2024-08-14T19:51:40-07:00 2023-09-30 990EZ 2022-10-01 813986196 FESTIVAL OF CINEMA INC FEST 9292785432 9060 Union Tpke 8A Glendale NY 11385 Jayson Simba Executive Director 9173240244 2024-08-14 1 2022 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X www.FestivalofCinemaNYC.com X X 100079 X 65540 34289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 100 150 0 99979 0 0 23000 9329 17500 16000 34000 99829 150 -15778 0 -15628 X 21222 1434 0 0 0 0 21222 1434 37000 17062 -15778 -15628 Our organization is an Arts & Culture Not for profit charitable organization. We have held a successful 10-day Arts & Cultural Independent film festival in Forest Hills Queens since 2017. The event screens over 100 independent films from around the world, showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers. In addition to screenings the event hosts seminars, workshops, panels and guest speakers. The competitive festival ends with an award ceremony where 17 award statuettes are distributed amongst the winning filmmakers. On average the event attracts 2100 attendees every year. The 2023 Festival of Cinema NYC screened over 110 independent films from local filmmakers and filmmakers around the world. The 10-day event took place in Forest Hills, Queens at the Regal UA Midway movie theater and additional free public programming at the Queens Library at Forest Hills. Guests included writer/director Dito Montiel. Over 10 workshops, seminars and presentations were offered at the library and included a fundraising workshop, and improv workshop, and free screenings of short films. 65540 99829 99829 Jayson Simba Executive Director 40 12000 2500 0 Maria Valdes Ramos President 8 0 500 0 Anthony Laura Secretary 5 0 500 0 Melissa Center Board Member 5 0 500 0 Ryan Walsh Board Member 5 0 500 0 John Fallon Board Member 2 0 0 0 Jon Russel Cring Board Member 5 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Jayson Simba 9060 Union Tpke 8A Glendale NY 11385 9292785432 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 35466 11642 28070 54878 65540 195596 45778 32037 19074 26894 34289 158072 100 52 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 81344 43731 47144 81772 99829 353820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 353820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81344 43731 47144 81772 99829 353820 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Other Expenses - Storage Costs $3500; Rigging/Street Banner Installation $4950; Catering $3000; Operational Software $3500; Subscriptions & Annual dues (Chamber of Commerce, Film Festival Alliance, Etc.) $2500; Postage $550; Misc equipment (Awards Statuettes, Easels, Storage Containers, tools, portable a.c) $2000; Travel and accomodations for artists and invited guests $4000; Equipment rental and purchases (lighting, camera, etc.) $10,000 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 This liability is due to an SBA Loan (with accrued interest) from the 2020 pandemic. Our organization was approved for a filing exemption. Our yearly annual event takes place during the time that our filing is due. Because of the size of our small organization, our officers were unable to file in time and we needed to file for an extension.