katya yakubov

A 40-seat microcinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, dedicated to bringing short-form experimental film in dialogue with auteur narrative cinema. 

Started in 2014 with Daniel Hess, the PICTURE show hosted a weekly film screening series, open calls for works, musical and visual performances, an impromptu marathon ‘anti-festival’ (of rejected filmmakers), cross-disciplinary evenings (such as a collaboration with the Organism for Poetic Research, and an evening of photographer Dick Blau’s slideshows), as well as local filmmaker spotlights (such as works by Brooklyn-based filmmaker David Finkelstein and beloved Greenpoint local Marie Losier). We were a platform for artists to propose screenings and performances, and we also offered the space to filmmakers who needed to do feedback screenings and discussions. 

The space was a passion project created with no business model in mind. We rented a storefront warehouse where we also lived and worked. We were driven by a DIY spirit to just make things happen. We closed our doors in 2015 to relocate to Richmond, Virginia for two years.