PRODUCTION NOTES
An Occurrence at Arverne (pronounced AHR-vern) is a crowd-funded short film shot in 2019 in the Arverne neighborhood of the Rockaways in Queens, NYC. Post-production was finished in March 2020, just before covid lockdown. For more background on the film, including director’s and producer’s statements, please check out the press kit.
PLATFORMS & FESTIVALS
Webby Award Honoree, Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere, Directors Library, Directors Notes, Short of the Week, Film Shortage, Movies That Matter, Project Pro<ject, Bentonville Film Festival, Hollyshorts Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Sarasota International Film Festival, Bushwick Film Festival, Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival (Best Short Film), Montclair Film Festival, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Orlando International Film Festival, Oakland Short Film Festival (Best Director), Retrospective of Jupiter, European Cinematography Awards (Best Director), Rockaway Film Festival, Las Cruces International Film Festival, CineOdyssey Film Festival, Queen Palm International Film Festival (Best Short Film, Mystery or Thriller), Beyond the Short, Beaufort Film Festival, Bridgeport Film Festival, AXD Short Film Festival, Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF), Catalina Film Festival, Hip Hop Film Festival, Katra Film Series
RESOURCES
In keeping with the interests of the film, we encourage you to explore this list of resources compiled by Sarah Sophie-Flicker and Alyssa Klein. Looking for a few pivotal texts? Try James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, Ibrahim X. Kendi’s How to be an Antiracist, and Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race.
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