Brooklyn Underground Film Festival
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The Brooklyn Underground Film Festival was an annual showcase of typically low-budget, under-distributed or amateur
videos and metavideos. The festival was initially held in DUMBO, Brooklyn and later moved to Park Slope
neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The festival ran from 2002-2007.
The festival also showed the work of emerging non-media artists. The first festival included a large wheat paste mural by the artist known as Swoon
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, Josh Koury, Myles Kane, Cris Moris and Gaia Cornwall. It was funded in part by a growing number of local businesses.
The festival ceased operations in 2007.
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
videos and metavideos. The festival was initially held in DUMBO, Brooklyn and later moved to Park Slope
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Park Slope is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and 15th Street to the south, though other definitions are sometimes offered. Generally...
neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The festival ran from 2002-2007.
The festival also showed the work of emerging non-media artists. The first festival included a large wheat paste mural by the artist known as Swoon
Swoon
Swoon may refer to:*Fainting*"Swoon" , a 2009 song by Imogen Heap from the album Ellipse*"Swoon" , a 2010 single by The Chemical Brothers*Swoon , the second album by Silversun Pickups...
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History
The festival was founded in 2002 by graduates of Pratt InstitutePratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
, Josh Koury, Myles Kane, Cris Moris and Gaia Cornwall. It was funded in part by a growing number of local businesses.
The festival ceased operations in 2007.