2024 CUNY Film Festival

Visitors to this free event can attend film screenings, view finalist films, hear from filmmakers, and much more. Judges will award prizes to top filmmakers on the festival’s final evening. All activities take place at Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street.

One unique feature of this year’s festival is the addition of a tribute to LGBTQ+ representation in CUNY filmmaking. Special screenings, drag queen story hour, a historical timeline exhibition, and the presentation of the CUNY Film Festival’s LGBTQ+ Image Award pay homage to the art and history of queer filmmaking.

May 9th

Screening Room:
3:15 pm Showing of “The Celluloid Closet”
6:00 pm Showing of “Paris is Burning”

May 11th

Lecture Hall:
10 am LGBTQIA+ Exhibition Opens
2 pm Drag Story Hour NYC – Story Time and Q+A with artist Harmonica Sunbeam

Screening Room:
3:15 pm Showing of “Milk”
6:00 pm Showing of  “Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same”
7:15 pm Q&A with films Director Madeleine Olnek

May 12th Mother’s Day Celebration

Screening Room:
10:00am-4:00 pm Showing of all 2024 finalist in The CUNY Film Festival

Lecture Hall:
6:00 pm-7:30pm Award Ceremony for The CUNY Film Festival