24 MAY 27, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Tribeca Film Festival presents free screenings in Queens
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
A $400 million fi lm 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-of-the-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 here.
“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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