SOUND/SCREEN

This summer, we're expanding our music program. Sponsored by Zankel Music Fund, these screenings are paired with live music performances that deepen each film's sonic landscape.

Performances will take place just before sunset, featuring a diverse spectrum of artists including acclaimed Rockaway-based jazz musician Irwin Hall; interdisciplinary artist and sound healing practitioner Lavender Suarez; experimental ambient rock band Order of the Illusive; local Grateful Dead cover band Rainbow Spirals; and Rockaway Chamber Music, which returns to the Arverne Cinema for their fourth summer of bringing classical music to the peninsula.

Shell Pass

Passing Through
June 20, 2026
7:00 pm
by Larry Clark. 1977, US, 105 min.
Rockaway Chamber Music
June 28, 2026
7:00 pm
Stubby
June 28, 2026
8:30 pm
by Bo Widerberg. 1974, Sweden, 89 min.
Jordan Belson: Visions of the Outer and the Inner Eye
July 18, 2026
7:30 pm
With a sonic meditation by Lavender Suarez
Rockaway Chamber Music
July 26, 2026
7:00 pm
Lessons of Darkness
July 26, 2026
8:30 pm
by Werner Herzog. 1992, Germany, 54 min.
Summer Tour
August 1, 2026
7:00 pm
by Mischa Richter. 2025, US, 82 min. Live music performance by Rainbow Spirals
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
September 26, 2026
8:00 pm
by Lotte Reiniger. 1926, Germany, 65 min. Live, original musical accompaniment by Order of the Illusive.
Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne Cinema.
We are proud to be sponsored by Istic Illic Pictures, Stellar Bookkeepers and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support provided by FRANC and the Fund for the City of New York.
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