2025 Highlights include:

The world premiere of ‘Drink and Be Merry’ opens the festival. Adam Volerich’s first feature. set at a struggling New York dive bar in the days leading up to Christmas, 2019. Chet (Jefferson White, Yellowstone), a beleaguered bartender in a state of extended arrested development, must balance taking care of his misanthropic, aging regulars including Siobhan Fallon Hogan (Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live) and Delaney Williams (The Wire, Law and Order SVU), with his naive desires to muster some Christmas spirit.
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The uproarious mockumentary ‘Unfriendly Fire’ is set In an alternate reality where America grapples with the consequences of a divisive war over escalating issues surrounding reproductive rights. The East Coast premiere of Richard Tucci’s film stars Golden Globe nominee Beverly D’Angelo (National Lampoon’s Vacation, Coal Miners Daughter) Oscar nominee Eric Roberts (Star 80, Runaway Train) and comedy legend Debra Wilson (Mad TV, Girl 6).

‘Locally Sourced’ is a block of shorts from Brooklyn filmmakers about to break big. AoBFF and Sundance alum Carlos Cardona’s autobiographical ‘Born to Lose’, about a Latino punk rocker struggling to fit in the Hamptons, Jeremiah Kipp’s ‘Don’t Pick Up’ about a shoplifter unexpectedly attracted to a bookstore clerk stars Kathryn Erbe (Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Stir of Echoes) and Keith David (Platoon, Requiem for a Dream, Cloud Atlas).

AoBFF features thematic blocks of exciting new short films featuring everything from offbeat comedies and heartbreaking dramas, to thrilling horror and cutting-edge experimental films. Films are screened in person, with streaming encore screenings available to watch from anywhere in the US.

The award-winning Art of Brooklyn is the only film festival with events across the entire borough. 2025 venues include Stuart Cinema, 100 Sutton, Film Noir Cinema, and AbelCine and the Tom Kane Theater at Industry City. For 15 seasons AoBFF has showcased exciting emerging creators and established voices, created innovative programming, hosted world-class artist talkbacks, and screened for enthusiastic audiences across Brooklyn — and the world.

The 2025 AoBFF runs June 1-13. Schedule, Film Guide and Tickets at aobff.org

The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival celebrates our 15th anniversary this year. Time flies when you're showcasing the amazing work of indie filmmakers from around the way and around the world. 

For 2025 we are proud to be screening 55 new films in every genre from June 1-13 in amazing venues across Brooklyn, with streaming encores online.  Congratulations to all our filmmakers and thank you to everyone who share their work with us this year. 

FEATURE FILMS
DRINK AND BE MERRY - Directed by Adam Volerich
UNFRIENDLY FIRE - Directed by Richard Tucci
WITHDRAWAL - Directed by Aaron Strand
PARK LIFE - Directed by Tyler Haney
SERGEANT PICKLE BREATH AND THE ROOFTOP WARRIORS - Directed by Jarrett Jung

DOCUMENTARIES
500 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP - Directed by Abby Mohaddes
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - Directed by Aubrey Sprinkle
THE EMBRACE - Directed by John Owens
NAUDLINE PIERRE: A PLACE OTHER THAN HERE - Directed by Haimy Assefa
SHIRIN NESHAT: VOICE OF A WOMAN - Directed by Sophie Chahinian
TINY MOVEMENTS - Directed by Laura Sweeney

NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS
6 O’CLOCK - Directed by Keeyong Hong
A ROUGH START - Directed by Manny Serrano
THE AUDITOR AND THE APOCALYPSE - Directed by Cinder Chou
BORN 2 LOSE - Directed by Carlos Cardona
BOXES & ELEPHANTS - Directed by Leon P Jackson
BRIDGED TOGETHER - Directed by Brahms Guignard
BUTCH ROBINSON AND THE STOLEN SOULS - Directed by Christina Bowman
DO YOU LIVE ALONE - Directed by Tianshi Ben
DON’T PICK UP - Directed by Jeremiah Kipp
EAT HOT CHIP & LIE - Directed by Anders Kapur
THE EMBRACE - Directed by John Owens
ENJOY IT - Directed by Wesley Chessa-Forman
FLEURETTE AND SOPHIA GET BUSHWICKED - Directed by Caitlin Mayernik
GILLYFISH - Directed by Sarah Sellman
I’M SORRY ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE - Directed by Allison Landi
KIND OF A LOT - Directed by David Lombroso
L(ong)A(ss)ST DAY - Directed by Jenny Curtis
LOST NATION - Directed by Hannah Cabell
MARSHMALLOWS - Directed by Maris Huangying Wirt
PANSIES - Directed by Jamie J Simiele
THE PICKUP - Directed by Karen Wang
PLEATS - Directed by Anoushka Agrawal
RAGE RHONDA - Directed by Emily Troedson
SHALLOW END - Directed by Maria de la Cruz Rudloff
SQUARE BREATHING - Directed by Kim Cummings
STRANDED - Directed by Luca Floris
THE UNDERSTUDY - Directed by Peter Pasyk
UNRAVELING - Directed by Rich Devaney
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS BLUE - Directed by Christina Chironna
WORST MORNING AFTER - Directed by Maisa Chiang

EXPERIMENTAL & NON-LINEAR FILMS
ARENA - Directed by Khalil Charif
CHRIS TANNER REVEALS - Masa Gibson
ÉIST LIOM (LISTEN TO ME) - Directed by Maud Lee, Zoe Ní Riordáin, Dúirt Tú (you said), Tar Anseo (come here) One Two One Two
LEAVES OF THREE - Directed by Julia de Guzman
LIGHT - Directed by Alexander Kachiroubas
MANY MOONS IN THE VACANCY - Directed by Lynn Bianchi
MOTHER’S MILK - Directed by Martin Del Carpio
SIGHTS ON SCENE - Directed by Joakim Ekström
WHERE DID THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE LOSE THEIR COLOR? - Directed by Masa Gibson