Tribeca Film Festival presents free screenings in Queens
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | MAY 28-JUNE 3, 2021 9
BY BILL PARRY
A $400 million film studio is
not the only thing legendary actor
Robert De Niro is bringing
to Astoria.
Tribeca Film Festival, which
De Niro co-founded in 1989, will
present free community screenings
in Astoria Park next month
using a traveling 40-foot state-ofthe
art LED cinema screen.
“Our founding mission is
even more relevant today and we
wanted to ensure that we could
reach all corners of New York,”
Tribeca Festival Co-Founder
and CEO Jane Rosenthal said.
“Tribeca was started to bring
people together, and that’s what
we aim to do again this year:
to connect communities across
all five boroughs and share our
festival experience, safely, while
supporting local businesses.”
De Niro is building his Wildflower
Studios at the nearby site
where Steinway & Sons had a
former piano storage facility at
87 19th Ave. on Steinway Creek.
In addition to Astoria Park, the
Tribeca Film Festival is also
coming to Flushing Meadows
Corona Park and the 30th Street
Playground in Far Rockaway.
Film screenings include
“Selma” in Astoria Park on
Saturday, June 19; Steven Spielberg’s
highly anticipated “In the
Heights” in Flushing Meadows
Corona Park on Wednesday,
June 9; “Belly” in Rockaway
Beach on Thursday, June 10;
and many more.
Governor Andrew Cuomo
announced that Tribeca would
be the first in-person film festival
to take place in North
America since the COVID-19
pandemic began.
“As our numbers continue
to decline and more New Yorkers
get vaccinated, we can begin
to turn the page on COVID and
look forward to getting back to
the new normal,” Cuomo said.
“Events, venues and businesses
all across New York state are
reimagining how they operate
for a post-pandemic world,
and Tribeca Film Festival is no
exception. This is a huge step
forward in our state and our nation’s
reopening that will let the
rest of the world know New York
is back and better than ever.”
The free community screenings
are in partnership with
Bloomberg Philanthropies.
“The Tribeca Film Festival
was born out of tragedy, helping
our city recover from the
attacks of 911,” former Mayor
Michael Bloomberg said. “This
year, the festival is once again
sharing the joy and creativity of
the movies as we rebound from
a difficult time. At Bloomberg
Philanthropies, we’re excited
to help bring the festival to even
more people through a series of
free movie screenings in neighborhoods
across New York. We
hope you’ll join us, and enjoy
the show.”
For more information and
a list of the screenings, visit
the Tribeca Film Festival
website.
“There is no greater hub for
diversity, culture or the arts
than The World’s Borough,
making it the perfect host for
a festival as significant and as
quintessentially New York City
as Tribeca,” Queens Borough
President Donovan Richards
said. “Queens is thrilled to celebrate
20 years of Tribeca with a
wide selection of fantastic films
for our families from Rockaway
to Astoria and beyond to enjoy
as one Queens community.”
The Tribeca Film Festival will present community screenings in Astoria Park, Flushing Medows Corona
Park and the 30th Street Playground in Far Rockaway. Photo courtesy of NYC Parks
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