Film Festival
BAMcinemaFest 2014
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In its sixth year, BAMcinemaFest introduces New York audiences to a wide-ranging lineup of innovative new films, including the work of emerging voices in American independent cinema and some of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers.
Kicking off on June 18 on the Steinberg Screen at the BAM Harvey Theater, the festival opens with the New York premiere of Richard Linklater's Boyhood, one of the most widely acclaimed and groundbreaking films of the year. More special events to be announced.
Richard Linklater examines the fabric of daily life in this award-winning coming-of-age epic.
Wet Hot American Summer’s David Wain and Michael Showalter obliterate the rom-com.
Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton star in Bong Joon Ho’s (The Host) first English-language film.
The first ever filmed document of graffiti, with a live performance by the Mingus Dynasty.
Celebrate Spike Lee's masterpiece at this landmark event, featuring Lee in person.
A tribute to Les Blank with a free screening in Brooklyn Bridge Park with food and music.
Richard Linklater examines the fabric of daily life in this award-winning coming-of-age epic.
A young bisexual Iranian-American woman starts a new life in Bushwick in this sharp comedy.
Brooklyn DIY meets screwball mystery in this witty whodunit.
An obsession with the movie Fargo leads a Japanese woman on a bizarre journey.
A young woman is haunted in this dreamlike “ghost story without a ghost.”
Lauryn Hill narrates this revelatory docu-essay on colonialism, with text by Frantz Fanon.
A Brooklynite becomes convinced that his online girlfriend may not be what she seems.
This lo-fi mind-bender concerns a forest, two friends, and the global financial market.
Wilder crafts an inspired portrait of unfettered childhood within a radical model of education.
A reckless drifter pushing 40 turns his brother’s life upside down in this unhinged comedy.
Singer Willis Earl Beal stars in this haunting new film by BAMcinemaFest alum Tim Sutton.
A documentary about one man's unflinching and cathartic confrontation with his past.
Psychosexual tensions boil in this enigmatic erotic thriller starring Joe Swanberg.
An unflinching look at the “football first” culture at Penn State in the wake of scandal.
Director Mike Cahill’s (Another Earth) second film is lush romance with a science twist.
This riveting documentary reveals the man widely known as the “Merchant of Death.”
It’s Baywatch meets Rohmer in this gauzy, sun-kissed paean to vacation.
A woman embarks on a quest for fulfillment in this quietly transfixing character study.
A young man’s life spirals downwards in this moody, sometimes surreal character study.
A couple’s life is upended by his hard-drinking sister in Joe Swanberg’s charming comedy.
This raucous buddy comedy follows the career of a novice prostitute servicing upper-class Manhattanites.
This wryly comic doc charts a Rwandan orphan’s relationship with his American benefactors.
A drama about jazz pianist Joe Albany through the eyes of his devoted daughter.
A groundbreaking and moving look at 21st-century relationships.
This special event honors the life of an extraordinary actress and civil rights activist.