The inspiration for the Art Slope: Shorts in the Slope Film Festival came out of September 2016’s popular 9-day neighborhood-wide arts festival, Art Slope ‘16, which featured the work of over 150 artists from across all disciplines in more than 50 venues, including 9 large installations in Prospect Park and a shorts screening curated by Bill Schaumberg.

Bill Schaumberg’s screening led to the inaugural Art Slope ’17 – Shorts in the Slope short film festival, which took place over October 13-14 at the Berkeley Carroll School’s state-of-the-art theater. The Arts Committee reviewed over 90 short film submissions form around the world and featured a festival line up of 30 films, with subject matter ranging from narrative, documentary, animations, humor and horror. (Please see below for a listing of the winning short films – and go to Artslope.nyc for the complete festival lineup, as well as photographs from the screenings and closing party/awards ceremony at Shapeshifter Lab in nearby Gowanus, Brooklyn.)

Art Slope 2018 presented a special screening of the 1953 masterpiece “Little Fugitive,” introduced by the filmmaker’s daughter, Mary Engel, and which included a talk on Coney Island in the 1950’s by noted architectural historian Francis Morrone and songs from the era performed by members of Brooklyn’s own “Opera on Tap.”

As a part of Art Slope 2019 we hosted our first Youth Film Segment. Filmmakers from age 7 to 13 and 14 to 18 were invited to submit short works.

As most in-person events have been on pause during the pandemic, check back for more information for future Art Slope screenings.