Curated and produced by NPR personality Tracie Hotchner, the NY Dog Film Festival is an annual philanthropic celebration of the love between dogs and their people. The Festival is a two-hour medley of animated, documentary and narrative short films from around the world with a canine theme. This ecclectic family friendly program benefits Baltimore's Saving Grace Animal Rescue with 10% of proceeds going to the organization.

Charles Burnett is a Black filmmaking auteur, known for his involvement in the L.A. Rebellion, a movement driven by UCLA student filmmakers who were concerned with the portrayal of African Americans on screen and saw film as a means for social change. Hailed by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted Black director,” Burnett has always prioritized creative vision and meaningful storytelling over commercial interests. His 1999 film, The Annihilation of Fish, was denied a widespread theatrical release and up until now, has only been available to view in university archives. Thanks to Milestone Films, Kino Lorber, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the film has been lovingly preserved and given a new 4K DCP restoration.

This award-winning film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

This award-winning film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

Charles Burnett is a Black filmmaking auteur, known for his involvement in the L.A. Rebellion, a movement driven by UCLA student filmmakers who were concerned with the portrayal of African Americans on screen and saw film as a means for social change. Hailed by the New York Times as “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted Black director,” Burnett has always prioritized creative vision and meaningful storytelling over commercial interests. His 1999 film, The Annihilation of Fish, was denied a widespread theatrical release and up until now, has only been available to view in university archives. Thanks to Milestone Films, Kino Lorber, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the film has been lovingly preserved and given a new 4K DCP restoration.

Curated and produced by NPR personality Tracie Hotchner, the NY Cat Film Festival is an annual philanthropic celebration of the love between cats and their people. The Festival is a two-hour medley of animated, documentary and narrative short films from around the world with a feline theme. This ecclectic family friendly program benefits Baltimore's Saving Grace Animal Rescue with 10% of proceeds going to the organization.