Bronx World Film Cycle has been our flagship event since we launched in the winter of 2011 at La Nacional on West 14th Street in Manhattan. Hailed as “a place for young filmmakers” by Univisión, the eclectic, curated bill offers cinema in all genres from all over the globe, including world, US and New York City premieres alongside a programme of visual arts, performance and music.

Bronx World Film Cycle is the pioneer platform in the United States for Central American art house film and artists in various other disciplines, in honor of Founder Walter Krochmal’s Central American roots. Cycle screenings evoke the atmosphere of a Central American coastal village fair, and many audience members stay long after they have seen the film they came to see because of the camaraderie. It is a worthy showcase for the best of the region’s emerging filmmakers to raise their profile and forge relationships in the international arena.

Bronx World Film Cycle is a champion and an ally of art house filmmakers everywhere. To date it has screened over 400 films by 320 directors from 90 countries, a great majority of them young filmmakers and 40% of them women directors. It operates year-round so as to provide the work of these worthy artists the extended life that so often eludes their films once they exhaust the festival circuit.

The Summer version of the Cycle, launched in 2017, brings our unique programming strong on fantasy, sci-fi, animation, dance films, documentaries and lighter genres suitable for all ages and walks of life to parks and community spaces borough-wide, both indoors and outdoors. This programme actually had its earliest glimmers in 2012 when it brought film programming to nursing homes, parks, synagogues and other venues. The Summer Cycle bring films relevant to each community it visits based on local history, demographics and knowledge gathered on the ground as well.