 16-19, 2024

Join writers and filmmakers from Harlem to Hong Kong for the opportunity to showcase your work in the world famous cultural capital – Harlem, New York City!

The 19th Annual Harlem International Film Festival (Hi XIX) opens the call to all FILMS & SCREENPLAYS around the world in any category, by anyone, about anything under the sun: Animation; Documentary; Narrative; Experimental; Music Video; Webisode; Youth Film as well as a specially discounted segment on locally-produced cinema. We welcome passionate, even controversial work and we reward it (click on the “Awards” tab above to see our most recent winners).

Since the inaugural in 2005, the Festival has screened over 1500 of the world’s finest films from scores of countries including: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Lebanon, Mexico, Mozambique, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Trinidad & Tobago, the UK and the US, providing a springboard to further success as well as bestowing almost 500 awards including the illustrious annual Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker.

SUBMIT YOUR WORK
https://filmfreeway.com/HarlemInternationalFilmFestival


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https://filmfreeway.com/HarlemInternationalFilmFestival

Join scores of filmmakers and screenwriters from all over the world and have your work showcased in Harlem, Manhattan – in the heart of New York City! As ...

10/07/2023

If you missed it at the Harlem International Film Festival earlier this year, then prepare to be inspired! In a world filled with bad news, here's some much-needed relief. Blind Eye Artist is now available on Amazon Prime.

Winner of the Best Documentary Director Award at Harlem International in 2023 for capturing the powerful and inspirational true story of Justin Wadlington.

After a tragic accident leaves Wadlington blind in his left eye at age 5, he develops a unique artistic ability with no formal art training. Despite growing up without parents and living in emergency shelters on the streets of Philadelphia, Wadlington takes advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and begins a journey of ascension to the highest echelon of the fine art world.

Keep your eye on and pages for a 🆕 painting reveal from and much more about the film 2NITE! 😉

https://harlemfilmfestival.org/blind-eye-artist-on-amazon-prime/

10/01/2023

BLOW UP MY LIFE is back in NY for one week only! Now playing at AMC Empire 25 in Times Square!

The comedy/thriller, which won Best Film at Harlem International Film Festival in May, features strong performances from Harlem's own Kara Young as well as her co-stars Jason Selvig, Ben Horner, Davram Stiefler and Reema Sampat.

Blow Up My Life is a timely and hilarious comedy-meets-plot-twist-filled thriller about Jason (Jason Selvig), a disgraced pharmaceutical employee who accidentally discovers a deadly opioid conspiracy, sending him and his cousin Charlie (Kara Young) on the run to expose the crime with a trail of chaos in their wake.

All showtimes and tickets at
https://www.blowupmylife.com/showtimes

https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/blow-up-my-life-74621

09/27/2023

Tickets are sold out at tonight's Albie Awards benefit at Maysles Documentary Center (one of the Festival's longtime partners), but you can still nab a ticket to the after party with DJ Stormin' Norman and/or make a donation to support the cinema and their one-of-a-kind education programs for local youth!

Help make a difference to empowering young people with production experience, collaboration skills, media literacy and developing advocacy for themselves and the community as a whole.

https://linktr.ee/maysles
https://givebutter.com/c/MDCAlbie23

MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER