2023 DUMBO FILM FESTIVAL

ALL ACCESS PASS - oct. 19-22

The All Access Festival Pass grants access to the whole live event.

BLOCK A - oct. 21

Screening Room: 1 HOTEL BROOKLYN BRIDGE – 60 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please arrive half an hour prior to the Block Screening

BLOCK B - oct. 20

Screening Room: 1 HOTEL BROOKLYN BRIDGE – 60 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please arrive half an hour prior to the Block Screening

BLOCK C - oct. 20

Screening Room: 1 HOTEL BROOKLYN BRIDGE – 60 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please arrive half an hour prior to the Block Screening

BLOCK D - oct. 20

Screening Room: 1 HOTEL BROOKLYN BRIDGE – 60 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please arrive half an hour prior to the Block Screening

BLOCK E - oct. 20

Screening Room: 1 HOTEL BROOKLYN BRIDGE – 60 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please arrive half an hour prior to the Block Screening

SOLD OUT - BLOCK F - oct. 21

SOLD OUT

BLOCK G - oct. 21

Screening Room: 1 HOTEL BROOKLYN BRIDGE – 60 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Please arrive half an hour prior to the Block Screening

SOLD OUT - BLOCK H oct. 21

SOLD OUT

SCHEDULE (see venues here and the selected films here)

OCTOBER 19, 2023  –  7PM

OPENING @ RANDOLPH BEER

DUMBO is a great place to have a free drink and networking opportunities with film lovers and artists just like you! Randolf Beer is a great space where you can join us for an opening party to remember!

OCTOBER 20-21, 2023

SCREENINGS @ 1 HOTEL BROOKLYN BRIDGE

The screening of the 2023 DFF line-up of 37 films will be held at the screening room at the prestigious 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO. Please check out the film guide for details on the titles that have been officially selected in the preselection cycle which occurred throughout the year.

The festival is getting some amazing news these days and the following screening schedule might be subject to change. Just in case something changes, you won’t regret any further updates!

 

OCTOBER 20, 2023

BLOCK A – 9 am
PAOLO’S HAPPINESS – Germany – Dir.: Thorsten Drößler, Manuel Schroeder – 00:13:30
DO SPERM GET KILLED BY COFFEE? – United Kingdom – Dir.: Mojiao Zhou – 00:02:31
CHASE – Finland – Dir.: Pauliina Linjama – 00:03:47
PETE – United States – Dir.: Bret Parker – 00:06:20
US – Portugal – Dir.: Nelson Fernandes – 00:05:00
THE EGRET RIVER – Taiwan – Dir.: Wan-Ling Liu – 00:19:56
DAYS AND NIGHTS OF DEMETRA K. – Greece – Dir.: Eva Stefani – 01:12:00

q&a – 11:05 am

break

BLOCK B – 12 pm
AUTUMN LEAVES – Poland – Dir.: Wojciech Ostrycharz – 00:02:35
MORNING JOY – United States – Dir.: John Henry Hinkel – 00:07:37
K2 TOG – United States – Dir.: Ari Veach – 00:13:18
EXIT – France – Dir.: Oriana Ng – 00:04:59
THE PROSPECT – Argentina – Dir.: Carmela Sandberg – 00:10:00
BEWARE OF DOG – United States – Dir.: Nadia Bedzhanova – 01:25:00

q&a – 2:05 pm

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BLOCK C –  3 pm
HEARTBREAK COUNTRY – United States – Dir.: Edward Tyndall – 00:25:30
THE ELECTRICITY IN ME – United Kingdom – Dir.: Mat Sheldon – 00:10:25
MARIPOSA APARTMENT – China – Dir.: Jinglu Ji – 00:14:28
MOULDED – United States – Dir.: Ahmad Bakrin – 00:12:06
AUGUST – Germany – Dir.: Jonathan Berlin – 00:19:59
WAR GAMES – Ukraine – Dir.: Matthew Danzico – 00:39:00

q&a – 5 pm

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BLOCK D –  6 pm
THE ONE WHO WENT SOUTH – Iceland – Dir.: Steiní Kristinsson – 00:08:00
BURROW – United States – Dir.: Leaf Lieber – 00:16:40
TOMMIES – United Kingdom – Dirs.: Brian Fairbairn, Karl Eccleston – 00:14:51
NOT THE 80S – Germany – Dir.: Marleen Valien – 00:17:00
KEEL – United States – Dir.: Margaret Seid – 00:10:29
OF MONSTERS AND MEN – TIU – Iceland – Dir.: Dean DeBlois – 00:48:00

q&a – 8 pm

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BLOCK E  – 9 pm
YOUR KID – United States – Dir.: Sergi Castellà – 00:15:00
JULIE LAST NAME – United States – Dir.: Alex Beh – 00:16:30
YOU SING LOUD, I SING LOUDER – United States – Dir.: Emma Westenberg – 01:36:53

q&a – 11:10 pm

OCTOBER 21, 2023

BLOCK F – 12 pm
FIRE IN THE LAKE – United States – Dir.: Eleni Mylonas – 00:13:19
NEIGHBORHOODS NOW – United States – Dir.: Kate Levy – 00:18:00
AL DIAZ: LIKE A BOMB – United States – Dir.: Jane Brill – 00:08:00
YOU CAN’T BE AN ARTIST! AN ONLY IN NEW YORK STORY – United States – Dirs. Krystsina Sinkevich, Yaseen Alshawabkeh – 01:25:06

q&a – 2:05 pm

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BLOCK G – 3 pm
LA PASSANTE – France – Dir.: Hannah Letaif – 00:18:00
TOPIA – United States – Dir.: Jessie Lee Thorne and Justin Thorne – 00:15:00
TRUE BELIEVERS AT THE INSURRECTION: ROAD TO THE CAPITOL – United States – Dir.: Sandi Bachom – 00:18:00
RISE AND REBUILD: A TALE OF THREE CITIES – United States – Dir.: Asako Gladsjo, Sam Pollard – 01:13:46

q&a – 5:05 pm

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BLOCK H  6 pm
HAYSEED – United States – Dir.: Travis Burgess – 01:45:00

q&a – 8 pm

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BLOCK I – 9 pm – 11 pm
SPECIAL SCREENING – “The Miami Bull Night”
Presented by Tradestation

OCTOBER 22, 2023  –  6PM

CLOSING @ BRIDGE STREET

A small independent school during the day, turns into a great space for events in the evening! Lots of natural light and wood floors will surround you and make you comfortable to enjoy a lovely and familiar DUMBO networking experience!

In this underground and cozy space and surrounded by this DUMBO vibe, the seven winners of the 2023 Dumbo Film Festival will be awarded with 6 Best in Category awards and the unique Grand Bridge Award.