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Tribeca Fest 2025 Announces Jury of Acclaimed Filmmakers, Performers and Artists

More than 30 industry luminaries were selected to honor feature-length and short film categories, composed of narrative and documentary films. Additional juries have also been established to honor the best work in Tribeca’s games, as well as submissions in the audio storytelling category. The winning films, projects, filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in each category will be announced at the Tribeca Festival ceremony on June 12.

Brooklyn College Students Attacked by NYPD Specialized SWAT TEAM – Part 1

 

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Brooklyn College students and pro-Palestine protesters attempted to form a tent protest encampment on campus to demonstrate against the ongoing U.S. funded genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

In response, NYPD swarmed the campus to shut down the encampment, arresting protesters as well as university professors. NYPD became violent, using tasers on protesters as well as punching them. Jon Farina covered what happened during these later events. SUPPORT our INDEPENDENT ON THE GROUND reporting for as low as $5 bucks a month. Corporate media isn’t gonna do it! https://statuscoup.com/join/
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Overlook Film Fest 2025: Audience and Jury Awards for the Largest Ever Overlook Film Fest – Part 1

The Overlook Film Festival is a 4-day celebration of all things horror held in haunted, historic & iconic venues throughout New Orleans. Presenting superior film programming with an expanded focus on experiential events, the festival showcases exciting work in new and classic horror cinema alongside the latest in interactive and live shows for a fully immersive weekend. As a summer camp for horror genre fans, The Overlook is a community event bringing the best of horror storytelling to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience within an intimate and inspirational environment. – Article by the WORD staff.

U.S. Theatrical Premiere August 2 at Film Forum:
WAR GAME – Here’s the WORD Prelude for This Adrenaline Pumper Already Getting Rave Reviews

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety: “As the game grows more complex, WAR GAME invokes footage not only of January 6 but of other flashpoints in American history involving protest, state violence or religious extremism — Kent State, the MOVE bombings, Waco and so on — building a tapestry of the past, as a chilling reminder of what might happen if warnings go unheeded.”

2023 New York Asian Film Fest in the Works – Part 1: Ya Gotta Get Ready

Tickets went on sale June 23 for the 22nd edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) presented by the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center (FLC).

It’s running from July 14–30 at Film at Lincoln Center with a special weekend of screenings, July 21–23, at a new venue in the historic Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee, N.J., the birthplace of the motion picture industry in America. In the works are WORD Film reviews of pre-fest screeners provided for review. More about that later