Details Announced For Inwood Film Festival: Here's What To Know

INWOOD, NY — Details were just announced for the Inwood Film Festival, which will take place in Upper Manhattan this May for its sixth rendition.

The festival, organized by Inwood Art Works, will happen from May 25 to 28th, and kick off with an opening night benefit featuring a special presentation of the award-winning film "The Whale."

Following the screening there will be an interview led by Inwood Art Works' founder Aaron Simms with the uptown-based screenwriter Samuel D. Hunter. The interview will be followed by a reception.

“It’s pretty incredible that the grassroots efforts of Inwood Art Works have organically grown the small but mighty Inwood Film Festival to not only be able to nurture and galvanize the uptown community through the presentation of film in Inwood, but to also provide the opportunity to fund the creative visions of local filmmakers,” Simms said in a news release.

The Inwood Film Festival, which celebrates the work of filmmakers with a connection to Upper Manhattan or the northwest Bronx, also has a fund launched in 2019 that was created to financially support and encourage the creation of local made cinema in Inwood and the surrounding communities.

Since its creation, it has provided over $75,000 in grants to 24 local filmmakers, and also raises money through the annual festival.

The film selections will be announced on April 5.

While the venues also have not yet been revealed, we do know some of the local businesses that are sponsoring the festival.

• Dyckman Beer
• Armores Cafe
• New Heights Realty
• Rays Barber Shop
• ChocNYC
• Inwood Farm
• NY Presbyterian Hospital
• Tubby Hook
• Tryon Public House
• Josie's Space
• Columbia University Medical Center

You can find out more about the Inwood Film Festival on its website.