Ocktober Film Festival

10/29/2024

Congratulations .credle BEST MUSIC VIDEO award 2024!🏆🍾🍾🥂

10/12/2024

07/23/2024

Congratulations founder & owner Yay!! https://celluloidjunkie.com/2024/07/11/cjs-top-women-in-global-cinema-2024/

06/24/2024

ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS! Prizes include limited theatrical runs & more. It is free for filmmakers & moviegoers to attend the festival. This year will include screenings, resources, team building, business classes & more. www.OcktoberFilmFest.com Link in Bio

03/06/2024

Get $5 movie tickets for Dune Part Two if you're a SNAP participant! Purchase up to 4 tickets per card online now, then present both your card and valid photo identification when attending the screening. Tickets are only valid for the Saturday, March 9, 1:45pm screening. www.stuartcinema.com

12/14/2023

New cycle begins Feb 2024. Visit www.bwiny.org for more information.

08/23/2023

Applications close Nov 1, 2023! Link in Bio or visit

08/04/2023

Through this initiative, filmmakers will receive grants of $50,000 for research and creative development at an early stage. HBO and The Gotham will provide resources and mentorship to support the development of documentary projects. Initial funding may be used for creative development and ideation, research, treatment development, securing access, initial shooting and the production of work samples, trailers, etc. Emelyn Stuart

https://thegotham.org/documentary-development-initiative/o

Apply by August 31! APPLY NOW About The Documentary Development Initiative is a partnership between The Gotham and HBO Documentary Films. Now in its second ...

03/06/2023

Rejection doesn’t have to be the end of your story. Thank you for sharing!

03/01/2023

https://www.nbcuniversallaunch.com/tv-writers-program

10/11/2022

Thank you for sponsoring Ocktober Film Festival 2022! Check them out!

09/29/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 is happening right now and runs through Sunday, Oct 2nd. Great films & fun times. Link in Bio www.OcktoberFilmFest.com

09/29/2022

About last night…
Ocktober Film Festival will run until Sunday, Oct 2nd. Join us, www.ocktoberfilmfest.com

09/26/2022

Celebrating 10 years of supporting & empowering filmmakers. Join us! www.ocktoberfilmfest.com

09/07/2022

No matter how big or small film festivals are special!

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Documentary Nominee

When the hobby of fright grabs hold of you, and consumes your life.

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Documentary Nominee

The Struggle in America - Unarmed and Black This short shows the brutality that Unarmed blacks are subject too daily without cause and justification. "No Justice, No Peace..."

09/01/2022

Ensnaring almost four million Americans, probation has evolved from a second chance to avoid prison to a sanction actually feeding mass incarceration. Supported by neighborhood allies, some people of color set out in a whole new way to change all this—equipped only with cameras.

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Web Series Nominee

Love After showcases the talk show host Janeen Lawrence’s battle between alcohol addiction and her career aspirations, ultimately leading to the demise of her family, mental health, spirituality, and personal relationships. The conflict resulted in Janeen losing the most important things to her; her career, custody of her daughter, and self. Simultaneously, someone is trying to ruin her reputation through the media and take her life. Janeen suspects that her husband may be involved in her recent predicament, but as the story unfolds, she learns that things are much deeper than they seem, as she learns of a deeper plot that has been happening underneath her roof. Janeen’s on a quest to find out who is trying to destroy her. All while trying to regain custody of her daughter, self-evolution, and peace of mind.

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Web Series Nominee

Moe The Mōs creatively follows the transformation of Miami Photographer Rayna DaSant, as she is activated by the racially motivated murders of several unarmed Black people in 2020.

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Web Series Nominee

“DAD-rahpy” follows two Afro-Latino fathers who randomly met on a bench at a children’s park.
As they build a friendship they confront their internal conflicts, and the Joys of fatherhood while juggling the obstacles of life.

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Web Series Nominee

An anthology of short stories which view social issues from a different perspective.

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Web Series Nominee

When a Pakistani immigrant with big dreams of making it as an actor enters into a green card marriage with his privileged American friend, they get in over their heads. Will their fake marriage spark real feelings?

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Short Film Nominee

Nia Belafonte, at odds with her pregnant teenage daughter, is confronted by a homeless man that changes her life forever.

09/01/2022

Ocktober Film Festival 2022 Short Film Nominee

A father tries to connect with his video game obsessed daughter, until he learns she hasn’t been eating her meals.