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The Brooklyn Academy of Music theater will open on June 11 with limited capacity. (Anna Quinn/Patch.)
BROOKLYN, NY The Brooklyn Academy of Music s Rose Cinemas will reopen for the first time in more than a year in June, the venue announced this week.
BAM Rose Cinemas will start offering in-person screenings for a limited audience on Friday, June 11 after being closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
The reopening will include capacity limits, socially-distanced assigned seating, enhanced air filtration and mandatory mask-wearing in line with New York guidelines, the organization said.
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The in-person screenings will be accompanied by a virtual version of BAM s annual film fest, also announced this week. BAMcinemaFest will be held June 23 through 29 and include five New York premieres, filmmaker question and answer sessions and other events.
BAMcinemaFest Unveils 2021 Lineup
May 18, 2021
While the 2020 edition was understandably canceled due to the pandemic, BAMcinemaFest will be returning this year for a virtual edition from June 23-39, the same month that BAM Rose Cinemas will reopen––specifically on June 11.
The lineup for the annual festival, which celebrates some of the finest new offerings in indie filmmaking, is pared down from the standard in-person edition but still features five New York premieres, including Bassam Tariq’s
Mogul Mowgli starring Riz Ahmed; the world premiere of BAMcinemaFest alum Ougie Pak’s
Clytaemnestra; an artist spotlight on the work of Fox Maxy; as well as documentary and experimental shorts programs, and filmmaker Q&As.
True/False Film Fest offers a wide variety of documentaries to its attendees. One of the highlights of the festival is the short films. The shorts allow for experimentation and creativity without having to commit to the story arch of a long-form documentary. These ideas encapsulate the films included in the May 5, 8:20 p.m. showing of “Shorts: Coyote 77.”
The first film shown was “Department of Injustice,” directed by Travis Wood and Chloe Gbai. The six-minute short addresses systemic racial injustice rooted in the U.S. In a choose-your-fate, video game style, the film walks viewers through an imagined phone call with the U.S. Department of Justice.