Stella Artois is now the official beer of the festival ANNNNNDDD Gold Coast Studios has stepped up and is an Official Sponsor of QWFF 2012!!!! This is an incredible facility in Long Island New...

I posted the following questions to various sites, pages and agroups:What are the three most important things a festival should do/offerThe answers were all over the map, but the common and...

Now that we are just a little over a three months away from opening night everything is heating up. Our contract is signed for the opening night, March 1, 2012 at the Museum of the Moving Image in...

On this planet, there are voices that are silenced. Films that are banned. Filmmakers who are ucensored...or worse. We want to hear about them and we want to see their work. For the rest of...

We are open for submissions and you can visit us on Facebook, Twitter, Withoutabox and our webiste (www.queensworldfilmfestival.com). Our first year was great, 120 films, 4 screens 2 locations, 4...

Last night we held the volunteer orientation and decided that volunteers, the backbone of a festival, the footsoldiers of the event need to be called FESTIVAL ASSOCIATES We have a great...

Lined up agains the windows are 5 boxes with color coded hanging files, submission forms, file tabs, screener rating forms and the ink on the tabs is even color coordinated. We open the...

Where did the Queens World Film Festival come from? For many years, we were volunteers with another festival, running their Youth Initiative providing filmmaking bootcamps to three local...

When we wake up we check withoutabox, facebook, twitter, myspace and every other portal we have signed up for and see the words from around the world. Filmmakers from villages, cities, universities,...

Starting a festival is like juggling....a chainsaw, a kitten and a 25lb weight. It takes more than dexterity. I takes more than agility. It takes endurance and determination and unbelievable focus....