2025 Program

July 7-13, 2025

Court Square Theater
44-02 23rd St, Long Island City

Fighting the Pain
5-6:20 PM

Whether physical, emotional, or psychological, stories of struggle, endurance, the human spirit’s capacity to heal, adapt, rise above adversity, and the resilience required to confront it

Poster with four different film posters for Queens Film Festival, including 'Kingdom of Demons', 'Stalking the Bogeyman', 'His Train of Thought', and 'The Connoisseur', with the event date July 10 and the tagline 'Fighting the Pain'.

LGBT: Always Human
1-2:30 PM

In midst of rising threats, we see that sexual orientation is not above or a hindrance to the common human experience

Posters for Queens Film Festival, featuring films 'Sister Wives', 'My Dear', 'Fruit Loops', and one with colorful letters 'C', 'O', 'N', 'T' on a black background. The event date is July 11 with the slogan 'LGBT: Always Human' displayed at the bottom.

War Against War
11 AM-3 PM

The constant struggle for peace and the fight to bring it

Poster for Queens Film Festival showcasing three documentary films: "Bengal Memory" with images of sculptures and a man, "Revolution Selfie War with No Name" featuring a man standing in front of a building with a large sign, and "The Architects of Hope" with five people walking against a blue background. The event date is July 12, with a theme titled "War Against War."

July 9

Queens born, made, and raised
7-8 PM

Films made by filmmakers, born, raised, based, or shot in the greatest borough of New York City

Poster for Queens Film Festival featuring three movies: 'Our Lady of Queens' with an image of an elderly woman, 'If I'm Ever Lonely' with a man sitting on a bus, and 'Man Over Aegean' with a boat at sunset, with the festival date July 9 and the text 'Queens Born, Made, and Raised'.

July 10

July 11

Event poster for Queens Film Festival featuring five different film posters with a gradient background. The event date is July 10 with the theme "Finding Your Voice."

Paths Traveled
3-5:50 PM

Experience unique characters from different walks of life and the choices they make that will determine their future

A promotional poster for the Queens Film Festival featuring five film posters against a blue-green gradient background. The posters include 'Hold You So Tight,' 'Core City,' 'The Father,' 'The Strange Dark,' and 'Voyager.' The date July 11 and the phrase 'Paths Traveled' are at the bottom.

July 12

All Roads Lead to Queens
6-9 PM

Far and wide, Queens is the place where great films and stories come alive

Poster announcing movies at Queens Film Festival, including 'Good Friday,' 'Free Tea Bed,' and 'The Old Ballgame,' with the tagline 'All roads lead to Queens' and the date July 11.

July 13

Poster for Queens Film Festival featuring five movie posters: 'A Fragile Peace' with a dark cloudy scene, 'Dirty Dogs' showing a man at a street stall, 'The Artist & the Astronaut' with an astronaut and satellite, 'Bolivia Insomisa' with a silhouette of a person holding a stick, and an abstract poster. Text includes the date July 12 and the phrase 'In a state of change'.

In a State of Change
3:30-9:40 PM

For better or worse, change is all around us

New York Stories
3:40 PM-6:40 PM

Films and stories set in or about New York that can only happen in the greatest city on earth

Poster for Queens Film Festival featuring three film images and event details. The first image shows a staircase leading up to an outdoor corridor with the text 'In This Corner of the City.' The second image depicts a person walking down a city alleyway with the text 'Punk to Protest.' The third image is a collage of characters from a film called 'Broken Pieces.' The poster also includes the date 'July 13' and the phrase 'New York Stories.'

Saving the World
1-3:30 PM

Films that offer hope in fighting the climate crisis and the solutions that can save our planet

Promotional poster for Queens Film Festival featuring the documentary 'The Big Rotting Apple' with an image of a rotten apple revealing a city skyline inside, and an image from the film 'The Quietest Year' showing two characters in front of a rural landscape, with event date July 13 and theme 'Saving the World'

Finding Your Voice
6:30-7:30 PM

Showcasing the possibility of overcoming adversity to navigating personal growth, these films are a testament to the strength of creativity as a tool for self-discovery and social change