CUNY TV Presents Launches Second Showcase Featuring NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival
The program airs on CUNY TV and streams on YouTube through September 4, 2025.
CUNY TV Presents, the film forum celebrating New York City filmmakers, has launched its second showcase spotlighting selections from the NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival (NYCITFF). The program is airing now on CUNY TV and streaming via the CUNY TV YouTube channel through September 4, with television broadcasts resuming August 15.
Produced in collaboration with local film festivals and CUNY schools, CUNY TV Presents highlights the city’s vibrant creative community through short and feature-length films, documentaries, and conversations with artists.
This installment features a discussion hosted by Marc Weitz (Founder, NYCITFF) and Jocelyn Kuritsky (Founder, Staging Film), joined by Elise Valderrama, Ryan Spahn, David Skeist, and Don Castro. The panel explores the intersection of theatre and film, creative adaptation, and the evolving indie arts landscape in New York.
Following the conversation, viewers can enjoy a curated lineup of films showcasing the bold storytelling of the NYC theatre community, including Bloodercream, Your Blue Heart, Router, Intermission, and This Thing of Ours.
The first CUNY TV Presents showcase, which aired in November 2023, featured interviews with Meghan Finn, Sauda Aziza Jackson, Eddie Prunoske, and Jocelyn Kuritsky, along with Kuritsky’s short film The Bad Infinity—a screen adaptation of avant-garde playwright Mac Wellman’s work. Written and directed by Graham Sack, the film earned the inaugural Gold Telly Award in the Experimental Film and Shorts category.
For the full program schedule, visit CUNY TV Presents and follow @cunytvpresents on Instagram for updates and behind-the-scenes content.
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EN EL TIEMPO DE LAS MARIPOSAS Repertorio (1/07-12/31) |
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PAPER MENAGERIE | Stage & Film Summer Season at the Bardavon Bardavon 1869 Opera House (7/19-7/19) |
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bala.fruta./bullet.fruit | Stage & Film Summer Season at Marist Marist University Symphonic Hall (7/11-7/11) |
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LA GRINGA Repertorio (2/08-12/31) |
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THE DEATH CHRONICLES (portraits)|S&F Summer Season at Marist Marist University Symphonic Hall (8/01-8/01) |
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LA CASA DE BERNARDA ALBA Repertorio (11/15-12/31) |
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Hadid 59E59 Theatres (7/10-7/21) |
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Butoh: Into the Depth New York Butoh Institute/Vangeline (7/08-7/31) |
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WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND | Stage & Film Summer Season at Bardavon Bardavon 1869 Opera House (7/31-7/31) |
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MENAFEE | Stage & Film Summer Season at Marist University Marist University Symphonic Hall (7/25-7/25) |