The film festival returns for its 16th year with premieres, horror, comedy and documentary films.<\/p>\n
ART OF BROOKLYN<\/a>\u00a0returns June 1-10 for its 16th annual festival, bringing independent features, documentaries, horror films and shorts to venues across Brooklyn.<\/p>\n The festival opens Tuesday, June 2, at Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint<\/a> with the East Coast premiere of Dead Or Dying<\/a>, a dark comedy about Los Angeles residents struggling to cope with a wave of deaths across the city. The film was co-directed by Dublin filmmakers John Purcell and Malin von Euler-Hogan, who met while performing at New York City\u2019s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s feature lineup includes the U.S. premiere of the Japanese action film Traverse 2<\/a> on June 3 at the Tom Kane Theatre<\/a> in Industry City. Other selections include The Flesh People<\/a>, a horror-comedy about two broke New York City roommates who perform underground surgeries and secretly serve human meat to customers\u00a0and Growing Up Slowly, a documentary exploring the role of play in children\u2019s emotional and social development.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year\u2019s film program underscores how important independent art is, made by humans telling human stories from diverse points of view. The talent is so impressive,\u201d said AoBFF co-founder Anthony DeVito.<\/p>\n Berman\u2019s March<\/a>, a comedy-drama about a working-class drifter reconnecting with old friends during a cross-country road trip through a changing America, is also part of the lineup.<\/p>\n Festival venues include Film Noir Cinema and 100 Sutton in Greenpoint, the Tom Kane Theatre in Industry City and the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at the Brooklyn Navy Yard<\/a>.<\/p>\n ART OF BROOKLYN closes Wednesday, June 10, at 100 Sutton with the world premiere of Regulars, a comedy-mystery set inside a Dominican-owned dive bar facing neighborhood gentrification. After patrons discover a dead body, the night turns into a chaotic whodunit in which everyone becomes a suspect.<\/p>\n The festival also includes curated short film programs focused on friendship, family, magical realism, documentary storytelling, thrillers and experimental filmmaking. Discounted passes and nationwide online encore screenings will be available.<\/p>\n Interactive schedules and tickets are available at ART OF BROOKLYN Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n