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JBFC’s Connecting Our Community Celebration Raises Funds & Honors Visionary Leaders
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) invites community members, arts patrons, and film lovers to its highly anticipated Connecting Our Community Celebration on September 15, 2025. This annual signature event fuels the JBFC’s film and education programs, supporting innovative screenings, dynamic community outreach, and accessible learning experiences for students of all ages. Honoring Exceptional Leadership [...]
JBFC Honored by Westchester County for Expanding Accessibility Through Sensory-Friendly Screenings
At the Jacob Burns Film Center, the magic of movies belongs to everyone. That belief is at the heart of the our monthly sensory-friendly screenings which are special showings designed for individuals with autism or sensory sensitivities, along with their families, friends, and caregivers. During these screenings, the lights are kept partially on, the sound [...]
Artists-in-Residence: Fahd Ahmed, Rachael DeCruz, and Jeremy Levine
As part of our ongoing interviews with Artists-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we caught up with filmmakers Fahd Ahmed, Rachael DeCruz, and Jeremy Levine earlier this month to discuss their current work-in-progress. Fahd returns to the Burns after a previous residency in 2019 with his co-producer and wife Jude Chehab for the film [...]
East of Wall: Preview Club Wrap-Up
As a part of the JBFC Preview Club, subscribers get an exclusive first look at the most interesting new indies and foreign films on our “New Releases” horizon. Every month, JBFC programmers Monica Castillo and Ian LoCascio present a special “secret” screening of an anticipated new film release before it is available to the public. After [...]
Step Into the World of Robert Altman: A Centennial Celebration from Aug. 9–Sept. 27, 2025
JBFC Director of Film Curation and Programming Eric Hynes writes, “As we celebrate Robert Altman’s centenary this month and next with Altman at 100, revisiting some of his greatest films from M*A*S*H* to A Prairie Home Companion, it’s worth dwelling on how much of a unicorn he was among cinema’s masters. He’s often grouped among Hollywood’s counter-cultural [...]
Highlights from the JBFC Director's Cut: Narrative & Documentary Filmmaking Courses
This spring, the Jacob Burns Film Center proudly concluded the latest session of its Director’s Cut High School Fellowship program—offering Narrative Filmmaking for a second year, and launching the inaugural Documentary Filmmaking track in partnership with NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Imagine Entertainment. Over the course of 10 weekends, twenty driven high school [...]
JBFC Introduces OUT THERE: A New Monthly Series Showcasing Queer Cinema
A Year-round Celebration of LGBTQ+ Stories from Around the World, New Series Explores Themes of Love, Identity, Resilience, and Joy Following the conclusion of its acclaimed annual Pride series, the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is proud to announce the launch of Out There, a new, ongoing monthly series dedicated to celebrating Queer cinema from [...]
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life: Preview Club Wrap-Up
As a part of the JBFC Preview Club, subscribers get an exclusive first look at the most interesting new indies and foreign films on our “New Releases” horizon. Every month, JBFC programmers Monica Castillo and Ian LoCascio present a special “secret” screening of an anticipated new film release before it is available to the public. [...]
The Ballad of Wallis Island: Preview Club Wrap-Up
As a part of the JBFC Preview Club, subscribers get an exclusive first look at the most interesting new indies and foreign films on our “New Releases” horizon. Every month, JBFC programmers Monica Castillo and Ian LoCascio present a special “secret” screening of an anticipated new film release before it is available to the public. [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction For Family Programs
All JBFC Kids Screenings at $5 per Ticket Across the Board The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is thrilled to announce a major change to its beloved JBFC Kids series: Starting April 1, all JBFC Kids screenings will now be just $5 for everyone. This new, lower ticket price makes it easier than ever for [...]
