Tag Archive: Press Release
Jacob Burns Film Center Announces Executive Director Edie Demas Is Stepping Down
Pleasantville, NY – October 25, 2019 — The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center, announced today Edie Demas is stepping down as Executive Director. “After careful consideration with board leadership, I have made the difficult decision to leave the JBFC so that I may assume oversight and management of my father’s and now my [...]
Jacob Burns Film Center Releases Exciting Autumn Schedule
Pleasantville, NY – August 20, 2019 — Get ready for fall flicks and new picks at the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country. JBFC announced today a variety of diverse and compelling film series launching and returning this fall. [...]
New Partnership Makes a Perfect Landing in Pleasantville: United Airlines Announced as the Official Airline of the Jacob Burns Film Center
Pleasantville, NY – August 19, 2019 — The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit film and education center along with United Airlines—a global airline with a shared purpose of Connecting People. Uniting the World — announces the airline will be the exclusive and sole sponsor of the JBFC’s preview screening and new release events [...]
JBFC Announces Senior Afternoon Cinema Programming for Fall 2019
August 6, 2019 – Pleasantville NY – The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) has announced the programming for their ongoing Senior Afternoon Cinema series for fall 2019. Films are shown once a month on a Tuesday at 1:00 pm. Senior Afternoon Cinema is sponsored by The Knolls—A Bethel Community. The upcoming films and their screening [...]
JBFC & Caramoor Join Forces to Present Unique Film Series
Pleasantville, NY – August 1, 2019 – Get ready for The Sound of Movies! The Jacob Burns Film Center, a nonprofit and cultural arts center, and Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (Katonah, NY), a performing arts center, have partnered to create a unique series showcasing movies that musicians love. From September 10 – [...]
Jacob Burns Film Center to Receive $7,000 Seed Grant from the National Guild for Community Arts Education
Pleasantville, NY – July 16, 2019 – The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit film and media education center, has been awarded a $7,000 Catalyzing Creative Aging Program seed grant from the National Guild for Community Arts Education. The JBFC was selected to be one of 10 nonprofit organizations across the country to receive [...]
Jacob Burns Film Center Travels Back to 1969: A Year That Changed Hollywood
July 12, 2019 — Pleasantville, NY — Woodstock. The Miracle Mets. The Moon Landing. 1969 was a year of historic firsts. That’s why the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country, is celebrating the July 26 opening of Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited [...]
Cool Off This Summer at the Jacob Burns Film Center with an Exciting Slate of Films, Performances, Conversations, and Film-Inspired Tastings
Pleasantville, NY — There is much to celebrate and discover this summer at the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit cultural arts center and one of the most successful suburban film houses in the country. The JBFC announced today a variety of unique and compelling film series launching and returning this coming season, featuring [...]
JBFC to Receive $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment of the Arts
Pleasantville, NY – May 15, 2019 — The Jacob Burns Film Center, a nonprofit cultural arts center, has been awarded a $20,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in support of the JBFC’s Creative Culture program, which provides 10-month-long fellowship experiences for emerging filmmakers looking to produce two short film [...]
The Jacob Burns Film Center to Receive a $10,000 Grant from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Pleasantville, NY – May 2, 2019 — Today, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its 2019 FilmWatch and FilmCraft grant recipients, which included the Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY), a nonprofit five-screen cinema and education center and one of the most successful suburban art houses in the country. The $10,000 FilmCraft [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction for Family Programs
All tickets $5 starting in April
Big Screen, Big Movies: A Celebration of the Cinema Epic
Now Showing through April 20
Jewish Film Festival 2025
Apr. 23–29: Tickets on Sale Now