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A Wicked Good Time Returns to the Burns
Wicked: For Good opens at the Jacob Burns Film Center beginning Thursday, Nov. 20, and we’re celebrating opening weekend with a spellbinding lineup of Wicked-themed fun all around Pleasantville! Nov. 14–Nov. 20: Catch the Original Before the Sequel Before Wicked: For Good takes flight, join us for a special one-week engagement of the original Wicked, [...]
Wicked for Good Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, November 22 through Sunday, November 30 “Follow the road. It’s gonna lead you right….to me”. -The Wizard Have wicked fun all week long. Hunt around town for clues that will lead you to 12 downtown businesses and win prizes! Here’s how to play: Create a team or go solo—it’s up to you! Your first [...]
The Summer Book: Preview Club Wrap-Up
As 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 present a special “secret” screening of an anticipated new film release before it is available to the public. After the screening, our programmers open [...]
A Look Back at JBFC Summer Camp 2025
What a summer it’s been at JBFC Camp! Between our Animation Camps and Filmmaking Camps, young filmmakers didn’t just watch movies — they learned how to make them. In Filmmaking Camp, students worked together to brainstorm story ideas, write scripts, act in front of the camera, and take turns directing behind it. They experimented with [...]
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 [...]
