The Avon Theatre Film Center is a nonprofit, member-supported cultural hub, dedicated to presenting film in its highest forms: as art, as history, as education and as a window on the world, as well as in its most compelling formats: independent, foreign, documentary and classic. At the same time, the Avon, itself a 1939 historic landmark, provides a forum for in-person, community dialogue with directors, actors and other luminaries in a vibrant “Main Street America” setting.
We”™ve had some great events at the Avon Theatre in the recent past, including a Q&A with Jehane Noujaim, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Square”; a visit from the legendary Gene Wilder; and a Q&A series following three Jacques Demy films with SUNY Purchase Professor Anne Kern. We”™ve launched a new FREE series with Sacred Heart University and Professors Justin Liberman and Damon Maulucci from SHU”™s new film department moderate post-film Q&As. This new series fits squarely within the Avon”™s mission of providing educational access to the world of film.
We continue to screen the best of new independent films daily, award-winning films, programmed from the top film festivals in the world (Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, etc.) as well as our monthly French Cinematheque, Cult Classics, Documentary Night and Legends of Rock Live series. We”™re fortunate to collaborate with a variety of community partners for upcoming screenings such as The Ballet School of Stamford, the WWE, Neighbors Link, the Alliance Francaise of Greenwich and Common Cause in Connecticut.
We are excited to welcome several filmmakers and actors to the Avon in the coming months, who will enhance the post-show discussion. We believe that the conversation following a film screening is a necessary and thought-provoking part of the viewing process.
We”™ve just wrapped up our very busy February, filled with the Oscar-nominated Film Festival, our annual gala and our Oscar Night Party, and are now looking forward to our annual scholarship competition for local high school seniors.
Please visit us next time you”™re on Bedford Street in Stamford and find out what”™s on at the Avon. For more info, visit our website at avontheatre.org or call us at (203) 967-3660.
Bridget Stokes
Director of Communications
The Avon Theatre
Member, Cultural Alliance
of Fairfield County
