Observation Center of the Universe
Centre d'Observació de l’Univers • C.O.U.
Spanish interdisciplinary artists C.O.U. navigate the cosmos through live music and visual improvisations. Accompanied by a liquid light show by Genevieve HK and Rachael Guma of A Clockface Orange, they’ll transport us into the collective unconscious with a one-night-only expanded cinema performance.
“A laboratory of experimentation, where psychedelia, transformation, dub, echoes of Pedrolo, jazz, cassette tapes, the atmosphere of clubs, evocations of Cage, the magic of Ona Laietana, dance, the universe of Sistiaga, the dreams of Dalí, and the lucidity of a deep awakening merge into a symphony.”
How do I get there?
The Annex Cinema is located in Arverne at 415 Beach 72nd Street.
A-train service is suspended to the Rockaway Peninsula until May 2025 as the MTA rebuilds the Broad Channel Bridge.
The S train shuttle service is still running throughout Rockaway from Far Rockaway-Mott Ave to Rockaway Beach-116th Street.
You can take public transit all the way to the Annex Cinema via multiple bus routes, the NYC Ferry to the Rockaway Ferry Terminal where you can transfer to a free shuttle bus to Arverne, or the Long Island Rail Road where you can transfer to the S train shuttle service.
Suggested routes and extended services are on the MTA website.
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Our Sponsors
Rockaway Film Festival would like to thank VBX™~Vernam Basin Terminal for generously hosting us at the Arverne and Annex Cinemas in addition to BBX™~Barbadoes Basin Terminal for contributing to such.
We are proud to be sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry. Rockaway Film Festival made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Rockaway Film Festival is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Art. We receive additional support from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.