ESSENTIAL EVENT // This Weekend: The Red Hook International Film & Video Festival

 

This weekend the 4th annual Red Hook International Film And Video Festival is happening at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. The festival will showcase over 20 short films, including many that focus on the culture and environs of NYC.

On Saturday you can see films such as "Lehigh Valley 79," a look at the man behind the 100-year-old barge that functions as Red Hook's Waterfront Museum, "Spirit Ship," a "haunting children's adventure" set in Red Hook, and  "George Trakas at the Waters Edge: Newtown Creek," a portrait of the artist and creek explorer who founded the Newtown Creek Nature Walk.

Sunday's showcase will include "Masstransiscope" and "Inspiring Spaces: 25 Years of Arts for Transit," two films about subway and transit art by Allison Prete, "To Be Seen," an exploration of NYC street art that features Swoon, Faile and The Wooster Collective, and "Nobody Can Predict The Moment of Revolution," a timely piece shot during the 5th and 6th days of Occupy Wall Street.

The festival runs from 1-6pm this Saturday, October 15, and Sunday, October 16. And get this: not only is it free, but there will also be free popcorn and Red Hook's own Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies!

Watch a few of the fest's films we're excited about after the jump.

"Lehigh Valley 79" - Directed by Flonia Telegrafi:

"Masstransiscope" - Directed by Allison Prete:

"George Trakas at the Water's Edge: Newtown Creek" - Produced by Urban Omnibus:

-- John Ruscher