Festival of Cinema NYC came back big in 2022 with its 10-day in-person film festival located in Forest Hills. Drawing filmmakers from around the world (UK, Iceland, Germany, Japan) and hosting them the way a film festival should with multiple mixer events, several screenings with Q&As, and multiple red carpets and photo calls spread out over the week and a half, FOC NYC is not so quietly giving film fans in Queens a reason to not have to travel to Manhattan to see a top-flight film festival. The procession of filmmakers on the first Red Carpet on Saturday, August 6, underlined that fact.
Director Sassy Mohen (HOW TO HACK BIRTH CONTROL) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Sassy Mohen, director of HOW TO HACK BIRTH CONTROL gets her close up. (Photo by Wildman)
A CLASS ACT Co-director Bec Fordyce (Photo by Rehana Khan)
A CLASS ACT Co-director Lois Cortes (Photo by Rehana Khan)
A CLASS ACT’s Elizabeth Foster (CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
The A CLASS ACT trio (Louie Cortes, Bec Fordyce, Elizabeth Foster) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
The trio from A CLASS ACT: Co-directors Louis Cortes and Bec Fordyce, and cast member Elizabeth Foster (Photo by Rehana Khan)
The A CLASS ACT team being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
DELIRANTISSIMO Sond Designer Joel Diamond being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Joel Diamond (DELIRANTISSIMO) gets his close up. (Photo by Wildman)
DELIRANTISSIMO’s Sound Designer Joel Diamond with his friend, Flavia Miralles. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Brandon Keeton, Executive Producer of TURBO COLA, being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
TURBO COLA’s Brandon Keeton (EXEC PROD) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
TURBO COLA’s Brandon Keeton (EXEC PROD) gets his close up. (Photo by Wildman)
TURBO COLA’s Brandon Keeton being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
THE GAME CALLED GO INSANE’s Jake LeCarner (DIR/SCR/DP/ED) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
THE GAME CALLED GO INSANE’s Michael Monroe (CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
THE GAME CALLED GO INSANE’s Stylist Weatherly Giblin (Photo by Rehana Khan)
THE GAME CALLED GO INSANE team (Weatherly Giblin, Jake LeCarner, Michael Monroe) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Weatherly Giblin (Stylist), Jake LeCarner (DIR/SCR/DP/ED), and Michael Monroe (CAST) from THE GAME CALLED GO INSANE. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
THE GAME CALLED GO INSANE kids get their close up. (Photo by Wildman)
THE GAME CALLED GO INSANE team (Weatherly Giblin (Stylist), Jake LeCarner (DIR/SCR/DP/ED), and Michael Monroe (CAST)) gets interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
TURBO COLA and THE GAME CALLED GO INSANE take over the red carpet. (Photo by Wildman)
VISITATION director Patrick Devaney (Photo by Rehana Khan)
VISITATION cast member Alba Caccavale (Photo by Rehana Khan)
VISITATION’s Alba Caccavale (CAST) and Patrick Devaney (DIR) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
VISITATION’s Alba Caccavale (CAST) and Patrick Devaney (DIR) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
VISITATION’s Alba Caccavale (CAST) and Patrick Devaney (DIR) get their close up. (Photo by Wildman)
The VISITATION duo (Patrick Devaney, Alba Caccavale) and Elise Valderrama (F* THE M TRAIN) doing the red carpet thing. (Photo by Wildman)
VISITATION’s Alba Caccavale (CAST) and Patrick Devaney (DIR) being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
F* THE M TRAIN’s Elise Valderrama (SCR/PROD/ED/CAST) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
F* THE M TRAIN’s Elise Valderrama (SCR/PROD/ED/CAST) gets her close up. (Photo by Wildman)
F* THE M TRAIN’s Elise Valderrama (SCR/PROD/ED/CAST) being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
Elise Valderrama (F* THE M TRAIN) talks to the FOC NYC crew. (Photo by Wildman)
GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA’s Nicola Rose (DIR/SCR/PROD) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Nicola Rose (GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA) being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
Executive Producer Mark Baum (GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA (Photo by Rehana Khan)
GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA’s Mark Baum (EXEC PROD) and Nicola Rose (DIR/SCR/PROD) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Actor Bartek Szymanski (GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA’s Mark Baum and Nicola Rose talk about the film. (Photo by Wildman)
SHE’S FINE director and writer Ramuel Galarza (Photo by Rehana Khan)
SHE’S FINE actor Hannah Elless (Photo by Rehana Khan)
The SHE’S FINE trio (Ramuel Galarza, Killer, and Hannah Elless) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Ramuel Galarza (DIR/SCR), Killer, and Hannah Elless (CAST) from SHE’S FINE. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
The SHE’S FINE trio (Ramuel Galarza, Killer, and Hannah Elless) get their close up. (Photo by Wildman)
The director getting some direction: Ramuel Galarza get’s some instruction before he gets interviewed. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Ramuel Galarza, director of SHE’S FINE, being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
Hannah Elless and Killer, the stars of SHE’S FINE, being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
Star of GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA, Lizzie Kehoe joins the red carpet party. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
The full and reunited GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA team being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
The GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA group: Mark Baum (EXEC PROD), Lizzie Kehoe (CAST), Nicola Rose (DIR/SCR/PROD), and Bartek Szymanski (CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
GOODBYE, PETRUSHKA (Mark Baum (EXEC PROD), Lizzie Kehoe (CAST), Nicola Rose (DIR/SCR/PROD), and Bartek Szymanski (CAST)) gets their close up (Photo by Wildman)
IN HER NAME’s Erin Hammond (CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
IN HER NAME’s James Aaron Oliver (CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Sarah Carter (DIR/SCR/PROD) of IN HER NAME. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Not so heavy: Sarah and Alice Carter (Photo by Rehana Khan)
IN HER NAME’s Erin Hammond (CAST) Sarah Carter (DIR/SCR/PROD), Alice Carter (CAST), and James Aaron Oliver (CAST) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman
The complete set: IN HER NAME’s Erin Hammond (CAST) Sarah Carter (DIR/SCR/PROD), Alice Carter (CAST), and James Aaron Oliver (CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Erin Hammond (CAST) Sarah Carter (DIR/SCR/PROD), Alice Carter (CAST), and James Aaron Oliver (CAST) (IN HER NAME) get their close up (Photo by Wildman)
FOC NYC’s Executive Director Jayson Simba (Photo by Rehana Khan)
FOC NYC’s Jayson Simba takes the close up thing very seriously. (Photo by Wildman)
FOC NYC’s Karen Chmielnicki and Jayson Simba (Photo by Rehana Khan)
IN HER NAME’s Erin Hammond (CAST) Sarah Carter (DIR/SCR/PROD), Alice Carter (CAST), and James Aaron Oliver (CAST) being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
In her words: Erin Hammond (IN HER NAME) being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
BLACK, WHITE AND THE GREYS’ Marchelle Thurman (Co-DIR/Co-SCR/EXEC PROD/CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
FINDING COURAGE director Kay Rubacek (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Paulio Shakespeare (PROD/DP) of FINDING COURAGE (Photo by Rehana Khan)
FINDING COURAGE’s Kay Rubacek (DIR) and Paulio Shakespeare (PROD/DP) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Kay Rubacek (DIR) and Paulio Shakespeare (PROD/DP) of FINDING COURAGE (Photo by Rehana Khan)
FOC NYC’s Jayson Simba joins the red carpet party with Kay Rubacek (DIR) and Paulio Shakespeare (PROD/DP) of FINDING COURAGE (Photo by Wildman)
Kay Rubacek (DIR) and Paulio Shakespeare (PROD/DP) of FINDING COURAGE with the close up.(Photo by Wildman)
BLACK, WHITE AND THE GREYS’ producer and cast member Jay Jablonski (Photo by Rehana Khan)
BLACK, WHITE AND THE GREY’s Jay Jablonski (PROD.CAST) and Marchelle Thurman (DIR/SCR/EXEC PROD/CAST) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Jay Jablonski (PROD/CAST) and Marchelle Thurman (Co-DIR/Co-SCR/EXEC PROD/CAST) of BLACK, WHITE AND THE GREYS (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Look into the iPhone: Jay Jablonski and Marchelle Thurman getting their close up. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
…and the resulting close up (Photo by Wildman)
BLACK, WHITE AND THE GREY’s Jay Jablonski (PROD.CAST) and Marchelle Thurman (DIR/SCR/EXEC PROD/CAST) being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
BLACK, WHITE AND THE GREY’s Jay Jablonski (PROD.CAST) listens as Marchelle Thurman (DIR/SCR/EXEC PROD/CAST) talks about the film. (Photo by Wildman)
NO REASONS’ Masataka Ishizaki (DIR/CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
NO REASONS’ Maria Scenna (CAST) (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Masataka Ishizaki (DIR/CAST) and Maria Scenna (CAST) from NO REASONS. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Masataka Ishizaki (DIR/CAST) and Maria Scenna (CAST) from NO REASONS being show off the film’s poster. (Photo by Wildman)
Masataka Ishizaki and Maria Scennashow off the poster for NO REASONS. (Photo by Rehana Khan)
NO REASONS’ Masataka Ishizaki (DIR/CAST) and Maria Scenna (CAST) get their close up. (Photo by Wildman)
NO REASONS’ Masataka Ishizaki (DIR/CAST) and Maria Scenna (CAST) being interviewed. (Photo by Photo by Wildman)
Erin Hill (Director and performer of ERIN HILL: ELEANOR RIGBY) being photographed. (Photo by Wildman)
Erin Hill (DIR/Performer) of ERIN HILL: ELEANOR RIGBY (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Erin Hill (ERIN HILL: ELEANOR RIGBY) gets a close up. (Photo by Wildman)
Erin Hill (ERIN HILL: ELEANOR RIGBY) being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
UNDER SPANISH SKIES’ director and writer Nathan Buck (Photo by Rehana Khan)
Director of UNDER SPANISH SKIES, Nathan Buck, gets his close up. (Photo by Wildman)
Nathan Buck (UNDER SPANISH SKIES) being interviewed. (Photo by Wildman)
