Join us for a Sneak Peek of an upcoming independent film: Nick and Nicky featuring a Talk Back with the Film’s Star Sean Young & Actor/Writer/Producer Patrick Askin Cocktails & dinner will be served When: Saturday September 19, 2015 7 pm- 11 pm Where: The home of Dan & Diana Sussman, 6 West Branch Road, Westport, CT 06880 $300 per person Proceeds to benefit: The Westport […]
This article in the Westport News explores a critical juncture for the initiative. You can help us with a donation either by check or through this website. Westport Cinema Initiative spotlights critical need for funds
There is a gossamer lyricism to “The Whale,” a documentary about an orca that became separated from its pod and adopted the residents of Nootka Sound in British Columbia as much as they did him. Andy Webster, New York Times, 2011 In partnership with the Staples HS Green Club – This is our third Annual partnership in […]
More news from our own Douglas Tirola, president of 4th Row Films … Following the World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, 4th Row Films is excited to announce that they will be returning to the Tribeca Film Festival for the third time with director Douglas Tirola’s latest film, ‘DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Story of the […]
Let’s Take a Big Step Towards Building a Theater! Your $10 donation this Thursday can help us win $25,000! Thursday, March 5 is Fairfield County Giving Day, hosted by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, and sponsored by Bank of America, Giving Day inspires and empowers our region to raise as much money as possible for local nonprofit […]
The Westport Library and Westport Cinema Initiative, as part of our ongoing series of pop-up films, present The Dead at Christ and Holy Trinity Church. The final film of legendary director John Huston is based on the closing story of James Joyce’s Dubliners. In Dublin 1904, friends congregate, as they have done for years, at a New […]
Playing competitive sports is a normal part of growing up today. Yet there was a time when girls did not compete as much as boys, primarily because they did not have the opportunity. Our upcoming movie titled, “A League of Their Own”, takes us back to World War II when a fictional group of women […]
We are pleased to present a special event; The American Jewish Story through Cinema, in partnership with the Jewish Arts & Film Festival of Fairfield County and the UJA/Federation – Westport, Weston, Wilton, Norwalk and Eastern Fairfield County, with support from the Connecticut Office of the Arts. The lecture starts at 10am, followed by a lunch break, and then the […]
We are pleased to announce today that we have received a $2,580 state grant from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts as part of its Arts Catalyze Placemaking program. The grants go to arts-based cultural projects, activities and infrastructure to advance the attractiveness and competitiveness of Connecticut communities. Holding […]
Melissa Newman (2nd r) of Westport presents a gift of $5,000 from the Joanne Woodward Fund —a donor-advised fund of the Fairfield County Community Foundation— to be used for general operating support of Westport Cinema Initiative. Westport Cinema Initiative is working to bring an independent art house movie theater back to Westport. “We could always […]
