In-Person Indie Film Festival In Forest Hills Ends This Weekend

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — There’s only a few days left to watch independent films screening at Forest Hills’ Regal UA Midway theater.

The 5th annual Festival of Cinema NYC, dubbed New York’s fastest growing truly independent film festival, is a 10-day event featuring 120 independent films.

This weekend marks the event's final few days, with showings from noon to 11 p.m. daily.

After hosting a drive-in festival last year amid the pandemic, event organizers said that this year marks a long-awaited return to in-person shows.

“We could not be more excited to return to our home at the Regal and to see these amazing films on screen and meet all of the 85 filmmakers we are expecting to join us here in Forest Hills,” Festival of Cinema NYC Founder and Executive Director Jayson Simba said in a statement.

Most of the festival tickets cost $17 per screening block — each of which includes a selection of short or feature-length films over the course of a couple of hours.

Tickets for the two-hour closing night block, which kicks off screenings at 8:30 p.m., costs $30 per-person, and includes entry into an after party.

Discounts are available at the door for senior citizens, SAG-AFTRA members, members of the Queens Economic Development Corporation, the Forest Hills Asian Association, the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce, the Queens Chamber of Commerce and members of Community Board 6.

Since the movies are being shown indoors at a museum, all movie goers must be vaccinated in order to watch the films, per the city's indoor vaccine mandate. Attendees should bring proof of vaccination and a photo ID.

Find the lineup of screenings and get tickets here.