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indieScreen in Williamsburg hosts the Brooklyn International Film Festival
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Williamsburg, Brooklyn is known for many things: hipsters, indie rock and the recently Fatty ‘Cue, to name just a few. Be sure to add “movies” to that list now.
Located at 285 Kent Avenue (off the J, M and L), indieScreen will become Williamsburg’s only indie movie theater, and with only 93 seats and a 17 x 8-foot screen, it’ll be more intimate than anything with AMC or Regal before it. But don’t worry: It’s an HD projector.
According to indieScreen’s website, the theater will be “available to festivals, organizations, individual artists, and curators for private screenings, concerts, power point presentations, seminars and lectures.”
There will also be a 96-seat restaurant and bar within the building, making it possible to have a dinner, drinks, and movie date all in one location. A menu isn’t available yet, but if indieScreen has the hybrid success of Brooklyn Bowl’s fried chicken (seriously, it’s delicious bowling alley chicken), it’ll be worth taking the L for.
But the theater is open for business, and the response has been overwhelming positive. Marco Ursino, the festival director and co-owner of indieScreen, says, “We have heard only positive feedback. Proof of the great response is the fact that in the past few days, I have been flooded with requests for rentals and many people want to organize events here. We are very happy with how it has enhanced the festival—and the community as a whole.”
The theater is currently being used for the Brooklyn International Film Festival. The festival began on June 4 and runs until the 13th, meaning you only have a few more days to see the best indie films Brooklyn has to offer.
The full schedule can be found here, but some highlights include:
- Bummer Summer, about a road trip along the west coast with three teens who are conflicted with their feelings towards one another. Think Y tu mamá también, but set in Washington. June 11, 10 p.m.
- Gabi on the Roof in July, an ensemble comedy about a sister who stays with her brother in Brooklyn for the summer. She doesn’t know all about his womanizing ways before moving in, though, and things only get more awkward from there. July 12, 8 p.m.
- Colin Hearts Kay is the perfect film to close the festival on Sunday. It’s about a Brooklyn-based blogger, which should please the seemingly-millions of bloggers and freelance writers who live in the borough (including yours truly). June 13, 8 p.m.