This Summer, EPIX Movie Free-for-All Runs in NYC Boroughs

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Parent Category: Film Festivals

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Published on Friday, 01 July 2011 11:02

Written by Brad Balfour

Working with New York based non-profit festival producer Rooftop Films, EPIX is partnering with several local organizations to offer free outdoor movie screenings to more communities throughout the City, adding more and bigger movies.

The multiplatform premium service available on television, online and on mobile devices is expands to this new set of screens this summer, 2011, at outdoor venues throughout NYC including Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn under the banner of EPIX Free-forAll. 

Over 30 new release and classic films will be screened at the four venues, beginning June 30 and running through September 12, 2011.

EPIX and its exclusive cable distribution partner in New York City, Verizon FiOS kicks off the series on June 30th at Tompkins Square Park.

Boxing promoter Don King introduces the first feature, Raging Bull. Promotional events are planned for the screenings throughout the summer, including contests, iPad giveaways and more. 

The first annual EPIX Movie Free-for-All provides movies and underwriting for local programs that will draw up to 100,000 attendees in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens this summer.

• Coney Island Flicks on the Beach is a new  series developed by NYC & Co. and the Coney Island Development Corp
• Summer Screen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, created by The L Magazine
• Socrates Outdoor Cinema at the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City
• Films in Tompkins, presented by Downtown Diversified and Tompkins Square Park in downtown Manhattan

EPIX will present films drawn from its inventory, including:

• Justin Bieber:  Never Say Never
• Rango
• Biuitiful
• Iron Man 2
• Star Trek
• Raging Bull
• Annie Hall
• Flashdance
• Top Gun
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Additionally, each of the screenings will open with short films from the Rooftop Film Festival presented by Rooftop Films, expanding the audience for new films and filmmakers.

A joint venture between Viacom Inc., its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate, EPIX is a next-generation premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service launched on October 30, 2009. With access to more than 15,000 motion pictures spanning the vast libraries of its partners and other studios, EPIX provides a powerful entertainment experience with more feature films on demand and online and more HD movies than any other service. 

It is the only premium service providing its entire monthly line-up of new Hollywood titles, classic feature films, original series, music and comedy specials through the linear channel, video-on-demand and online at EpixHD.com, the leading online destination for movies. EPIX has made the commitment to deliver the industry’s most expansive online collection of movies, making more than 3,000 titles available on EpixHD.com. 

The service is available to over 30 million homes nationwide through distribution partners including Charter Communications, Cox Communications, DISH Network, Mediacom Communications, NCTC, Suddenlink Communications and Verizon FiOS. 

In addition, Netflix members can instantly watch an array of new releases and library titles from EPIX streamed over the Internet from Netflix 90 days after they premiere in premium pay TV and on demand, giving EPIX another distribution channel to bring its films to more consumers. 

For more information about EPIX, go to: www.EpixHD.com

Rooftop Films is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing communities together  via the medium of film. They have been screening new, independently produced films outdoors for 15 years. In addition to their own film screenings, they have also made it their mission to help community groups, parks, and other organizations to present their own outdoor screenings all across the city.

To find out more, go to: www.rooftopfilms.com

The Coney Island Development Corporation was formed in September 2003 and includes City officials, local and Brooklyn-wide business and community leaders. It is charged with spearheading and implementing a comprehensive planning process for Coney Island and creating a coordinated economic development strategy for the area.

For info about the Coney Island redevelopment plan and the Coney Island Development Corp. visit: www.thecidc.org

Socrates Outdoor Cinema is presented in collaboration with Museum of the Moving Image and Rooftop Films. The annual international film festival focuses on a different country or culture each Wednesday evening. Now in its 13th year, this program invites visitors to sample regional cuisine from neighborhood restaurants, picnic on the grass, see musical and dance performances, enjoy the cool waterfront breeze as the sun sets over the Manhattan skyline and watch exceptional international films on an outdoor screen. 

For more information visit: www.socratessculpturepark.org.

SummerScreen is The L Magazine’s free, weekly, outdoor film screening series in Williamsburg’s McCarren Park. This event takes place for six nights throughout July and August and brings together the hippest, most active, trendsetting people in New York City.

Each screening is preceded by a live musical performance, with beer and local eats served throughout the night. The series attracts more than 20,000 attendees over six nights and is NYC’s longest running major event series in Williamsburg. for

For more information go to: http://www.thelmagazine.com/blogs/SummerScreenNews/.

Films in Tompkins is a weekly outdoor screening series that brings hundreds of attendees to Tompkins Square Park every Thursday night for a summer of films, music and fun. The series was founded by Joshua Boyd and Darin Rubell of Downtown Diversified whose neighborhood businesses include Ella Lounge, The Blind Barber and GalleryBar.

This year they have partnered up with Phil Hartman of Two Boots Pizza, who over the last 25 years has supported a variety of arts and children’s programs — including the HOWL! Festival and the Two Boots Mardi Gras Ball, an annual benefit for the Lower East Side Girls Club. 

For more information go to: www.filmsintompkins.com

More information and complete schedules are available at: www.epixhd.com/freeforall

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