Brooklyn Film Festival is evolving, and so are its films
'We wanted to create a festival that feels like a movement.'
The Brooklyn Film Festival, an annual event that now spans 10 days and five Brooklyn neighborhoods, released this year’s lineup of 133 films centered around the titular 2019 theme of “The Gathering.”
The festival, organized by the Brooklyn Film Society, will run its 22nd program from May 31 to June 9.
“It’s a particularly difficult moment in history,” Marco Ursino, the festival’s executive director, told the Brooklyn Eagle in an interview.
“We don’t want to … make it all about Trump and about his administration. Yes, we’re mad. We don’t feel comfortable. But we want to use the festival not to fight anybody, but simply to create a place where we can speak freely and people can express opinions without being retaliated on Twitter. We wanted to create a festival that feels like a movement.”